Ben Folds Five – Boxing (Guitar)

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[D] [Gm] [D/F#][Fdim7][Em7] [Em7/B] [GM7b5/-] [F(no3)/-] [A/-] [D] [F#] [Aug/-] [D] [D] [F#] [Aug/-] [D] VERSE 1

  [D]    [C#b5/E]   [D]  [F#] [Aug]  [D]     
  Howard,        the stran  - gest  things 

       [D]      [A7]          [D] [F#] [Aug] [D]     
  Have happened lately when I                           

  [A7]       [C#b5/E]   [D]  [Eb][E][Fdim7]  
  Take a good swing at all  my       dreams, 

      [F#m7]                
  I drop my  fists and they're back, laughing.

VERSE 2 Howard, my intention's become not to lose what I've won. Ambition has given way to desperation and I

  [G#dim/B][Em7]          [Em7/B] [A] [G] [A]  [A7b13]
  Lost the fight from my eyes.

CHORUS

  [D]          [Gm]       [D/F#][Fdim7]  
  Boxing's been good to me, Ho  - ward.   

  [Em7]   [A7]        [DM7] [GM7]
  Now I'm told, you're growing old.

  [Em7]              [GM7/A] [F#m7]    [Bm7]       [Em]
  The whole time you knew: 

   [F#m7]     [Bm7]       [Em]         [Em7] 
  [A]couple of years I'd be    through.

     [C#b5sus4]            [D] [F#] [Aug/-] [D]
  Has boxing been good to you?

[G7b5] [D/A] [Fdim7] [Fdim7/D] [Em7] [GM7b5/-] [F(no3)/-] [A/-] [D] [F#] [Aug/-] [D] [D] [F#] [Aug/-] [D] VERSE 3 Howard, now I confess I'm scared and lonely and tired. They seem to think I'm made of clay. Another day, I'm not cut out for this. I just know want to say, I say, CHORUS "Boxing's been good to me, Howard. Now I'm told, I'm growing old. The whole time you knew: [A]couple of years I'd be through. Has boxing been good to you?" [D] [F#] [Aug/-] [D] BRIDGE

      [FM7add13]  [Dm/C]     [BbM7]   [Dm/G]
  Well sometimes I punch myself hard as I can, 

           [FM7add13][Dm/C]         [BbM7]     [Dm/G]
  Yelling, "Nobody     cares," hoping someone will tell me 

     [EbM9]         
  How wrong I am.   

  [Em7][Em] [E6(no 5)] [Em7(no5)] [A7] [A7#5]
  Noooooooo.

CHORUS Boxing's been good to me, Howard. Now I'm told, you're growing old. The whole time you knew: [A]couple of years I'd be through. [C#b5sus4] Has boxing been good?

     [A]  [A]   [Aug]  
  Has bo - xing been good?

        [A]  [A] [Aug]
  Has boxing been good?

[D] [Gm] [D/F#][Fdim7][GM7b5/-] [F(no3)/-] [A/-] [D] [F#] [Aug/-] [D]