Biography:
Ben Folds Five is a trio formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States in 1994, who until their breakup in 2000 were a mainstay of Piano rock. Much of their work was influenced by jazz, evident in frequent improv-styled passages through bridge and/or ending.
The members of the band are Ben Folds, the lead singer and pianist, who also wrote most of the songs; Robert Sledge on bass; and Darren Jessee on drums. The group enjoyed the success of the single Brick in 1997
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Other songs:
- Brick
- Do It Anyway
- Draw A Crowd
- Fred Jones Part 2
- Landed
- Magic
- Not The Same
- The Luckiest
- Air
- Alice Childress
- Annie Waits
- Army
- Away When You Were Here
- Bad Idea
- Battle Of Who Could Care Less
- Best Imitation
- Bizarre Christmas Incident
- Boxing
- Cigarette
- Dont Change Your Plans
- Eddie Walker
- Emaline
- Erase Me
- Evaporated
- Fired
- Hold That Thought
- Hospital Song
- House
- Jackson Cannery
- Julianne
- Just Pretend
- Kate
- Leather Jacket
- Lonely Christmas Eve
- Luckiest
- Lullabye
- Mess
- Michael Praytor Five Years Later
- Missing The War
- Narcolepsy
- On Being Frank
- One Angry Dwarf And 200 Solemn Faces
- One Down
- Philosophy
- Rain Drops Keep Falling
- Red Is Blue
- Rockstar
- Selfless Cold And Composed
- She Dont Use Jelly
- Silver Street
- Sky High
- Smoke
- Song For The Dumped
- Stevens Last Night In Town
- Stumblin Home Winter Blues
- The Ascent Of Stan
- The Last Polka
- Twin Falls
- Underground
- Video
- War
- Wheres Summer B
- Your Redneck Past
- Youve Got To Learn To Live With What You Are
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[INTRO]
G F Eb Db Db Eb B Db
G F Eb Db Db Eb B Db
Eb F
[VERSE 1]
G F Eb F/Eb
Do you not hear me any more?
Eb F Db
I know it's not your thing to care,
Eb G
you know it's cool to be so bored,
F Eb F/Eb
sucks me in when you're aloof,
Eb F Db
it sucks me in, it sucks, it works,
Eb F
guess it's cool to be alone
F F F
A Bb C
F G A
[CHORUS]
Cm7 Bb F
(Will you) ne - ver rest,
Cm7 Bb F
Fight the battle of who could care less
Cm7 Bb F Eb
Every day you wake up late,
C G
Sometimes I wish I was, that way.
[VERSE 2]
G F Eb Db Db Eb B Db
G F Eb F/Eb
And you think Rockford Files is cool,
Eb F Db
but there are some things, that you would change,
Eb G
if it were up to you,
F Eb F/Eb
So think about your masterpiece,
Eb F
Watch the Rockford Files,
Db Eb F
and call to see if Paul could score some weed.
F F F
A Bb C
F G A
[CHORUS]
Cm7 Bb F
Do you ne - ver rest,
Cm7 Bb F
Fight the battle of who could care less
Cm7 Bb F Eb
Un - earned unhappiness
C G
Well that's alright I guess
[BRIDGE]
F/Eb Eb
(Hang on last chord)
F/G G
(Hang on last chord)
C D G C
I've got this great idea,
C D G C
Why don't we pitch it to the Franklin fucking mint?
C D
Fine pewter portraits of,
G C Bb/Eb
General Apathy and Major Boredom singing,
G F Eb
whatever and ever amen.
[VERSE 3]
Eb F Db Eb G
Oh well, maybe not, I'll try again,
F Eb F/Eb
Well this should cheer you up for sure,
Eb F Db
See I've got your old ID,
Eb F
and you're all dressed up like The Cure.
Pause - 3 count
[CHORUS]
Cm7 Bb F
You ne - ver rest,
Cm7 Bb F
Fight the battle of who could care less,
Cm7 Bb F Eb
Un - earned unhappiness
C G
You're my hero I confess.
G F Eb Db Db Eb B Db
G F Eb Db Db Eb B Db
Eb F
[VERSE 1]
G F Eb F/Eb
Do you not hear me any more?
Eb F Db
I know it's not your thing to care,
Eb G
you know it's cool to be so bored,
F Eb F/Eb
sucks me in when you're aloof,
Eb F Db
it sucks me in, it sucks, it works,
Eb F
guess it's cool to be alone
F F F
A Bb C
F G A
[CHORUS]
Cm7 Bb F
(Will you) ne - ver rest,
Cm7 Bb F
Fight the battle of who could care less
Cm7 Bb F Eb
Every day you wake up late,
C G
Sometimes I wish I was, that way.
[VERSE 2]
G F Eb Db Db Eb B Db
G F Eb F/Eb
And you think Rockford Files is cool,
Eb F Db
but there are some things, that you would change,
Eb G
if it were up to you,
F Eb F/Eb
So think about your masterpiece,
Eb F
Watch the Rockford Files,
Db Eb F
and call to see if Paul could score some weed.
F F F
A Bb C
F G A
[CHORUS]
Cm7 Bb F
Do you ne - ver rest,
Cm7 Bb F
Fight the battle of who could care less
Cm7 Bb F Eb
Un - earned unhappiness
C G
Well that's alright I guess
[BRIDGE]
F/Eb Eb
(Hang on last chord)
F/G G
(Hang on last chord)
C D G C
I've got this great idea,
C D G C
Why don't we pitch it to the Franklin fucking mint?
C D
Fine pewter portraits of,
G C Bb/Eb
General Apathy and Major Boredom singing,
G F Eb
whatever and ever amen.
[VERSE 3]
Eb F Db Eb G
Oh well, maybe not, I'll try again,
F Eb F/Eb
Well this should cheer you up for sure,
Eb F Db
See I've got your old ID,
Eb F
and you're all dressed up like The Cure.
Pause - 3 count
[CHORUS]
Cm7 Bb F
You ne - ver rest,
Cm7 Bb F
Fight the battle of who could care less,
Cm7 Bb F Eb
Un - earned unhappiness
C G
You're my hero I confess.
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Ben L'oncle (...)
Ben Lee
Ben Locket
Ben Mazué
Benito Lertxundi
Benj Pasek
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Benjamin Francis (...)