'Mamas Trippin' by Harper Ben - Guitar Tutorial

            From:cioppin@libero.it
Subject:MAMA'S TRIPPIN from THE WILL TO LIVE by BEN HARPER

Transcribed by Antonio Piovesan cioppin@libero.it     

STANDARD TUNING

* -->> stands for
* -->> repeat the measure the # of times indicated above

pre-verse

|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|--5----3----2---------3----|-5-----3--------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------1--3-4---3-5---|
|----3----3-------3------3--|----3----3------------------|

|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|--5----3----2---------3----|-5-----3--------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|----3----3-------3------3--|----3----3------------------|


verse ( 5 times ) 

|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|*--5----3----2--------3----|-5-----3-------------------*|
|*--------------------------|-------------1--3-4---3-5--*|
|-----3----3------3------3--|----3----3------------------|

then

|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|--5----3----2---------3----|-5-----3--------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|----3----3-------3------3--|----3----3------------------|

chorus ( 4 times ) (i think it's played with a 5 strings bass, playing an octave lower)

              |-->light bending
|-------------3-------------|----------------------------|
|*-5-3---3-5------5-3-5-----|--5-3--3-5-----------------*|
|*-----5--------------------|------5--------3----(3)----*|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|


pre-verse

|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|--5----3----2---------3----|-5-----3--------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------1--3-4---3-5---|
|----3----3-------3------3--|----3----3------------------|

|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|--5----3----2---------3----|-5-----3--------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|----3----3-------3------3--|----3----3------------------|

verse ( 3 times ) 

|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|*--5----3----2--------3----|-5-----3-------------------*|
|*--------------------------|-------------1--3-4---3-5--*|
|-----3----3------3------3--|----3----3------------------|

then 

|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---5----3----2--------3----|-5-----3--------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------1-1-3-4-4-5-5|
|-----3----3------3------3--|----3----3---3--------------|


chorus ( 4 times ) 

              |-->light bending
|-------------3-------------|----------------------------|
|*-5-3---3-5------5-3-5-----|--5-3--3-5-----------------*|
|*-----5--------------------|------5--------3----(3)----*|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|

then

|---------------------------|---------------3-h-5-3------|
|-------3-3--5-------3-3--5-|-------3-3-5------------5-5-|
|--3-5----------3-5---------|--3-5-----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|

to be continued ...