Please Bleed Chords
by Ben Harper
Please Bleed by Ben Harper is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, G, Am, C, A, D and Dsus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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