Ben Folds Five – Alice Childress (Guitar)

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Solo piano version on the iTunes Original album Any questions? [email protected] E* = (Held over from last bar) (add some maj7 and 9 for color) B* = (change between a B and E/B off and on) [Intro] Bmaj7 B7 | Emaj9sus4 (omit 5) Emaj9 (x4) [Verse]

G#m                 F#/A#
Some summers in the evening

      B  F#/C#  B/D#  E | E*
after six or so

G#m         F#/A#
I walk on down the hill

F#/G#       G#/A#
  and maybe buy a beer

E               F#
  I think about my friends

      B  F#/C#  B/D#  E | E*
Sometimes I wish they lived out here

          C#m7     F#      |  B*
but they wouldn't dig this town

         E        B/D#   |    F#/G#  G#/A#
No, they wouldn't dig this town

[Chorus]

E             B/D#
  Try not to think about it

G#m  F#/A#  B  B/D#
Alice Childress

E             B/D#
 Try not to think about it

F#/G#  G#/A#
anymore

E             B/D# 
  Try not to think about it

G#m  F#/A#  B  B/D#
Alice Childress

E             B/D#
(No lyrics)

F#/G#   |     E/G#      |
Anymore, no, not anymore  no

[Interlude] Bmaj7 B7 | Emaj9sus4 (omit 5) Emaj9 (x2) [Verse]

G#m                 F#/A# 
  Alice, the world is full of ugly things that 

      B  F#/C#  B/D#  E | E*
you can't change

G#m            F#/A#    
  Pretend it's not that way

F#/G#       G#/A#   
  that's my idea of faith

E                    F#
  You can blow it off and say there's

B  F#/C#  B/D#  E | E*
good in nearly everyone

      C#m7     F#      |  B*
Just give them all a chance

E        B/D#   |    F#/G#  G#/A#
Give them all a chance

[Chorus]

E             B/D#
  Try not to think about it

G#m  F#/A#  B  B/D# 
Alice Childress

E             B/D#
 Try not to think about it

F#/G#  G#/A#
anymore

E             B/D#
  Try not to think about it

G#m  F#/A#  B  B/D#
Alice Childress

E             B/D#
(No lyrics)

F#/G#   |     E/G#
Anymore, no, not anymore

[Bridge] I'll try to write down the notes of the solo. Keep in mind I'm not writing repeated notes twice or more. It's the same D/E chord throughout just keep comping it through out. 1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 | Chords: D/E Notes: F#--E--B--A G# A B G# F#--E--B--A G# A B F#

C/G                    | Gmaj7
  No, it didn't work out

C/D
  No, it didn't work out

           Gmaj7
the way we thought it would

                   C/D
No, it didn't work out

            Gmaj7
An arranged marriage

               E/F#
is not so good

[Interlude] G#m F#/A# B F#/C# B/D# E | E* G#m F#/A# B F#/C# B/D# E | E* [Verse]

G#m                 F#/A#
   Thank God it's you

              B  F#/C#  B/D#  E | E*
You know your timing is impeccable

G#m          F#/A#
   I'm not fooling you

F#/G#          G#/A#
  I don't know what to do

E                 F#
  Some dude just knocked me cold

    B  F#/C#  B/D#  E | E*
and left me on the sidewalk

     C#m7 F#    | B*
Took everything I had

E    B/D#|    F#/G#  G#/A#
Everything I       had

[Chorus]

E             B/D# 
  Try not to think about it

G#m  F#/A#  B  B/D# 
Alice Childress

E             B/D# 
 Try not to think about it

F#/G#  G#/A#
anymore

E             B/D# 
  Try not to think about it

G#m  F#/A#  B  B/D# 
Alice Childress

E             B/D#
(No lyrics)

F#/G#   |     E/G#      | 
Anymore, no, not anymore  no

F#/G#   |     E/G#      |
Anymore, no, not anymore

F#/G#   |     E/G#      |
Anymore, no, not anymore

[Outro] Bmaj7 B7 | Emaj9sus4 (omit 5) Emaj9 (x2)