Please Me Like You Want To Acoustic Tab - Ben Harper






Please Me Like You Want To

h = hammer on
p = pick off
/ = slide

Intro:
     E                   D                   A        (D)  (D#)  E                  
d:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
C:|---------6-h7-p6-------------4-h5-p4---------------------------------6-h7-p6----:||(x2)
G:|-----------------7----5--------------5-------4-4-4-h5---/6----7--------------7---||
D:|--0---------------------------------------5------------------------0-------------||
     1    &    2    &    3    &    4    &    1    &    2    &    3    &    4    &

Verse 1 & 2:
     E                   D                   A        (D)      (A)        (D)  (A)             
d:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||    
C:|---------6-h7-p6----------------------------------------------------------------:||(x8)   
G:|-----------------7----5--------------0----0-------5-p4-------------4-h5-p4-------||    
D:|--0------------------------0---h2------------------------5----5--------------5---||   
     1    &    2    &    3    &    4    &    1    &    2    &    3    &    4    &

1a)           Don't    do me  a----ny   fa---vors           
1b)Mat'rfact why don't u do   yourself  a    few
1c)    Your presence it ain't nobody's  blessing                            I've got           
1d) plenty of other things   that  I   could do

2a)           Ohhhh      no,            not another excuse                     Your
2b) tired,    silly     games for  me   are  just no use
2c)       And now  it's plain for  me   to   see                               That
2d) you're with  somebody     that you don't want to be.              (So won’t you...)

Chorus 1: (as per intro)
     E                   D                   A        (D)  (D#)  E  
d:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
C:|---------6-h7-p6-------------4-h5-p4---------------------------------6-h7-p6----:||(x5)
G:|-----------------7----5--------------5-------4-4-4-h5---/6----7--------------7---||
D:|--0---------------------------------------5------------------------0-------------||
     1    &    2    &    3    &    4    &    1    &    2    &    3    &    4    &

1)          Please,    please me   like you  w----a----n----t    to.
2)          Not,        not   like you  have to.
3)          Orrrrr      just go on and leave me.                            You know...
4)   Leaving me  is the least that you could do.                            You know...
5)   Leaving me  is the least that you could do.                             

Solo: (general interprataion)
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A:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
C:|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------:||(x2)
G:|--5---/7----7-------4-h5p4-h5p4-h5p4-0--------4-h5p4-5p4-0---------4-h5p4-h5-5---||
D:|-(0)-----------------------------------—-----------------------------------------||
     1    &    2    &    3    &    4    &    1    &    2    &    3    &    4    &

Bridge: (Play verse riff - no vocals)
     E                   D                   A        (D)       (A)       (D)  (A)     
d:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||  
F:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||    
C:|---------6-h7-p6----------------------------------------------------------------:||(x2)   
G:|-----------------7----5--------------0----0-------5-p4-------------4-h5-p4-------||    
D:|--0------------------------0---h2------------------------5----5--------------5---||   
     1    &    2    &    3    &    4    &    1    &    2    &    3    &    4    &
     
Verse 3 & 4:  
     E                   D                   A        (D)       (A)       (D)  (A)     
d:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||  
F:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||    
C:|---------6-h7-p6----------------------------------------------------------------:||(x8)   
G:|-----------------7----5--------------0----0-------5-p4-------------4-h5-p4-------||    
D:|--0------------------------0---h2------------------------5----5--------------5---||   
     1    &    2    &    3    &    4    &    1    &    2    &    3    &    4    &

3a)    You could've spared me so  much  mis-ery                                 And
3b)  told me   you just  want-ed        a    friend                            Cause
3c) believe me         there  is   a    difference                         From when
3d) you mean it     and when  yo---u    pre--tend

4a)       Orrrrrr,     was I just your  ha---bit?                            Cause I
4b) know   a habit    it’s a hard thing to break
4c)    But won't you spare me a little  mercy?                            There's only
4d) so much                  that  I    can  take.                     (So won't you...)

Chorus 2: (as per intro w/extra pass)
     E                   D                   A        (D)  (D#)  E    
d:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
C:|---------6-h7-p6-------------4-h5-p4---------------------------------6-h7-p6----:||(x6)
G:|-----------------7----5--------------5-------4-4-4-h5---/6----7--------------7---||
D:|--0---------------------------------------5------------------------0-------------||
     1    &    2    &    3    &    4    &    1    &    2    &    3    &    4    &

1)          Please,    please me   like you  w----a----n----t    to.
2)          Not,        not   like you  have to.
3)          Orrrrr      won't you just go and l---e---a--v--e    me.        You know...
4)   Leaving me  is the least that you could do.                            
5)   Leaving me  is the least that you could do.                            (I) said...
6)   Leaving me     is  the   l--e--a--s--t            that      you       can  do.

Outro: (same as chorus/intro)
     E                   D                   A        (D)  (D#)  E
d:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
C:|---------6-h7-p6-------------4-h5-p4---------------------------------6-h7-p6----:||(x?)
G:|-----------------7----5--------------5-------4-4-4-h5---/6----7--------------7---||
D:|--0---------------------------------------5------------------------0-------------||
     1    &    2    &    3    &    4    &    1    &    2    &    3    &    4    &