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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From: "Paul J. Hyun"
"Best Imitation of Myself"
by Ben Folds Five (music and lyrics by Ben Folds)
from the album _Ben_Folds_Five_
This song is originally for piano, bass, and drums but I
figured it out for guitar... It was actually really easy.
C Cmaj9
I feel like a quote out of context,
Am F G Am Dsus2
Withholding the rest so I can be for you what you wanna see.
C Cmaj9 Am
I got the gestures, sounds, got the timing down
F G Am Dsus2
It's uncanny, yeah, you'd think it was me. Do you think I should
G E7 Am G D/F#
Take a class to lose my southern accent?
F G F G
Did I make me up or make the face that is stuck
F G C
I'll do the best imitation of myself.
C Cmaj9 Am
The problem was your speech you gave me was fine
F G Am Dsus2
Like the theories about my little stage.
C Cmaj9 Am
And I sorta was listening till I started drifting
F G Am Dsus2
'round the part about me acting my age. Now if it's
G E7 Am G D/F#
All the same... I've people to entertain.
F G F G
I'll juggle one-handed, do some magic tricks and
F G C
Do the best imitation of myself.
E7 Am
Maybe I'm thinking myself in a hole...
E7 Am
Wondering...
F Am
Who I am when I oughta know
F Am E7
Straighten up now, time to go fool somebody else...
Am G D G E7
Fool somebody else. Last night I was
C Cmaj9 Am
East wind of them... a voice within...
F G Am Dsus2
Trying to be for you what you wanna see.
C Cmaj9 Am
But I can't help it if you, you wanna pack on through
F G Am Dsus2
Don't want you hanging out with no-one but me. Now that it's
G E7 Am G D
All... all the same... it comes from a sacred place.
F G
Yeah, if my mind's somewhere else
F G
You won't be able to tell
F G C
I do the best imitation of myself
F G
Yes, it's uncanny you'll see
F G
You'd really think it was me.
F G Am Dsus2
I do the best imitation of myself...
F G D/F#
I do the best imitation of myself.
Chords:
____C____ __Cmaj9__ ____Am___ ____F____
|_|_|_|_*_| |_|_|_|_*_| |_|_|_|_|_| *_-_-_-_*_*
|_|_*_|_|_| |_*_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_*_|_|
|_*_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| 5th fret> *_-_-_*_*_* |_*_*_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_*_*_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
____G____ __Dsus2__ ____E7___ ___D/F#__
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_*_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| *_|_|_*_|_*
*_-_-_-_*_* |_|_|_|_*_| 5th fret> |_|_|_|_*_| |_|_|_|_*_|
|_|_|_*_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_*_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_*_*_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_*_|_*_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
x x o o o o o o
"Best Imitation of Myself"
by Ben Folds Five (music and lyrics by Ben Folds)
from the album _Ben_Folds_Five_
This song is originally for piano, bass, and drums but I
figured it out for guitar... It was actually really easy.
C Cmaj9
I feel like a quote out of context,
Am F G Am Dsus2
Withholding the rest so I can be for you what you wanna see.
C Cmaj9 Am
I got the gestures, sounds, got the timing down
F G Am Dsus2
It's uncanny, yeah, you'd think it was me. Do you think I should
G E7 Am G D/F#
Take a class to lose my southern accent?
F G F G
Did I make me up or make the face that is stuck
F G C
I'll do the best imitation of myself.
C Cmaj9 Am
The problem was your speech you gave me was fine
F G Am Dsus2
Like the theories about my little stage.
C Cmaj9 Am
And I sorta was listening till I started drifting
F G Am Dsus2
'round the part about me acting my age. Now if it's
G E7 Am G D/F#
All the same... I've people to entertain.
F G F G
I'll juggle one-handed, do some magic tricks and
F G C
Do the best imitation of myself.
E7 Am
Maybe I'm thinking myself in a hole...
E7 Am
Wondering...
F Am
Who I am when I oughta know
F Am E7
Straighten up now, time to go fool somebody else...
Am G D G E7
Fool somebody else. Last night I was
C Cmaj9 Am
East wind of them... a voice within...
F G Am Dsus2
Trying to be for you what you wanna see.
C Cmaj9 Am
But I can't help it if you, you wanna pack on through
F G Am Dsus2
Don't want you hanging out with no-one but me. Now that it's
G E7 Am G D
All... all the same... it comes from a sacred place.
F G
Yeah, if my mind's somewhere else
F G
You won't be able to tell
F G C
I do the best imitation of myself
F G
Yes, it's uncanny you'll see
F G
You'd really think it was me.
F G Am Dsus2
I do the best imitation of myself...
F G D/F#
I do the best imitation of myself.
Chords:
____C____ __Cmaj9__ ____Am___ ____F____
|_|_|_|_*_| |_|_|_|_*_| |_|_|_|_|_| *_-_-_-_*_*
|_|_*_|_|_| |_*_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_*_|_|
|_*_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| 5th fret> *_-_-_*_*_* |_*_*_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_*_*_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
____G____ __Dsus2__ ____E7___ ___D/F#__
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_*_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| *_|_|_*_|_*
*_-_-_-_*_* |_|_|_|_*_| 5th fret> |_|_|_|_*_| |_|_|_|_*_|
|_|_|_*_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_*_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_*_*_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_*_|_*_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
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