Ben Harper – Roses From My Friends (Ukulele)

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Chords used:

    C   G Gsus2 Dm Fadd9 Bm5* Dsus4 D#5*
e|--3---2---3---0---0----0-----0----0---| 
B|--3---3---3---1---3----3-----3----3---| 
G|--0---2---2---2---0----0-----2----0---| 
D|--0---0---0---2---2----0-----2----0---| 
A|--2---X---X---0---3----2-----0----1---| 
E|--3---X---X---0---0----0-----0----0---|

intro: C G-Gsus2 Dm (when you see G play G-Dsus2)

C              G          Dm
I could have treated you better

C                       G         Dm
But you couldn't have treated me worse

C        G      Dm
But it's he who laughs last

C  G             Dm
Is he who cries first

C            G             Dm
Sometimes I feel I know strangers

C           G       Dm
Better than I know my friends

C       G     Dm
Why must a beginning

C       G          Dm
Be the means to an end

(sometimes he plays Am and the slides the hand to the 3rd fret like this)
                e|---0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0---| 
                B|---1-1-1-1~~3-3-3~~1---| 
                G|---2-2-2-2~~4-4-4~~2---| 
                D|---2-2-2-2~~4-4-4~~2---| 
                A|---0-0-0-0--0-0-0~~0---| 
                E|-----------------------|

(he also plays this just before the beginning of the verses, before the G)

                E|--0h2--|

      C             Fadd9
The stones from my enemies

C                 Fadd9
These wounds will mend

   Am           G
But I cannot survive             

    Fadd9   (***)   C            Fadd9 (***) C 
the roses from my friends      e|---0--------3---| 

                               B|---3--------3---| 
                               G|---0--0--0--0---| 
                               D|---2--0--0--0---| 
                               A|---3--2--0--2---| 
                               E|---0--0--0--3---|

C         G                  Dm
When the last word has been spoken

                  C              G            Dm
And we've beared witness to the final setting sun

C                 G          Dm
All that shall remain is a token

C              G        Dm
Of what we've said and done

C              G             Dm
When all we've had has been forsaken

C                   G           Dm
Distant church bells no longer ring

C          G                Dm
That's the sound of a heart taken

C                 G        Dm
And the story of tears from a king

      C             Fadd9
The stones from my enemies

C                 Fadd9
These wounds will mend

   Am           G
But I cannot survive             

    Fadd9   (***)   C            
the roses from my friends

   Am           G      Fadd9-Bm5*-Dsus4
oh i cannot survive the roses

(repeat verse) This may be the last time I see you Forgive me for holding you close This may be the last time that I see you So of this moment I will make the most This may be the last time I see you But if you keep me in your heart Together we shall be eternal If you believe We shall never part

      C             Fadd9
The stones from my enemies

C                 Fadd9
These wounds will mend

   Am           G
But I cannot survive             

    Fadd9   (***)   C            
the roses from my friends

   Am           G      
oh i cannot survive

Fadd9 Bm5* Dsus4 (x3)
the roses...

          Fadd9     Bm5* D#5* Fadd9   C 
i cannot survive the roses from my friends.