Ben Harper - Please Me Like You Want To

20100925:
I strummed and felt like the song was in the key of D major. With the chords D, G, and A repeating. The third tab I came to had the chords A, D, and E (key of A major). Lol, either I'm off (wrong key) or I'm close (consecutive major keys have two major chords in common). Though I'm more likely off, because when I was first listening, I was switching between the A and the G. And then only added the D when trying to complete the key. And D sounded right. But I didn't realize that A and D belong to the key of A. If I had realized, I would have tried A, D, and E compared to D, G, and A. Oh well... You learn from your mistakes.

Ben Harper - Please Me Like You Want To Ver 3 Tab

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Please me like you want to - Ben Harper feat. Jack Johnson
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This is the version played on "Last Call" with Carson Daily (you can find it at youtube)
This is the guitar part played by Ben Harper, Jack Johnson basically plays A, D and E chords

Tabbed by: christoffer
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Tuning: Standard

Intro and Chorus

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|---6h7p6-------4h5p4-----------------6h7p6--|
A|---7-----7\5-5-5----5--4-4-4h5/6/7---7----7-|
E|-0--------------------5------------0--------|

Verses

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|---6h7p6------------------------------------|
A|---7----7\5---0---4h5p4---4---4h5p4---4-----|
E|-0----------2---5-------5---5~------5-------|

Solo

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|-5/7-7-2/4-5-4/7\5-4---4-5/7\5---4-5/7\5----|
E|---------------------5---------5---------5--|
Slide to 7th fret 1st string at the end of the second repetition

| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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Structure

Intro 2x
Verse 8x
Chorus 5x
Solo 2x
Verse 10x
Chorus 7x

Lyrics:

Don't do me any favors
matter of fact why don't you
do yourself a few

your presence ain't nobody's blessing
I've got plenty of other things
I could do

oh no, not another excuse
your tired silly games
for me are just no use

and now it's plain for me to see
you're with somebody
that you don't wanna be

so won't you
please please me like you want to
not like you have to
or won't you just go on and leave me
leaving me is the least that you could do

you could have spared me
so much misery
and told me you just wanted
a friend

believe me there is a difference
when you mean it
and when you pretend

or was I just your habit
cause I know a habit
is a hard thing to break

but won't you spare me
a little mercy
there's only so much
so much that I can take

so won't you
please please me like you want to
not like you have to
or won't you just go on and leave me
leaving me is the least that you could do

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