Ben Folds Five – Army (Guitar)

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Artist: Ben Folds Five Song: Army Album: The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner [CHORDS] (These are all the chords used in the song. There are a lot but you basically just need Ab, Ebm and Db for the main parts of the song) Ab 466544 Ebm x68876 Db x46664 Db/F x46464 Bbm x13321 Abmaj7 xx6543 Fm 133111 Gb 244322 Cm x35543 Fm7 131111 Bb7 x13131
Eb7      x68686
Dbmaj7   xx(11)(10)98
Gbmaj7 xx4321 Bb x13331 [VERSE 1] (see below for guitar interlude played during verse)
        Ab
Well, I thought about the army

           Ebm
Dad said, "Son you're fucking high"

      Db                                     Ab
And I thought, yeah there's a first for everything

                         Ab
So I took my old man's advice, three sad semesters

       Ebm
It was only fifteen grand

         Db
spent in bed, I thought about the army

Ab                Db/F
I dropped out and joined a band instead
[CHORUS] (piano solo) Ebm Bbm Abmaj7 Ebm Bbm Abmaj7 [VERSE 2]
       Ab
Grew a moustache and a mullet

      Ebm
Got a job at Chick-fil-A

      Db
Citing artistic differences

    Ab
the band broke up in May

       Fm
And in June reformed without me

         Ebm
And they got a different name

         Db
I nuked another grandma's apple pie

    Ab
And hung my head in shame, no
[CHORUS]
Ebm  Bbm  Abmaj7                 Ebm
                 Been thinking a lot today

Bbm  Abmaj7                 Ebm
            Been thinking a lot today
Bbm Abmaj7 [BRIDGE]
Gb Db                     Ab
Oh oh, think I'll write a screenplay

Gb Db                         Ab
Oh oh, think I'll take you to LA

Gb Db                         Cm
Oh oh, think I'll get it done yesterday

(The guitar part played during the bridge goes something like this)
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|    (this followed by triplets of each note heading back down)
G|------------------------|    (11-11-11-10-10-10-9-9-9…)
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11------|
[PIANO SOLO] Fm7 Cm Fm7 Cm Bb7 Eb7 Ab Abmaj7 Fm7 Db Dbmaj7 Fm/C Fm
[GUITAR SOLO] (played along with Ab  Ebm  Db  Ab  chords)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---6-------6s10---8-------8s13---11-------11s15---13---11---10---8---6-------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[HORN INTERLUDE] Ab Ebm Db Ab Ab Ebm Db Ab [VERSE 3]
        Ab
In this time of introspection

       Ebm
On the eve of my election

   Db
I say to my reflection

           Ab
God please spare me more rejection

          Fm
'Cause my peers, they criticize me

       Ebm
And my ex-wives all despise me

       Db
Try to put it all behind me

       Ab
But my redneck past is nipping at my heels
[CHORUS]
Ebm  Bbm  Abmaj7                 Ebm
                 Been thinking a lot today

Bbm  Abmaj7                 Ebm
            Been thinking a lot today

Bbm  Abmaj7                 Ebm
            Been thinking a lot today
Bbm Abmaj7 [ENDING]
            Gbmaj7
I thought about

Bbm     Abmaj7
   the army