Brick Bass Tab Written by Ben Folds Performed on the Album "Whatever and Amen"
By Ben Folds Five (Guitar chords under the
basslines) The beginning of the verse, there's no bass.
Eventually, he comes in with his contrabass and plays a quiet little
riff. 1st Verse: 6 AM, day after Christmas.... D Dsus2 G6sus2(x3) Bm7 E7sus4 E7 Esus4 2nd verse: And I am....dumb. G|----------------------| D|---------5lr----------| A|--5lr-----------------| E|----------------------| Same as above chords. It sounds best if you have a noise gate and
crank it up all the way to cut off most of the attack, so it sounds
like the contrabass fading in. The verse line comes in a bit after. It's
easy, also. I go downtown to her
apartment.... G|--------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------| A|-5---5---5---5----------------------| E|--------------------3---3---3---3---| Same verse chords. You may want to play the G (third fret on
the E String) an ocatve higher ( fifth fret on the D String) , it's hard to
tell what he's playing. The prechorus goes like this. And we drive Now that I have found someone
I'm feelin' more alone than I ever have before G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--2-2-2-------------2-2-2-----------------5--5--5---------------2-2-2---------------------------| E|-----------3-3-3-------------3-3-3--------------------3--3--3-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| Bm7 G6sus Bm7 G6sus D G6sus Bm7 E7 The chorus is just a simple G-A-D
progression. She's a brick and I'm drowning
slowly.... G|--------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------5-5-5-5---------| E|--3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5---------------------| G A Dmaj9 The bridge is fairly easy, as
well. As weeks went by, it showed that she was not
fine. G|----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---| E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------| E7 G6sus D corrections, comments are
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