Ben Folds Five – Brick (Guitar)

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[Intro] D G D G D G Bm7 Esus4 E Esus4 [Verse 1]
D        G
  Six AM, day after Christmas

D                         G
  I throw some clothes on in the dark

D                   G
  The smell of cold  car seat is freezing

D                      G    D
 the world is sleeping I am numb

D               G
  Up the stairs  to her apartment

D                   G
  she is balled up on the couch

D                 G
  Her mom and dad  went down to Charlotte

 D                        G
  they're not home to find us out
[Pre-chorus]
Bm7          G
And we drive

Bm7          G
Now that I have found someone

D                       G
I'm feeling more alone

        Bm7             Esus4 E Esus4
than I ever have before
[Chorus]
 G    A               Dmaj9
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

 G    A               Dmaj9
off the coast and I'm heading nowhere

 G    A               Dmaj9
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
G A G D [Verse 2]
D
  They call her name

G
  at seven thirty

D                   G
  I pace around the parking lot

D
  Then I walk down

G
  to buy her flowers

D                          G
  and sell some gifts that I got
[Pre-chorus]
Bm7           G
Can't you see

Bm7         G
It's not me   you're dying for

          D                  G
Now she's feeling more alone

         Bm7       Esus4 E Esus4
than she ever has before
[Chorus]
 G    A               Dmaj9
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

 G    A               Dmaj9
off the coast and I'm heading nowhere

 G    A               Dmaj9
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
G A G A D/F# G D G A G A D/F# G [Bridge]
Esus   E           Gsus  G            D   Dsus
   As weeks went by it showed that she was not fine

Esus   E           Gsus  G            D   Dsus
   They told me son it's time to tell the truth and

Esus   E          Gsus  G
   she broke down and I broke down

D    Dsus   Esus E Esus   G          D G D G
cause I was tired----          of lying
[Verse 3]
D              G
  Driving back  to her apartment

D                     G
  for the moment we're alone

D                  G
  Yeah she's alone  and I'm alone

D               G
  and now I know it
[Chorus]
 G    A               Dmaj9
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

 G    A               Dmaj9
off the coast and I'm heading nowhere

 G    A
She's a brick and I'm

   Bm7      A/C#
...drowning slowly
G A G A D/F# G D