Ben Folds – Back To Anonymous (Guitar)

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[INTRO] D7 Am7 D7 Am7 [VERSE 1]
D7
These days

                         Am7              G/A  Am7
It doesn't matter, I can let myself go

              Gmaj7             Am7/G  Gmaj7
No disguises, go for a stroll

                   Cmaj7  Gmaj7/C  Cmaj7
It's back to anonymous

      D7              Am7/D  D7
But those years were

                           Am7               G/A  Am7
One big blur, I'm not sure where I have been

                   Gmaj7
I dream the pieces back now and then

  Cmaj7  Gmaj7/C  Cmaj7
Mmm
[CHORUS 1] Amj7 B7 Is it cli - che
        Em7        D/E
Does it sound so ungrateful

        Am7   B7   Em7      D/E
When it comes out that way?

Am7   B7         Em7  G/D  A7
   If so, I only mean to   say

Am7                   D7
   Thank you for those   crazy days

                      Cmaj7  Gmaj7/C  Cmaj7
Now it's back to anonymous
[VERSE 2]
D7         Am7/D  D7
Strangers

                            Am7                G/A  Am7
Creepy and comfortable that they knew my name

                     Gmaj7                         Am7/G  Gmaj7
It's not at all what I thought that fame would be

                    Cmaj7  Gmaj7/C
It was just a small world

      Cmaj7
For a while

       D7             Am7/D  D7
Is life   better now?

                              Am7               G/A  Am7
Well, that depends on how I'm feeling about it

                      Gmaj7         Am/G  Gmaj7
It's not so much that I wanted out

                  Cmaj7        Gmaj7/C  Cmaj7
I really didn't have     a say
[CHORUS 1]
           Am7  B7
But it's a big  world

     Em7       D/E
With un-famous people

       Am7       B7    Em7     D/E
Who deserve the grand applause

Am7         B7            Em7  D/E
   And they quietly carry on

Am7            B7                 Em7  G/D   A7
   I'd like to think that I could be   that  strong

Am7                   D7
   Daydreaming on the bus, that's all

                 Cmaj7     Gmaj7/C  Cmaj7
Now it's back to anonymous
[HARMONICA SOLO] Gmaj9 E9 Am9 Cm7 [VERSE 3]
    D7
The wife and I feeding the birds, in love

   Am7                  G/A  Am7
In comfortable clothes

                          Gmaj7
The neighbors, they don't wink like they know
[CHORUS]
              Am7        B7
But back when     they'd say

Em7        D/E
Savor this moment

       Am7
It's your time

B7        Em7   D/E
Seize the day

Am7      B7             Em7   D/E
   But I couldn't stay awake

Am7      B7            Em7   D/E
   And I didn't feel a thing

Am7          B7              Em7   G/D  A7
   And she reminds me when I start to   think

Am7                          D7
   I might throw my hat back    in the ring

                 D7
But it's time to be
[OUTRO] D7