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Date: Sun, 28 Dec 1997 19:08:31 EST
From: Prtzl Lgc <PrtzlLgc@aol.com>
Subject: CRD:b/ben_folds_five/missing_the_war.crd
Missing the War by Ben Folds Five
from Whatever and Ever Amen
written by Ben Folds
transcribed by Zach Moats (Prtzl Lgc@aol.com)
this song has a lot of funny chords in it and i tried my hardest to figure
them out. if you can hear them better than i can, please contact me and
inform me of the correct chords. please e-mail me and tell me what you
think.
Missing the War
Intro: /A Amin(add 9) / E F# / A Amin (add 9)/ E /
Verse 1:
All is quiet.
F#9 (voicings : G#-A#-E)
His tired eyes
See figures jotted down. And clothes all strewn around the
A (E in bass) Amin9(E in bass) C+ (F# in bass) Cmin+5 (F# in bass)
Bedroom floor.
Verse 2: Repeat chords
Now nothing?s adding up.
And nothing?s making sense.
She?s sleeping like a baby.
She doesn?t know he wasn?t meant for this.
Chorus:
Amaj7 Amin (C in bass)
I?m missing the war. (ba ba ba ba)
Amin (C in bass) Emaj7
I?m missing the war. (ba ba ba ba)
All night.
Missing the war. (ba ba ba ba)
Missing the war
Repeat intro:
Verse 3: Repeat verse chords
He drove home again.
Pissed and beaten.
It?s really no big deal
It happens all the time
It?s no big deal.
Chorus.
End chorus with:
F# G G(D in bass) G E F#min G#min
?Till beads of sunlight hit me in the morning.
C# B E D A Amin9 E F# A Amin9
So much time so little to say
Verse 3:
Time may fly.
And dreams may die.
The shaking voice that tells him go
still thinks he might
he knows he wont.
Chorus
Repeat Intro 4X?s and end with
G G (D in bass) G E F#min G#min
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