Ben Folds Five – Boxing (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Given below are the skeleton of the chords I figured out to play along to the track. You can and probably should play around with these shapes to get some of the top piano lines. I've given an alternate shape or optional note here and there in parentheses - I find these help highlight some of the changes. To help with timing, I've included lyrics below the changes. The lyrics are on multiple lines to show which chord they should line up with. [Intro]
e|—2----3----2---(1)---0-----2------1/2---|
B|-3----3----3----0----0-----2(1)---2/3---|
G|-2----3----2----1----0-----0------2-----|
D|-0----5----4----0----0------------0-----|
A|-0-------------------2-----0------------|
D|-0----5----4----3----2------------0-----|

[Verse 1]
               ___________________
                            1. 2. |
e|----0--1----|----1/2----------:||
B|----2--2----|----2/3-(6/7)----:||
G|----0--0----|----2---(6/7)----:||
D|------------|----0---(7)------:||
A|----0--0----|-----------------:||
D|------------|----0---(0)------:||

                      (alt)
     Howard, the strangest things
 have happened lately, when I
 take a good swing at...
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                   3. |
e|--(2)---------------||-------------0----|
B|---3-----3----------||---2----2----2----|
G|---2-----2----------||---2----4----0----|
D|---0-----3----------||---4----3----2----|
A|--------------------||------------------|
D|---0---2-3----------||---4----3----2----|

  all my dreams, they...  pivot and slip.
                                 I drop my
                                     fists and they’re back, laughing...

[Verse 2]
               ___________________
                            1. 2. |
e|----0--1----|----1/2----------:||
B|----2--2----|----2/3-(6/7)----:||
G|----0--0----|----2---(6/7)----:||
D|------------|----0---(7)------:||
A|----0--0----|-----------------:||
D|------------|----0---(0)------:||
                      (alt)
    Howard,       Now my intention's become
  not to lose what I've won...
   ambition has given...

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                   3. |
e|--(2)---------------||-------------0------0----1--|
B|---3-----3----------||---2----2----2------2----2--|
G|---2-----2----------||---2----4----0------0----0--|
D|---0-----3----------||---4----3----2-----(2)--(2)-|
A|--------------------||--------------------0----0--|
D|---0---2-3----------||---4----3----2--------------|
 ...way to desperation, and I   I lost the
                                     fight from my eyes...
[Chorus]
e|-2----3--|--2-------|
B|-3----3--|--2----3--|
G|-2----3--|--2----4--|
D|-0----3--|--4----3--|
A|-0-------|----------|
D|-0----5--|--4----3--|
   Boxing’s been good to me,
              Howard...

e|-----------|-----------:||
B|--3----2---|--2-----3--:||
G|--0----2---|--2-----4--:||
D|--2----2---|--4-----4--:||
A|-------0---|--------2--:||
D|--2--------|--4--------:||
    Now, I’m told,
               You’re growing old
    The whole time you knew,
               A couple of years, I’d be

e|--0--------------2------|
B|--0--------------2------|
G|--0--------------0------|
D|--2--------------2------|
A|--2--------------0------|
D|--2---------------------|
    through... Has boxing been good to you?
[Interlude] (basically chorus)
e|—-1/2---3----2---(1)---0-----2------1(2)--|
B|--2/3---3----3----3----0-----2(1)---2(3)--|
G|--2-----3----2----4----0-----0------2-----|
D|--0-----5----4----3----2------------0-----|
A|-----------------------2-----0------------|
D|--0----(5)--(4)--(3)--(2)-----------0-----|

[Verse 3]
               ___________________
                            1. 2. |
e|----0--1----|----1/2----------:||
B|----2--2----|----2/3-(6/7)----:||
G|----0--0----|----2---(6/7)----:||
D|------------|----0---(7)------:||
A|----0--0----|-----------------:||
D|------------|----0---(0)------:||
                      (alt)
     Howard, now I confess,
I'm scared, and lonely, and tired...
  they seem to think...

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                   3. |
e|--(2)---------------||-------------0----0----1--|
B|---3-----3----------||---2----2----2----2----2--|
G|---2-----2----------||---2----4----0----0----0--|
D|---0-----3----------||---4----3----2---(2)--(2)-|
A|--------------------||------------------0----0--|
D|---0---2-3----------||---4----3----2------------|
  I'm made of clay.    Another day,
                                 I'm not cut 
                                     out for this.
                                          I just know what to say, I say...

[Chorus]

e|-2----3--|--2-------|
B|-3----3--|--2----3--|
G|-2----3--|--2----4--|
D|-0----3--|--4----3--|
A|-0-------|----------|
D|-0----5--|--4----3--|
   Boxing’s been good to me,
              Howard...

e|-----------|-----------:||
B|--3----2---|--2-----3--:||
G|--0----2---|--2-----4--:||
D|--2----2---|--4-----4--:||
A|-------0---|--------2--:||
D|--2--------|--4--------:||
    Now, I’m told,
               You’re growing old
    The whole time you knew,
               A couple of years, I’d be

e|--0--------------2------|
B|--0--------------2------|
G|--0--------------0------|
D|--2--------------2------|
A|--2--------------0------|
D|--2---------------------|
    through... Has boxing been good to you?
[Bridge]
e|----1/2---||:--0-----1------:||
B|----2/3---||:--1-----3------:||
G|----2-----||:--2-----2------:||
D|----0-----||:--3-----3------:||
A|----------||:--------1------:||
D|----0-----||:--3------------:||
                Sometimes, I punch myself
                       Hard as I can,
                And nobody cares...
                       Hoping someone will tell me how...

e|-------------|-------0---|
B|---3---------|---3---2---|
G|---3---------|---0---0---|
D|---1---------|---2---2---|
A|---1---------|-------0---|
D|---1---------|---2-------|
 ...wrong I am    Ahhh....
[Chorus]
e|-2----3--|--2-------|
B|-3----3--|--2----3--|
G|-2----3--|--2----4--|
D|-0----3--|--4----3--|
A|-0-------|----------|
D|-0----5--|--4----3--|
   Boxing’s been good to me,
              Howard...

e|-----------|-----------:||
B|--3----2---|--2-----3--:||
G|--0----2---|--2-----4--:||
D|--2----2---|--4-----4--:||
A|-------0---|--------2--:||
D|--2--------|--4--------:||
    Now, I’m told,
               You’re growing old
    The whole time you knew,
               A couple of years, I’d be

e|--0---------||:-----2------:||
B|--0---------||:-----2------:||
G|--0---------||:-----0------:||
D|--2---------||:-----2------:||
A|--2---------||:-----0------:|| x3
D|--2---------||:------------:||
    through... Has boxing been good?
[Outro] basically intro:
e|—2----3----2---(1)---2------1(2)--|
B|-3----3----3----0----2(1)---2(3)--|
G|-2----3----2----1----0------2-----|
D|-0----5----4----0-----------0-----|
A|-0-------------------0------------|
D|-0----5----4----3-----------0-----|
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