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Ben Folds Five Army
Artist: Ben Folds Five Song: Army Album: The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
(see bottom for chords)
VERSE 1 (see below for guitar interlude played during verse) G# Well I thought about the army D#m Dad said, "Son you're fucking high" C# G# And I thought, yeah there's a first for everything
So I took my old man's advice, three sad semesters D#m It was only fifteen grand C# spent in bed, I thought about the army G# C#/F I dropped out and joined a band instead
CHORUS (piano solo) D#m A#m G#maj7 D#m A#m G#maj7
VERSE 2 (same as verse 1 except for Fm chord) Grew a moustache and a mullet Got a job at chick-fillet Citing artistic differences the band broke up in May Fm And in June reformed without me And they got a different name I nuked another grandma's apple pie And hung my head in shame, no
CHORUS (listen to song for the arrangement of the chords) D#m A#m G#maj7 Been thinking a lot today
D#m A#m G#maj7 Been thinking a lot today
BRIDGE F# C# G# Oh Oh Think I'll write a screenplay F# C# G# Oh Oh Think I'll take you to LA F# C# Cm Oh Oh Think I'll get it done yesterday
(The guitar part played during the bridge goes something like this) e|------------------------| b|------------------------| (this followed by triplets of each note heading back down) g|------------------------| (11-11-11-10-10-10-9-9-9….) d|------------------------| a|------------------------| e|-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-|
PIANO SOLO (listen to song for arrangement of chords) Fm7 Cm Fm7 Cm A#7 D#7 G# G#maj7 Fm7 C# C#maj7 Fm/C Fm
GUITAR SOLO (played along with G# D#m C# G# chords) e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| b|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| g|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| d|---6-------6s10---8-------8s13---11-------11s15---13---11---10---8---6-| a|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
HORN INTERLUDE ("") G# D#m C# G# G# D#m C# G#
VERSE 3 (same chords as previous verse) In this time of introspection On the eve of my election I say to my reflection God please spare me more rejection 'Cause my peers, they criticize me And my ex-wives all despise me Try to put it all behind me But my redneck past is nipping at my heels
CHORUS (same as previous chorus)
ENDING F#maj7 I thought about A# G#maj7 the army
CHORDS (these are all the chords used in the song. There are a lot but you basically just need G#, D#m and C# for the main parts of the song)
G# 466544 D#m X68876 C# X46664 C#/F X46464 A#m X13321 G#maj7 XX6543 Fm 133111 F# 244322 Cm X35543 Fm7 131111 A#7 X13131 D#7 X68686 C#maj7 XX(11)(10)98 F#maj7 XX4321 A# X13331
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