Biography:
Hailing from Ghana, 28 year-old Brit Benjamin Clementine has crossed the channel, guitar in hand, to get his voice heard. Discovered busking in the Paris Métro, he's Matthieu Gazier and Lionel Bensemoun's label Behind's latest signing.
More info at facebook.com/benjaminclementine and twitter.com/MrBClementine
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'Cornerstone' by Benjamin Clementine (benjaminclementine.com/)
Tabbed by Rob Leyland
Capo 6
[Intro] C Em C Em C
[Verse 1]
Em C
I'm alone in a box of stone
Em C
When all is said and done
Em C
As the wind blows to the east from the west
Em
Unto this bed, my tears have their solemn rest
[Chorus]
C Am F C
I am lonely, alone in a box of stone
Am F
They claim to love me but they all lying
C Am F
I been lonely alone in a box of my own
C Am F
And this is the place, I now belong
C G F
Its my home, home, home, home, home, home, home, home
C G F C
Its my home, home, home, home, home, home, home, home
[Verse 2]
Em
It wasnt easy getting used to this
C
I used to scream
Em
Its not true, that its only when the door is locked
C
That nobody enters
Em C
Cuz mine has been open till your demise
Em
But none had come, well who am I,
What have I done, what have I done?
[Chorus 2]
C Am F C
I've been lonely, alone in a box of my own
Am F
They claim to be near me but they were all lying, it's not true
C Am F
I been lonely, alone in a box of my own
C Am F
This is the place I now belong
C G F
Its my home, home, home, home, home, home, home, home
C G F
Its my home, home, home, home, home, home, home, home
[Bridge]
C
Friends, I have met
Dm G
Lovers have slept and wept
C Dm G
Promises to stay had never been kept
C Dm G
This bare truth of which most wont share
F G
I hope you shaaaaaaaare
[Chorus 3]
C Am F C
Cuz I been lonely, alone in a box of my own
Am F
They claim to love me and be near me but they all lying
C Am F
I been lonely, alone in the box of my stone
C Am F
And this is the place I now belong
C G F
Its my home, home, home, home, home, home, home, home
C G F
Its my home, home, home, home, home, home, home, home
[Outro] C Em C Em
Tabbed by Rob Leyland
Capo 6
[Intro] C Em C Em C
[Verse 1]
Em C
I'm alone in a box of stone
Em C
When all is said and done
Em C
As the wind blows to the east from the west
Em
Unto this bed, my tears have their solemn rest
[Chorus]
C Am F C
I am lonely, alone in a box of stone
Am F
They claim to love me but they all lying
C Am F
I been lonely alone in a box of my own
C Am F
And this is the place, I now belong
C G F
Its my home, home, home, home, home, home, home, home
C G F C
Its my home, home, home, home, home, home, home, home
[Verse 2]
Em
It wasnt easy getting used to this
C
I used to scream
Em
Its not true, that its only when the door is locked
C
That nobody enters
Em C
Cuz mine has been open till your demise
Em
But none had come, well who am I,
What have I done, what have I done?
[Chorus 2]
C Am F C
I've been lonely, alone in a box of my own
Am F
They claim to be near me but they were all lying, it's not true
C Am F
I been lonely, alone in a box of my own
C Am F
This is the place I now belong
C G F
Its my home, home, home, home, home, home, home, home
C G F
Its my home, home, home, home, home, home, home, home
[Bridge]
C
Friends, I have met
Dm G
Lovers have slept and wept
C Dm G
Promises to stay had never been kept
C Dm G
This bare truth of which most wont share
F G
I hope you shaaaaaaaare
[Chorus 3]
C Am F C
Cuz I been lonely, alone in a box of my own
Am F
They claim to love me and be near me but they all lying
C Am F
I been lonely, alone in the box of my stone
C Am F
And this is the place I now belong
C G F
Its my home, home, home, home, home, home, home, home
C G F
Its my home, home, home, home, home, home, home, home
[Outro] C Em C Em
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