Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals – Alone

Article by Maarten Tromp | Published .
Album cover for Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals – Burn to Shine
Album cover for Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals – Burn to Shine (source)

This is the bass tab for Alone by Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals from the album Burn to Shine (1999), played by David Firman.

I came across this song when watching this video by Sandra Cianciulli.

Music

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Bass tab

Verse

    Em
G  |------------+------------|------------+------------|
D  |------------+------------|------------+------------|
A  |------------/a---9-------|------------+------------|
E  |0-------7---+--------a-7-|0-------7---+7-7-a---7---|
    a=10, b=11, c=12

    C                         B
G  |------------+------------|------------+------------||
D  |------------+a-a/c---a---|------------+9-9-7---9---||
A  |--------a---+----------a-|--------9---+------------||
E  |8-----------+-----------8|7-----------+------------||

Pre-chorus

Repeat last 2 measures of verse.

Chorus

    Em           C            A            G
                              __________________________
                             | 1-3                      |
G  |------------+------------|------------+------------ ||
D  |------------+------------|------------+------------*||
A  |------------+3-----------|------------+------------*||
E  |0-----------+------------|5-----------+3----------- ||

    A
    _________________________
   | 4.
G  |------------+------------|------------+------------||
D  |------------+------------|------------+------------||
A  |------------+------------|------------+------------||
E  |5-----------+------------|------------+------------||

Solo

    Em
G  --|------------+------------|------------+------------|
D  --|------------+------------|------------+------------|
A  5-|7---5-7---5-+7---5-7---5-|7---5-7---5-+7---5-7-----|
E  --|------------+------------|------------+----------7-|
    a=10, b=11, c=12

    C                         B
G  |------------+------------|------------+------------||
D  |------------+------------|------------+------------||
A  |------------+------------|------------+------------||
E  |8---7-8---7-+8---7-8---5-|7---5-7---5-+7---5-7-----||