This song is played in a different tuning (Open C I think), using a slide. But you can
most of the song (apart from the solo) in standard tuning, use vibrato on the some of the
to approximate the sound of playing notes with a slide.
If you can?t find a good Ben Harper tab on UG, try:
http://benharpertablatures.free.fr/tablatures/welcome/whipping2.htm
its got free tabs/sheet music (of varying accuracy) for all of his songs. Unfortunately,
of the sheet music is in French or bad English.
The first 4 notes of part1 are not exactly what ben harper plays, but it fits if you
work out what he actually plays.
~ vibrato
Capo on 3rd fret
Part1 (play the low notes of the chord heavily)
(x2) ?Don?t want to be your whip-pi-ing boy?
[C] [Am]
e -------------x----x--|-------------------------------------------|
b -------------x----1~-|---------------------1~--------------------|
g -------------0~---2~-|---------------------2~--------------------|
d -------------2~---2~-|-------5-5-7-7-9-5s4-2~--------------------|
a ---------0---3~---0~-|-----0-3-3-5-5-7-3s2-0~--------------------|
E -0h3p0-3-----x----x--|-0-3---------------------------------------|
Part 2
Pick these notes really hard.
e ------------------------------|------------------------------|
b ------------------------------|------------------------------|
g ----2~-5~--2~-----2~-------2--|-----2~-5~--2~----2~----------|
d -2h5-----------5~----5p2-0----|--2h5----------5~----2h0------|
a ------------------------------|-------------------------3-0--|
E ------------------------------|------------------------------|
The song is mainly just a combination of these two riffs, plus the slide guitar solo.
could just improvise around part2 and the blues scale
most of the song (apart from the solo) in standard tuning, use vibrato on the some of the
to approximate the sound of playing notes with a slide.
If you can?t find a good Ben Harper tab on UG, try:
http://benharpertablatures.free.fr/tablatures/welcome/whipping2.htm
its got free tabs/sheet music (of varying accuracy) for all of his songs. Unfortunately,
of the sheet music is in French or bad English.
The first 4 notes of part1 are not exactly what ben harper plays, but it fits if you
work out what he actually plays.
~ vibrato
Capo on 3rd fret
Part1 (play the low notes of the chord heavily)
(x2) ?Don?t want to be your whip-pi-ing boy?
[C] [Am]
e -------------x----x--|-------------------------------------------|
b -------------x----1~-|---------------------1~--------------------|
g -------------0~---2~-|---------------------2~--------------------|
d -------------2~---2~-|-------5-5-7-7-9-5s4-2~--------------------|
a ---------0---3~---0~-|-----0-3-3-5-5-7-3s2-0~--------------------|
E -0h3p0-3-----x----x--|-0-3---------------------------------------|
Part 2
Pick these notes really hard.
e ------------------------------|------------------------------|
b ------------------------------|------------------------------|
g ----2~-5~--2~-----2~-------2--|-----2~-5~--2~----2~----------|
d -2h5-----------5~----5p2-0----|--2h5----------5~----2h0------|
a ------------------------------|-------------------------3-0--|
E ------------------------------|------------------------------|
The song is mainly just a combination of these two riffs, plus the slide guitar solo.
could just improvise around part2 and the blues scale
