Ben Folds – Late (Guitar)

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(Trying to improve on what's been posted. The solo bit may be wrong.)
Dm           F                Bb
  Under some dirty words on a dirty wall,

C       F           Bb
 eating take-out by myself.

Gm             C      Gm              C
  I played the shows, got back in the van

            Bb              Bb
and put the walkman on, and you were playing.

Dm           F          Bb
  Some other dive 1,000 miles away,

C            F             Bb
 I've played 1,000 times before,

Gm             C           Gm                   C
  like pathetic stars, the truck stops, and the rock club

          Bb               Bb
walls I always knew.  You saw them too...

                  F           
But you never will again

C           Gm  Bb                F
 It's too late.    Ahh, don't you know

           C               Bb
It's been too late, for a long time.

Dm       F                      Bb
  Elliot man, you played a fine guitar 

C         F     Bb   
 and some dirty basketball. 

Gm              C     Gm       C
  The songs you wrote got me a lot, 

             Bb 
just want to tell you that.

             F     C          Bb
But it's too late,   it's too late. 

               F              C              Bb 
Nah, don't you know it's been too late for a long time. 
[BRIDGE]
Gm C   F                   Bb                    Gm  Bb
Oh no, things were looking up, least that's what I heard.

Gm C   F                Bb               Gm          A        Dm
Oh no, someone came and washed away your hard-earned peace of mind. 
[INSTRUMENTAL] F C Bb Dm F Bb Bb F Dm C
Dm               F                Bb
  When desperate static beats the silence up,

C          F                 Bb
 And quiet truth to calm you down, 

Gm             C           Gm               C
 The songs you wrote, they got me through a lot,

             Bb 
Just want to tell you that. 

             F     C          Bb
But it's too late,   it's too laaaaaate. 

               F              C              Bb 
Nah, don't you know it's been too late for a long time. 

         F
It's too laaaaaate.

         Bb
It's too laaaaaate.

              F               C              Bb
No, don't you know, it's been too late for a long time.