Ben Folds Five – Your Redneck Past (Guitar)

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Into: B G# C# F# [x3] F# G# - Post-Intro Bass notes: D# D# A# D# D# D# D# D# [Verse 1]

D#                        C#
Choose from any number of magazines

            D#
Who do you want to be?

               C#
Billy Idol or Kool Moe Dee?

[Chorus 1]

            B                  G#
If you're afraid they might discover

      C#     F#
Your redneck past

             B              G#
There are a hundred ways to cover

      C#     F#
Your redneck past

        F#     G#      A#/F
They'll never send you home

[Verse 2]

D#                               C#
Roots: the funny limbs that grow underground

                    D#
That keep you from fallin' down

                          C#
Don't you think that you need 'em now?

[Chorus 2]

            B                  G#
Just find a place where no one knows of

      C#     F#
Your redneck past

              B        G#              C#     F#
Yeah, you can easily dispose of your redneck past

       F#         G#       A#/F
You'll show them all back home

[Bridge]

D#maj7
Desole

         C#maj9
Je suis American

               D#maj7
Please cook my steak again

         C#maj9
Je suis American

F#/B
Desole

            D#maj7
Je ne parle pas francais

B G#
  ([Yelled] Yo! Yeah? Yo! Break em off! Break em off!)

[Verse 3]

D#                C#
Laws- vary from state to state

             D#
Getcha some books on tape

                C#
To learn about holes in space

[Chorus 3]

          B                  G#
If you're afraid they might uncover

      C#     F#
Your redneck ass

            B               G#           C#     F#
There are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past

        B     G#      C#   F#
Ohohoh, oh oh ohohoh ohoh ohhh

     F#       G#       A#/F
It's good to be back home