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Song
Artist: Ben Folds Five
Song: Army
Album: The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
[CHORDS] (These are all the chords used in the song. There are a lot but you
basically just need Ab, Ebm and Db for the main parts of the song)
Ab 466544
Ebm x68876
Db x46664
Db/F x46464
Bbm x13321
Abmaj7 xx6543
Fm 133111
Gb 244322
Cm x35543
Fm7 131111
Bb7 x13131
Eb7 x68686
Dbmaj7 xx(11)(10)98
Gbmaj7 xx4321
Bb x13331
[VERSE 1] (see below for guitar interlude played during verse)
Well, I thought about the army
Dad said, "Son you're fucking high"
And I thought, yeah there's a first for everything
So I took my old man's advice, three sad semesters
It was only fifteen grand
spent in bed, I thought about the army
I dropped out and joined a band instead
[CHORUS] (piano solo)
VERSE 2
Grew a moustache and a mullet
Got a job at Chick-fil-A
Citing artistic differences
the band broke up in May
And in June reformed without me
And they got a different name
I nuked another grandma's apple pie
And hung my head in shame, no
CHORUS
Been thinking a lot today
Been thinking a lot today
BRIDGE
Oh oh, think I'll write a screenplay
Oh oh, think I'll take you to LA
Oh oh, think I'll get it done yesterday
(The guitar part played during the bridge goes something like this)
e|------------------------| B|------------------------| (this followed by triplets of each note heading back down) G|------------------------| (11-11-11-10-10-10-9-9-9…) D|------------------------| A|------------------------| E|-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11------|
PIANO SOLO
[GUITAR SOLO] (played along with Ab Ebm Db Ab chords)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---6-------6s10---8-------8s13---11-------11s15---13---11---10---8---6-------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
HORN INTERLUDE
VERSE 3
In this time of introspection
On the eve of my election
I say to my reflection
God please spare me more rejection
'Cause my peers, they criticize me
And my ex-wives all despise me
Try to put it all behind me
But my redneck past is nipping at my heels
CHORUS
Been thinking a lot today
Been thinking a lot today
Been thinking a lot today
ENDING
I thought about
the army
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