Two Hands of a Prayer Chords
by Ben Harper
Two Hands of a Prayer by Ben Harper is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, D, Am, C, G6, Dsus4 and Dsus2. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
%=repeat the last part
intro:
-------
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)
---------
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:)
--------------------
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
--------
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 ...