Two Hands of a Prayer

Ben Harper

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Two Hands of a Prayer

Year: 1999 - Album: Burn to Shine

Written by Ben Harper

Key: Em

Two Hands of a Prayer Key BmBm

Two Hands of a Prayer Key CmCm

Two Hands of a Prayer Key C#mC#m

Two Hands of a Prayer Key DmDm(one step down)

Two Hands of a Prayer Key D#mD#m(half step down)

Two Hands of a Prayer Key EmEm(original key)

Two Hands of a Prayer Key FmFm(half step up)

Two Hands of a Prayer Key F#mF#m(one step up)

Two Hands of a Prayer Key GmGm

Two Hands of a Prayer Key G#mG#m

Two Hands of a Prayer Key AmAm

Two Hands of a Prayer Key A#mA#m

	  		%=repeat the last part
intro:   
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   Em             D                       Am                Em
e|----0-0-0-0-0-0---2-2-3-2-|-|-|-----------------------------0-0-0-0-|
B|----0-0-0-0-1-0---3-3-3-3-|-|-|-----------1-1-3-1-----------0-0-1-0-|
G|----0-0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2-|%|%|-----0h2---2-2-2-2-----------0-0-0-0-|
D|----2-2-2-2-2-2-0---------|-|-|-0-0-------2-2-2-2-----0h2---2-2-2-2-|
A|-2------------------------|-|-|---------0---------0-0-------2-2-2-2-|
E|--0-----------------------|-|-|---------------------------0-------0-|

Couplet: (same thing as the intro)
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Em                D               Em                 D
First time that I saw her she had white doves in her eyes 
    Em              D             Am         Em
She spoke to me but I could not reply, not reply 
Em        D              Em        D
She was a stranger I had known for years
    Em               D               Am                Em
She brought to me so many smiles and tears, smiles and tears 
RiffA(before the chorus:)
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   Em              D    C           Em     Em    D   C
e|-----------------0-0--0-|---|---|--------0-----2---0------|
B|----------0-1-0--3-3--1-|---|---|--------0-----3---1------|
G|----------0-0-0--0-0--0-|-%-|-%-|--------0-----2---0------|
D|----------2-2-2--4-4--2-|---|---|-2-2-2--2-----0---2------|
A|--2-2-2---2-2-2--5-5--3-|---|---|-2-2-2--2---------3------|
E|--0-0-0-----------------|---|---|-0-0-0--0----------------|
                                                 The two...
chorus:   G6:320000                  
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    C   G6         D       Dsus4    D         Dsus2   D      Dsus2
e|--0--------------2-------3-3-3----2-2-2-----0-0-0---2-2-2--0---||
B|--1---0-----0----3-------3-3-3----3-3-3-----3-3-3---3-3-3--3---||
G|--0---0-----0----2-------2-2-2----2-2-2-----2-2-2---2-2-2--2---||
D|--2---0-----0----0---------------------------------------------||
A|--3---2-----2--------------------------------------------------||
E|------3-----3--------------------------------------------------|| 
   Two  hands of a prayer  toge-----ther like the two ha-a--a----
   and  o-----of a prayer  toge-----ther like the two ha-a--a----
   and  o-----of a prayer  toge-----ther like the two ha-a--a----
   and  o-----of a prayer  

D   C   G6         D
The two hands of a prayer
Dsus4    D         Dsus2     D  Dsus2 C    G6   D
Toge-----ther like the two   ha-a-----ands of a prayer
Dsus4    D         Dsus2      D Dsus2   C    G6   D
Toge-----ther like the two    ha-a------ands of a prayer 
Dsus4    D         Dsus2     D  Dsus2 C    G6   D       Dsus4  D Dsus2  D  Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
Toge-----ther like the two   ha-a-----ands of a prayer
 
                                        Em
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-2h4p2-0--0h2p0-------------------------|
D|-----------------------5h7-5(h7p5)------|    brackets mean that it is just an effect,not
A|----------------3--5h7-------------7----|    a full note like the others 
E|-------------------------------------0--|
verse:
Tired maid slowly drifts into the past, into the past 
And finds a home where echoes rest,echoes rest 
She softly kissed my mind, and whispered what will we do with time, do with time 
chorus:
The two hands of a prayer 
Together like the two hands of a prayer 
Together like the two hands of a prayer 
Together like the two hands of a prayer 
(bridge:play the RiffA then the chorus)
verse:
Another man I choosed to be, choosed to be, 
Or just the man I used to be, used to be 
Another man I want to be, I want to be 
And this question, it keeps haunting me, haunting me 
chorus:
The two hands of a prayer 
Together like the two hands of a prayer 
Together like the two hands of a prayer 
Together like the two hands of a prayer

outro:play the  RiffA ...

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