Burn One Down Tab

jebro · Post by **jebro** » Wed Jan 15, 2003 3:45 pm

Does anyone have a good tab of this song, or can you tell me how it should be played? I have found one on the internet but its not very good. Any help would be appreciated.

Jess

Post by **jkanter** » Wed Jan 15, 2003 4:27 pm

First off. You have to know that Ben Harper's guitar is tuned an ENTIRE STEP DOWN. It's basically like doing every string in drop D format. But Here is the tab that I have for it from watching Ben play it. This is almost perfect:

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Note: G Chords can be played with the 3onA also(as the fuller G-chord)

Intro/Fill
D:---3-------3---------------------------
A:---0-------0---------------------------
F:---0-------0---------------------------
C:---0-------0------------------------0-- then
G:---2-------2------0--2-----3--2--0-----
D:-3-3---3-3-3---3--------3--------------

D:---3-------3--------------------------
A:---0-------0--------------------------
F:---0-------0--------------------------
C:---0-------0-------------------------- or
G:---2-------2------0--2-----3---2---0--
D:-3-3---3-3-3---3--------3-------------

D:---3-------3-----------------------------
A:---0-------0-----------------------------
F:---0-------0-----------------------------
C:---0-------0--------------------------0--
G:---2-------2------0--2-----3-3--2--0-----
D:-3-3---3-3-3---3--------3----------------
*It goes 1st part x2....then 2nd or 3rd part....then 1st part again

Verse
D:---3-------3-----3-----------0---------0-----------
A:---0-------0-----0-----------0---------1-----------
F:---0-------0-----0-----------0---------0-----------
C:---0-------0-----0-----------2---------2-----------
G:---2-------2-----2-----------2----3~~~~3--3--2--0--
D:-3-3---3-3-3---3-3---3--2--0-0-0~~-----------------

Chorus("If You Don't Like my fire...")
D:---3-------3-----0----0----0-----2--------------3-----0-----2--
A:---0-------0-----0----0----0-----3--------------0-----0-----3--
F:---0-------0-----0----0----0-----2--------------0-----0-----2--
C:---0-------0-----2----2----2---0-0--------------0-----2---0-0--
G:---2-------2-----2----2----2---------3--2--0----2-----2--------
D:-3-3---3-3-3---0-0--0-0--0-0------------------3-3---0-0--------

Hope that helps....PEACE

dustin · Post by **dustin** » Wed Jan 15, 2003 8:00 pm

i got to say great song to play even if i don't do drugs but thats not all the song is about though.

thanks dustin

madtadder · Post by **madtadder** » Wed Jan 15, 2003 8:21 pm

yep, another good song to segue burn one down into is the joker by steve miller band. it's also in standard d and has a similar riff to it. both crowd pleasers, so it works.

God_Fearing_Man · Post by **God_Fearing_Man** » Wed Jan 15, 2003 11:29 pm

It's basically just a rip off fo the opening riff from "Redemption Song" - very similar at least.. the tab jkanter posted is correct...

however Ben doesn't always tune down any more. In fact, I'm quite certain that on his last tour, he didn't tune his guitar down at all (he did it to compliment his voice better, but he has improved his vocal range and can sing wel and in tune without tuning down these days) on the last tour.

If you have Live From Mars give it a listen to and I'm sure you'll find he's in standard tuning.

jebro · Post by **jebro** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 1:19 am

thanks for the help kanter. im sure it will be dead on. ill do some practicing. looks 100 times better, than the first ones ive seen. thanks again.

Jess

Hash · Post by **Hash** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 11:01 am

God fearing man--your actually right about the tuning.

In Harper's "Live from Mars" album---most tunes were done in standard tuning. I saw him in concert in Toronto two years ago, and it was definetly in standard tuning there too (he also opened up for DMB in Buffalo in July 2000)

Im a huge fan of Ben Harper myself. you can find GREAT (practically perfect) tabs of his songs at

http://benharpertablatures.free.fr/english_index.htm

Theres even a link to this site from Ben Harpers official site, so im guessing that these are all super accurate and endorsed by Harper.

Hope that helped.

Hash

dustin · Post by **dustin** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 5:15 pm

yep great site i'm on there all the time just i like i'm always at this website

i can't wait for the new cd to come out in march. you can go http://www.benharper.fr.st/ben.htm to here 3 new songs from the cd

thanks dustin ps alot of people been trying to listen to it so it might brake up a little bit

God_Fearing_Man · Post by **God_Fearing_Man** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:22 pm

my buddy has hookups at Virgin... So I should have the new CD by the end of the month....

I'm pissing my pants here, it's been too fuckin long since Burn To Shine...

madtadder · Post by **madtadder** » Sat Feb 01, 2003 6:00 pm

God_Fearing_Man wrote:It's basically just a rip off fo the opening riff from "Redemption Song" - very similar at least..

and redemption song is basically just a rip off of the g major scale. all music comes from somewhere else. all artists draw on inspiration from other sources, its all straight.