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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 16:22:40 -0800 (PST)
 From: ian lindsay 
 Ground On Down by Ben Harper
 Transcription by I.Lindsay
 >From the album Fight For Your Mind
 Ben plays this one on a Weisenborn it's a
 kind of lap steel with a hollow neck , no 
 frets and built in Koa wood in the twenties
 by Henry Weissenborn .
 
 Tuning open C
 e no change
 B up to C
 G no change
 D down to C
 A down to G
 E down to C
 
 The song stands on one riff with
 slight variations every time you'll
 have to listen to the record to
 catch them :
 
 
 e---------------------------------------------------------
 C----12~~----0-h-2-/-3-------5~~~--------------10-/-11~~--
 G----12~~----0-h-2-/-3---0---5~~~----------0---10-/-11~~--
 C----12~~----0-h-2-/-3---0---5~~~----------0---10-/-11~~--
 G---------------------------------------------------------
 C---------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 
 Lyrics: 
 
 I believe in a few things
 God the devil and love
 'cause I've looked up from the bottom
 and I've stared down from above
 
 I have faith in a few things
 divinity and grace
 but even when I'm on my knees
 I know the devil prays
 
 and  you're working your way
 from the ground on down
 
 I hate to say I love you
 because it means that I 
 will be with you forever 
 or will sadly say goodbye 
 
 I love to say I hate you 
 because it means that I 
 will live my life happily without you
 or will sadly live a lie 
 
 and you're working your way
 from the ground on down
 
 life is short 
 and if your lookin'for extension
 with your time 
 you had best do well
 
 'cause there's good deeds 
 and there's good intention 
 they're as far apart 
 as heaven and hell
 
 and you're working you're way
 from the ground on down
 
 
 
 INTRO :
 
 e---------------------------------------------------------
 C---~~12~~-~-~~---------12-----10-/-12-/-9----------------
 G---~~12~~-~-~~--------12------10-/-12-/-9----------------
 C---~~12~~-~-~~-------12-------10-/-12-/-9----------------
 G-------------------12---------10-/-12-/-9----------------
 C---------------------------------------------------------
 
 e-------------------------------------------------
 C-------------10-----9-/-10-/-7-----7-------------
 G-----------10-------9-/-10-/-7-----7-------------
 C----------10--------9-/-10-/-7-----7-------------
 G-------10-----------9-/-10-/-7-----7-------------
 C-------------------------------------------------
 
 
 
 e---------------------------------------------------------
 C----12~~----0-h-2-/-3-------5~~~--------------10-/-11~~--
 G----12~~----0-h-2-/-3---0---5~~~----------0---10-/-11~~--
 C----12~~----0-h-2-/-3---0---5~~~----------0---10-/-11~~--
 G---------------------------------------------------------
 C---------------------------------------------------------
 
 e-------------------------------------------------
 C-------------------------------------------------
 G-------------------------------------------------
 C-------------------------------------------------
 G-------------------------------------------------
 C-------12-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-1------------
         ( slow slide )
 
 
 e-------------------------------------------------
 C-------------------------------------------------
 G-------------------------------------------------
 C-------------------------------------------------
 G-------------------------------------------------
 C-------1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------
 When played live Ben adds a snipe of the star spangled banner 
 
 e-------------------------------------------------
 C-------------------------------------------------
 G-X-X-X--X--X---X-X-X--X---X-X--X-X--0---10-/-11~~
 C-X-X-X--X--X---X-X-X--X---X-X--X-X--0---10-/-11~~
 G-X-X-X--X--X---X-X-X--X---X-X--X-X--0---10-/-11~~
 C-X-X-X--X--X---X-X-X--X---X-X--X-X---------------
 ( the X are muffled by the left hand at the top of the neck
 just over the first fret and the rhythm is like Led Zep's
 Moby Dick ) 
 
 SOLO:
 
 E---------------------------------------------------
 C---------------------------------------------------
 G---5-------3--3-----2-----2------------------------
 C-------0-----------------------------3---3--5--5---
 G---------------------------------------------------
 C---------------------------------------------------
 
 E---------------------------------------------------
 C---------------------------------------------------
 G-------------------5~~~-------3--3-----2-----2-----
 C--------------------------0------------------------
 G---5~~~~~~-----------------------------------------
 C---------------------------------------------------
 
 
 
 E---------------------------------------------------
 C---------------------------------------------------
 G---------------------------------------------------
 C---3---3------3~~~~~---------------3-/-/-5---------
 G---------------------------------------------------
 C---------------------------------------------------
 
 
 E---------------------------------------------------
 C---------------------------------------------------
 G---------------------------------------------------
 C---5~~--/-7-~-~-~------7--7---8~~---8-\-7--7--7-\5-
 G---------------------------------------------------
 C---------------------------------------------------
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 That's all. for just now.
 "Float with me to distant lands,
 wondrous and fair."
      
 
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