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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[Chords]
A 002220 C#m/G# 446654 Some of the fingerings are challenging.
Am6 004210 G# 466544 To simplify play B7 in place of B7sus4.
Eadd2 024100 G 3x0003 Don't worry about Esus4/F# and E/G# . . .
F#7 242322 D/G 3x0023 that's just a piano embellishment.
E 022100 C# x46664
Emaj7 021100 B x24442
F#7add9 242324 Dsus2 x00230
B7sus4 x24200 Esus4/F# 222200
B7 x21200 E/G# 422400
Bm7 x20200
[Intro]
A Am6 Eadd2 F#7 A Am6 Eadd2
[Verse 1]
E Emaj7 F#7 F#7add9
All is quiet, his tired eyes
B7sus4 B7 Bm7 B7
See figures jotted down, and clothes all strewn around
A E C#m/G# G#
The bedroom floor
E Emaj7 F#7 F#7add9
Now nothing's adding up, and nothing's making sense
B7sus4 B7 Bm7 B7
She's sleeping like a ba - by
A E C#m/G# G# Amaj7
She doesn't know he wasn't made for this
[Chorus]
Amaj7 Am6
I'm missing the war, baa baa baa baa
Am6 Emaj7
I'm missing the war all night
C#m7 F#7
Missing the war, baa baa baa baa
F#7 F#7add9
I'm missing the war
A Am6 Eadd2 F#7 A Am6
Aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah
[Verse 2]
E Emaj7 F#7 F#7add9
He drove home again, pissed and beaten
B7sus4 B7 Bm7 B7
Its really no big deal, it happens all the time
A E C#m/G# G#
It's no big deal
[Chorus]
Amaj7 Am6
I'm missing the war, baa baa baa baa
Am6 Emaj7
I'm missing the war all night
C#m7 F#7
Missing the war, baa baa baa baa
F#7 F#7add9
I'm missing the war
[Bridge]
G D/G G E Esus4/F# E/G#
Till beads of sunlight hit me in the morning
C# B E Dsus2 A Am6 Eadd2 F#7 A Am6
So much time so little to say
[Verse 3]
E Emaj7 F#7 F#7add9
Time may fly, and dreams may die
B7sus4 B7 Bm7 B7
The shaking voice that tells him go
A E C#m/G# G#
Still thinks he might, he knows he won't
[Chorus]
Amaj7 Am6
I'm missing the war, baa baa baa baa
Am6 Emaj7
I'm missing the war all night
C#m7 F#7
Missing the war, baa baa baa baa
F#7 F#7add9
I'm missing the war
[Outro]
A Am6 Eadd2 F#7 A Am6 Eadd2 F#7
Aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah
A Am6 Eadd2 F#7 A Am6 Eadd2 F#7 G D/G G E Esus4/F# E/G#
Aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah
A 002220 C#m/G# 446654 Some of the fingerings are challenging.
Am6 004210 G# 466544 To simplify play B7 in place of B7sus4.
Eadd2 024100 G 3x0003 Don't worry about Esus4/F# and E/G# . . .
F#7 242322 D/G 3x0023 that's just a piano embellishment.
E 022100 C# x46664
Emaj7 021100 B x24442
F#7add9 242324 Dsus2 x00230
B7sus4 x24200 Esus4/F# 222200
B7 x21200 E/G# 422400
Bm7 x20200
[Intro]
A Am6 Eadd2 F#7 A Am6 Eadd2
[Verse 1]
E Emaj7 F#7 F#7add9
All is quiet, his tired eyes
B7sus4 B7 Bm7 B7
See figures jotted down, and clothes all strewn around
A E C#m/G# G#
The bedroom floor
E Emaj7 F#7 F#7add9
Now nothing's adding up, and nothing's making sense
B7sus4 B7 Bm7 B7
She's sleeping like a ba - by
A E C#m/G# G# Amaj7
She doesn't know he wasn't made for this
[Chorus]
Amaj7 Am6
I'm missing the war, baa baa baa baa
Am6 Emaj7
I'm missing the war all night
C#m7 F#7
Missing the war, baa baa baa baa
F#7 F#7add9
I'm missing the war
A Am6 Eadd2 F#7 A Am6
Aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah
[Verse 2]
E Emaj7 F#7 F#7add9
He drove home again, pissed and beaten
B7sus4 B7 Bm7 B7
Its really no big deal, it happens all the time
A E C#m/G# G#
It's no big deal
[Chorus]
Amaj7 Am6
I'm missing the war, baa baa baa baa
Am6 Emaj7
I'm missing the war all night
C#m7 F#7
Missing the war, baa baa baa baa
F#7 F#7add9
I'm missing the war
[Bridge]
G D/G G E Esus4/F# E/G#
Till beads of sunlight hit me in the morning
C# B E Dsus2 A Am6 Eadd2 F#7 A Am6
So much time so little to say
[Verse 3]
E Emaj7 F#7 F#7add9
Time may fly, and dreams may die
B7sus4 B7 Bm7 B7
The shaking voice that tells him go
A E C#m/G# G#
Still thinks he might, he knows he won't
[Chorus]
Amaj7 Am6
I'm missing the war, baa baa baa baa
Am6 Emaj7
I'm missing the war all night
C#m7 F#7
Missing the war, baa baa baa baa
F#7 F#7add9
I'm missing the war
[Outro]
A Am6 Eadd2 F#7 A Am6 Eadd2 F#7
Aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah
A Am6 Eadd2 F#7 A Am6 Eadd2 F#7 G D/G G E Esus4/F# E/G#
Aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah
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