Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals - Having Wings
2007 Album: Lifeline
Chords and Tab By: Jeff Martin
Tuning - Standard
Intro Chords (This is all for a single acoustic)
Bm-C-G
Bm-Bm/Bbm/Am-G
Bm C G
I heard a street singer play a song I knew,
Bm Bm/Bbm/Am G
And it brought me closer to you.
Bm C
G/Am/Bm
I heard a street singer play a song I called my own,
Bm/Bbm/Am G
That brought be to my childhood home.
C C/B C/A G
D/Dsus4/D
Did you go back from where you came?
C C/B C/B G D/Dsus4/D
If I get there will they have my name?
C C/B C/A G D/Dsus4/D
If they don't I'll only have myself to blame.
C G D/Dsus4/D
For all these things,
Am C G
True happiness is having wings.
Bm C G
Life is a gury eyed, heavy hearted, whirlwind of a storm.
Bm Bm/Bbm/Am G
Something they just hurt too much to cry.
Bm C
G G/Am/Bm
Memories are like shadows, the light won't make them disappear
Bm/Bbm/Am G
So I still see you smiling with your eyes.
So did you go back from where you came?
If I get there, would they have my name?
If they don't I'll only have myself to blame,
For all these things,
True happiness is having wings
Solo:
(Bend first note ¼ step)
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Did you go back from where you came?
If I get there will they have my name?
If they don't I'll only have myself to blame.
For all these things
True happiness is having wings
True happiness is having wings
True happiness is having wings
Great Song… enjoy! PEACE
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