Ben Folds Five – Erase Me (Guitar)

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Intro: [pound] Gm Gm/A Bbm F/A F/G Am Am/B Cm Cm/D Ebm Ebm/F Gm Gm/Bb Gm/C Gm/C# D7b9 Top: Eb Eb-C D Bot: C F# F# Verse:
Ebm9         Gm6
What was our home

Ebm9      Gm6
Paper not stone

Ebm9         Gm6
A lean-to at most

             Dm7         Cm         Cm/D
And when you pulled your half away
Verse:
Ebm9    Gm6
Gravity won

Ebm9           Gm6
Like it always does

Ebm9          Gm6
Did I weigh a ton?

            Dm9       Cm
Would it be easier to just delete

    Gm                     D7
Our pages and the plans we made?
Chorus:
 Gm
Erase me

             Bbm
So you don't have to face me

F/A                      Am
Put me in the ground and mow the daisies

Cm         Ebm     Ebm/F
   Ah, the memory

Gm         D    D/C  D/Bb  D/A
See how it goes

Gm
When you

Gm  Gm/A  Gm/Bb  Gm/C  D
                          Erase me

Gm  Gm/A  Gm/Bb  Gm/C  D
                          Erase me
Gm Gm/A Gm/Bb Gm/C D Verse:
Ebm9             Gm6
So what will you do

Ebm9           Gm6
With no me for you?

Ebm9           Gm6
I know what we said

              Dm7    Cm
But what if I left a thing or two

   Bbmaj7
We know that you don't seem

   D/A
To think about what you need

         D/C                D7
'til you reach to find that you've

 Gm
Erased me

                 Bbm
What the fuck is this?

              F/A              
You're crazy, turned around

             Am
In two weeks time replaced me

Cm         Ebm    Ebm/F
   Ah, the memory

Gm                     D7
Everybody knows how it goes, you just

 Gm
Erase me

              Bbm
Did me like a bro and tazed me

F/A                     Am
Fireworks - poof - it's gone, amazing

Cm          Ebm           Ebm/F
   New bio, you've gone solo

Gm                       D7             D/C  D/Bb  D/A
Drawing mustaches on our wedding photo

Gm  Gm/A  Gm/Bb  Gm/C  D
                          Erase me

Gm  Gm/A  Gm/Bb  Gm/C  D
                          Erase me

Gm  Gm/A  Gm/Bb  Gm/C  D
                          Erase me
Instrumental: Cm2 Cm2/G Cm Cm2/G Abm2 Abm2/Eb Abm2 Abm2/Eb
G6      G6/E     G6/E  G6
Fm2/Ab  Fm2      Fm2   Fm2/Ab
E Ebm E Ebm Cm2 Cm2/G Cm Cm2/G Abm2 Abm2/Eb Abm2 Abm2/Eb
G6      G6/E     G6/E  G6
Fm2/Ab  Fm2      Fm2   Fm2/Ab
E Ebm E Ebm E Ebm Eb
 Gm
Erase me

           Bbm
This is us shouting, baby

 F/A
Erase me

               Am
Do we call the cops now, baby?

Cm         Ebm    Ebm/F
   Ah, the memory 

Gm                        D
Everybody knows about the brand new home

 Gm
Erase me

                 Bbm
And you'll never have to face me

 F/A
Erase me

          Am
Option-Command-Escape me

Cm     Cm/D  Ebm        Ebm/F
   And if    you feel nothing

Gm                        D
Guess what I'll wanna be
Instrumental [Outro]: Gm Gm/A Bbm F/A F/G Am Am/B Cm Cm/D Ebm Ebm/F Gm Gm/C Gm/C# D Gm Gm/A Bbm F/A F/G Am Am/B Cm Cm/D Ebm Ebm/F Gm Gm/C Gm/C# D Gm Gm/A Bbm F/A F/G Am Am/B Cm Cm/D Ebm Ebm/F Gm Gm/C Gm/C# D Gm Gm/A Bbm F/A F/G Am Am/B Cm Cm/D Ebm Ebm/F Gm Gm/C Gm/C# D