Ben Folds – Claires Ninth (Guitar)
Key
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Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
G Em Bm D So, she stands and waits, and waits at the school gate. G Em Bm C C#dim They're late. They come, so dumb, in two cars when they agreed one, C C#dim C And it's gone wrong, on her birthday. G Em Bm D So, they go to Joe's for pizza and ice cream. G Em Bm C C#dim They sit and stare, and Claire just wants to be nine-and-a-half. C Em G6 Next year, she'll tell them she only wants world peace. D/G - G/C D/G - G/C But Claire, Claire baby, Bm/G Bm D Cmaj7 I wish you knew how this all got twisted. Bm/G Bm D Cmaj7 I wish you could see right inside us. Bm/G Bm D Cmaj7 D G/D Some of the stuff, the best of us, that we can't get out. G Em Bm D What's the point of this? What's wrong with two birthdays? G Em Bm C It's cool. At school, her friends, they all have two birthdays. Em C Em C Aw jeez. He just asked the waitress out on a date on her birthday. D/G - G/C D/G - G/C But Claire, Claire baby, Bm/G Bm D Cmaj7 I wish you knew how this all got twisted. Bm/G Bm D Cmaj7 I wish you could see right inside us. Bm/G Bm D Cmaj7 D G/D Some of the stuff, the best of us, that we can't get to.
INTERLUDE
D/G - D/Em - D/Bm - D (x2)
Gmaj7 - Gmaj7/Em - Gmaj7 - Gsus4 - G (x2)
G6 Bm G6 Here's the check. They pay, with two cards like they've never met. Bm C Goodbyes outside. It's cold in L.A. D/G - G/C D/G - G/C Claire, Claire baby, Bm/G Bm D Cmaj7 I wish you knew how this all got twisted. Bm/G Bm D Cmaj7 I wish you could see right inside us. Bm/G Bm D Cmaj7 Some of the stuff, the most of us, Bm/G Bm D Cmaj7 You're what we were. We're all that's left. Bm/G Bm D Cmaj7 It used to be our birthday too.