Ben Folds Five – Army (Ukulele)

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Artist: Ben Folds Five Song: Army Album: The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner (see bottom for chords) VERSE 1 (see below for guitar interlude played during verse)

          G#
Well I thought about the army

            D#m         
Dad said, "Son you're fucking high"

        C#                                               G#
And I thought, yeah there's a first for everything

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

        D#m              
It was only fifteen grand 

          C#
spent in bed, I thought about the army

G#                  C#/F            
I dropped out and joined a band instead

CHORUS (piano solo) D#m A#m G#maj7 D#m A#m G#maj7 VERSE 2 (same as verse 1 except for Fm chord) Grew a moustache and a mullet Got a job at chick-fillet Citing artistic differences the band broke up in May

        Fm             
And in June reformed without me

And they got a different name I nuked another grandma's apple pie And hung my head in shame, no CHORUS (listen to song for the arrangement of the chords)

D#m  A#m  G#maj7
Been thinking a lot today

D#m  A#m  G#maj7
Been thinking a lot today

BRIDGE

F#  C#                       G#
Oh  Oh Think I'll write a screenplay

F#  C#                          G#
Oh  Oh Think I'll take you to LA

F#  C#                         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 (listen to song for arrangement of chords) Fm7 Cm Fm7 Cm A#7 D#7 G# G#maj7 Fm7 C# C#maj7 Fm/C Fm

GUITAR SOLO (played along with G#  D#m  C#  G# chords)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|---6-------6s10---8-------8s13---11-------11s15---13---11---10---8---6-|
a|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

HORN INTERLUDE ("") G# D#m C# G# G# D#m C# G# VERSE 3 (same chords as previous verse) In this time of introspection On the eve of my election I say to my reflection God please spare me more rejection 'Cause my peers, they criticize me And my ex-wives all despise me Try to put it all behind me But my redneck past is nipping at my heels CHORUS (same as previous chorus) ENDING

               F#maj7
I thought about       

A#       G#maj7
   the army

CHORDS (these are all the chords used in the song. There are a lot but you basically just need G#, D#m and C# for the main parts of the song) G# 466544 D#m X68876 C# X46664 C#/F X46464 A#m X13321 G#maj7 XX6543 Fm 133111 F# 244322 Cm X35543 Fm7 131111 A#7 X13131 D#7 X68686 C#maj7 XX(11)(10)98 F#maj7 XX4321 A# X13331