ARTIST: BEN HARPER
   SONG TITLE: FORGIVEN
   ALBUMN TITLE: BURN TO SHINE
   RELEASE DATE: It WILL be released on the 21st of sept. '99

   Transcribed by Jai Mitchell. Please send comments complaints
   and corrections to me at (jai_mitchell@yahoo.com)
   OR (bemitch@linknet.com.au)

   Please note: This is my first attempt at writing tab on my computer
   and I haven't heard the song enough yet to be sure
   of anything so I will gladly take any corrections and
   advice! Thank you..
   P.S. the / means slide up or down (im not sure what it
   usually is!)


   Riff #1 (play once for each of the first three lines of each verse)
   e|------------------------------------------------------------|
   B|------------------------------------------------------------|
   G|------------------------------------------------------------|
   D|---2h4----2----4----4/6---6--6--6/7---6p4--6p4/2--2--2------|
   A|------------------------------------------------------------|
   E|------------------------------------------------------------|



   Riff #2 (play every 4th line and once more before chorus)

   D A E
   e|------------------2-2------0-0------0-0--|
   B|------------------3-3------2-2------0-0--|
   G|------------------2-2------2-2------1-1--|
   D|---2h4b^--4p2p0---0-0------2-2------2-2--|
   A|---------------------------0-0------2-2--|
   E|------------------------------------0-0--|
   *the ^ above represents
   a quick slight bend



   CHORUS
   ..you shall be... ..you shall be.... ...you shall be......
   E D C#?
   e|-----------------0-0-------------------2-2-----------------------
   B|.----------------0-0-------------------3-3-----------------------
   G|-----------------1-1-------------------2-2-----------------------
   D|.-2h4b^--4p2p0-2-2-2----2h4b^--4p2p0-0-0-0----2h4b^--4p2p0---6-6- cont'd
   A|-----------------2-2---------------------------------------4-4-4-
   E|-----------------0-0---------------------------------------------

   ...Forgiven....
   C?
   --------------------------|
   -------------------------.|
   --------------------------|
   ----2h4b^--4p2p0---5-5---.|
   -----------------3-3-3----|
   --------------------------|

   SOLO BACKING (my attempt at the rythym section during the solo)
   e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   D|--0h2-2--0h2-2--0h2-2--0h2-2-----|--0h2-2--0h2-2--0h2-2--0h2-2-----|
   A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   E|-----------------------------0-0-|-----------------------------0-0-|


   e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   A|--2h3-3--2h3-3--2h3-3--2h3-3-----|--3h5-5--3h5-5--3h5-5--3h5-5-----|
   E|-----------------------------0-0-|-----------------------------0-0-|


   LYRICS:
   Verse 1 I will wait like nothing
   I have ever waited for
   I will catch your tears from falling
   Until from my hands they fall
   Verse 2 You can leave me abandoned
   Like the year if you are begging (not sure of this line)
   Like the rest I have been branded
   Far beneath the skin
   So far beneath the skin
   Chorus You shall be...
   You shall be....
   You shall be.....
   Forgiven....
   You shall be...
   You shall be....
   You shall be.....
   Forgiven....
   Verse 3 Here I have been waiting
   While the time has come and gone
   I tried singing to you
   But you turned my words to stone
   Verse 4 Here I have been waiting
   It seems for quite a while
   Changed on my reflections
   But inside I'm still just a child
   But inside I'm still just a child
   CHORUS

   SLIDE GUITAR SOLO W/WAH WAH

   Verse 5 These eyes weren't made for crying
   This love wasn't made to waste
   These arms weren't made for battle
   But to share your warm embrace
   But to share in your embrace
   CHORUS x 2

   -I dont know if that is exactly were it ends but it was cut off
   at that point on th radio and I transcribed this from the tape of
   the radio show.

   -Jai Mitchell (Self Proclaimed to be
   arguably the biggest
   Ben Harper fan on earth)
   PROVE ME WRONG!!!!