Ben Folds Five – Eddie Walker (Ukulele)
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From: Ryan Hughes <[email protected]>
Subject: Subject: b/ben_folds_five/eddie_walker.crd
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 10:52:22 -0700
Transcribed by Ryan Hughes
A A/C# D Won't you smile you look so shocked E Put the name tag on your smock E7 A/C# D E We've come to see you Eddie Walker A A/C# D We may pack a little tight E The girl up front says it's all right E7 A/C# and look there's more of us D A/C# still gettin off the bus D E we wish you'd come back home with us A/C# A/F# A/E D Eddie Walker this is your life
D/C# D/B
D/A E/G# E/F#
A A/C# D This one's you when you were small E and you're learning how to walk E7 A/C# D they pick you up and you keep fallin down A A/C# D There you are with aunt Louise E you're bouncing on her knees E7 A/C# D remember all those trees behind the garden A/C# D they're gone E they all got cut down when she died A/C# A/F# A/E D Eddie Walker this is your life D/C# D/B You never had a son or a wife D/A E/G# E/F# E you sure had a hell of a time A/C# A/F# A/E D oh Eddie walker this is your life
D/A E/G# E/F# E
D A/C# This one's you and Mary Jo D#dim She couldn't come she says hello
F#dim7 Fdim7 A
No Eddie Walker she doesn't hate your guts
Fdim7 A It's just the whole thing shook her up D#dim D Fdim7 How they picked you up and you kept falling down A/C# A/F# A/E D oh Eddie walker D/A E/G# E/F# this is your life A/C# A/F# A/E D no Eddie Walker this is your life D/C# D/B You never had a coat or a tie D/A E/G# E/F# E You never had a reason to cry
Fm D A E
Fm D A E
Fm D A E
A/C# D
A A/C# D This whole stack and all of these E Your semester overseas E7 A/C# D We're gonna leave you Eddie Walker
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This is how I voice the chords
A= 5,7,7,6,5,X
A/C#= X,4,7,6,5,X
D= X,5,7,7,7,X
E= X,7,6,4,5,X
E7= X,5,6,4,6,X
A/F#= X,X,4,6,5,X
A/E = X,7,X,6,5,X
>From the chorus using the descending bassline
D X,5,7,7,7,X
D/C# X,4,7,7,7,X
D/B 7,X,7,7,7,X
D/A 5,X,7,7,7,X
E/G# 4,X,X,4,5,4
E/F# 2,X,X,4,5,4
E 0,2,2,1,0,0 ----within the verse I use the other E voicing
from the Mary jo verse
D#dim X,6,7,8,7,X
F#dim7 X,9,10,8,10,X
Fdim7 X,8,9,7,9,X
Instrumental part before the last verse
F#m 2,4,4,2,2,2
D X,5,7,7,7,5
A 5,7,7,6,5,5
E 0,2,2,1,0,0
A/C# X,4,7,6,5,X
D X,5,7,7,7,X
I think that is all. Thanks to Skip for submitting the other
Ben Folds songs. This is my favorite band, and Id like
to help some other guitarists play their material. -Ryan