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Song:   By My Side
Artist: Ben Harper
Album:  Fight For Your Mind

Tuning: Whole step down DGCFAD (low to high)

D--------------
A--------------
F--------0-----
C---0h2--------
G--------------
D--------------

G                      C
Don't you get ahead of me
       D                 G
And I won't leave you behind
G             C
If you get unhappy
           D         G
Won't you show me a sign


G                    C
There's no love like lost love
    D                  G
No pain like a broken heart
G                    C
There's no love like you and me
       D              G
And no loss like us apart


 G        C
Promises promise is
D       G
Only a word
 G               C
And when softly spoken
D         G
Is never heard


G         C
And a heart
D         G
Is not a stone
G        C
And is fragile
    D            G
As fragile when alone


G       D
 By my side
Em      C
 By my side
 Am        C         D C G
 Won't you be by my side

G       D
 By my side
Em      C
 By my side
 Am        C         D C G
 Won't you be by my side

*Same chord pattern as above...

My care for you

Is from the ground up to the sky

It's over under up above

Down below and to the side



No use in pretending

No use in saving face

My love is never ending

You are my saving grace



By my side

By my side

Won't you be by my side

By my side

By my side

Won't you be by my side