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Please Bleed

Ben Harper

OtherMedium for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Em
G
Am×
C×
BDiagram coming soon
D××
A×
E
Dsus4Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              hide this tab Intro and verses:
 
    Em     G        Am C    
e||----------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------||
G||----------------------------------||
D||---2-0----0------------2-2h4p2----||
A||------------4-------3-------------||
E||-0------3--------5----------------||
 
couplet:
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Em           G         Am    C
Make me feel like a beggar
Em           G          Am 
Make me feel like a thi-ief
Em           G      Am       C  
Make me feel like a battle,
     Em     G      A      C
that cannot end in peace
Em      G         Am      C   
Make me feel like running, 
   Em      G       Am     C 
as if I've lost my nerve 
Em      G         Am      C
Make me feel like crying, 
Em      G        Am     
tears I don't deserve 
refrain:
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C      Em
Please bleed 
     C                 Em
So I know that you are real
     C                 Em 
So I know that you can feel 
    C                  D      Dsus4  D
The damage that you've done
Am           C     
Who have I become
   Am          C     Am   C     Am   C      D 
To myself I am numb, I am numb, I am nu-u-u-umb 
couplet:
Is this really living? Sometimes it's hard to tell 
Or is this a kind of gentler hell? 
Turn out the lights 
And let me stare into your soul 
I was born and bled for you old 
refrain:
Please bleed 
So I know that you are real 
So I know that you can feel 
The damage that you've done 
Who have I become 
To myself I am numb, I am numb, I am numb 
(bridge:play the chorus)
couplet:
Never said thank you 
Never said please 
Never gave reason to believe 
So as it stands 
I remain on my knees 
Good lovers make great enemies 
refrain:
Please bleed 
So I know that you are real 
So I know that you can feel 
The damage that you've done 
Who have I become 
To myself I am numb, I am numb, I am numb 
          
 

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Chord set

Em · G · Am · C · B · D · A · E · Dsus4

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.