Steal My Kisses - Ben Harper
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Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
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Ben Harper, Steal My Kisses.
Tabbed by Sanford Bledsoe, MeBlink182@aol.com.

Song: Steal My Kisses
Artist: Ben Harper

Date: July 1st, 2000

Okay, this is my first real tab so if it sucks or something, gimme a break. But I am pretty sure it's pretty accurate. If you wanna e-mail you can though, it's MeBlink182@aol.com

Here it is:

The INTRO is just beat boxing for about ten seconds, and then the guitar comes in and plays the following:

(G) (C) (D) (G)

e|-3--------3--------5--------3
B|-3--------5--------7--------3
G|-4--------5--------7--------4
D|-5--------5--------7--------5
A|-5--------3--------5--------5
E|-3--------------------------3

After strumming the entire chord once, there is a series of little upstrokes and mutes, and the rythm for those would be kind of pointless to tab out. And remember that occasionally during the song you'll hear him slide from the C chord to the A chord.

This repeats throughout the entire song except for two parts, one where there is just beat boxing, and another where it goes into a break like this at the 1:54 mark in the song:
(F) (G)
|--1-1\3-3-3-1-1-1-1--1-1\3-3-3-1--|
|--1-1\3-3-3-1-1-1-1--1-1\3-3-3-1--|
|--2-2\4-4-4-2-2-2-2--2-2\4-4-4-2--|
|--3-3\5-5-5-3-3-3-3--3-3\5-5-5-3--|
|--3-3\5-5-5-3-3-3-3--3-3\5-5-5-3--|
|--1-1\3-3-3-1-1-1-1--1-1\3-3-3-1--|
and just repeat that once or something. And go back to the main thing. Wow, 4 chords... was that so tough?

There's slides and stuff in there that are played on another guitar, that you could probably figure out if you REALLY wanted to, but the song sounds just w/ the chords. Peace out.
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Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Ok, this is how the song sounds from the recording I have. He starts out beat boxing
then the chord progression for basically the whole song is as follows:

e-----3----5----7----5----3-----------------------------------------------|
B-----3----5----7----5----3-----------------------------------------------|
G-----4----5----7----5----4-----------------------------------------------|
D-----x----x----x----x----x-----------------------------------------------|
A-----x----x----x----x----x-----------------------------------------------|
E-----x----x----x----x----x-----------------------------------------------|

After this sequence the whole thing pretty much just repeats all over again. Now if
just playing/singing solo, this might sound a little dry, so to make it sound fuller you
add notes on the D string. When Ben plays it, he's got accompaniment from a bass and a
drum set, so it sounds much fuller. Anyways, try this if you're playing solo:

e-----3----5----7----5----3-----------------------------------------------|
B-----3----5----7----5----3-----------------------------------------------|
G-----4----5----7----5----4-----------------------------------------------|
D-----5----5----7----5----5-----------------------------------------------|
A-----x----x----x----x----x-----------------------------------------------|
E-----x----x----x----x----x-----------------------------------------------|

You can even make the first chord in the progression a full barre chord and just play
upper portion of it by not pressing down on the low E string. This might make fingering
a easier, but it's hard to damp the A string while using the barre formation so I'm not
a big fan of this. Playing the A string brings in too much bass and takes something away
the highs in the song...in my personal opinion.

However, you can ornament the song pretty easily with the slide Ben does between the
and third chords in the progression:

e-----3----5----6/7----5----3-----------------------------------------------|
B-----3----5----6/7----5----3-----------------------------------------------|
G-----4----5----6/7----5----4-----------------------------------------------|
D-----x----x----x-x----x----x-----------------------------------------------|
A-----x----x----x-x----x----x-----------------------------------------------|
E-----x----x----x-x----x----x-----------------------------------------------|

Again, the fuller version of this looks like:

e-----3----5----6/7----5----3-----------------------------------------------|
B-----3----5----6/7----5----3-----------------------------------------------|
G-----4----5----6/7----5----4-----------------------------------------------|
D-----5----5----6/7----5----5-----------------------------------------------|
A-----x----x----x-x----x----x-----------------------------------------------|
E-----x----x----x-x----x----x-----------------------------------------------|

You can also do a step down from the third chord in the progression:

e-----3----5----7--6--5----3-----------------------------------------------|
B-----3----5----7--6--5----3-----------------------------------------------|
G-----4----5----7--6--5----4-----------------------------------------------|
D-----x----x----x--x--x----x-----------------------------------------------|
A-----x----x----x--x--x----x-----------------------------------------------|
E-----x----x----x--x--x----x-----------------------------------------------|

And with notes on the D string:

e-----3----5----7--6--5----3-----------------------------------------------|
B-----3----5----7--6--5----3-----------------------------------------------|
G-----4----5----7--6--5----4-----------------------------------------------|
D-----5----5----7--6--5----5-----------------------------------------------|
A-----x----x----x--x--x----x-----------------------------------------------|
E-----x----x----x--x--x----x-----------------------------------------------|

That's pretty much it, except for a brief bridge where he plays:

e-----4/5----5----4----3---------------------------------------------------|
B-----3/4----4----3----2---------------------------------------------------|
G-----2/3----3----2----1---------------------------------------------------|
D-----2/3----3----2----1---------------------------------------------------|
A-----x------x----x----x---------------------------------------------------|
E-----x------x----x----x---------------------------------------------------|

If you're playing solo, try trowing in the slides here and there to jazz it up a bit.
listen to the recording to get the rhythm. I just tabbed the progressions. All in all
a really easy song to learn and a fun song to play. Let me know if you have any comments
or suggestions, and please rate this tab if it helped you out, because I'm just starting

write tabs.

--Brock
Song info
Steal My Kisses
Ben Harper
2001
  • Funk / Soul
  • Rock
  • Folk Rock
  • Gospel
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