Biography:
Benjamin Scott Folds (born September 12, 1966, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an American singer-songwriter. He is widely known for his prowess as a pianist. Ben Folds' musical career started to get off the ground in the late '80s, as bassist for band Majosha, after playing bass and piano at Pinehurst, in a group known as the "Caroliners" with cohort Millard Powers in 1985-1987; he also played drums as a session musician in Nashville. As well as appearing in Pots & Pans - now known as the Snuzz demo
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Other songs:
- Bitches Ain't Shit
- Bitches Aint Shit
- Family Of Me
- Fred Jones, Part 2
- Gone
- Heist
- Rockin' The Suburbs (over The Hedge)
- Rocking The Suburbs
- Still Fighting It
- The Luckiest
- You Don't Know Me Ft. Regina Spektor
- Cologne
- Kylie From Connecticut
- A Working Day
- All U Can Eat
- All You Can Eat
- Annie Waits
- Bastard
- Before Cologne
- Belinda
- Best Imitation Of Myself
- Bitch Went Nutz
- Bitch Went Nutz Fake
- Breaking Up At A Food Court
- Bruised
- Capable Of Anything
- Carrying Cathy
- Claires Ninth
- Dont Change Your Plans
- Dr Yang
- Dr Yang Lovesick Diagnostician Fake
- Effington
- Emaline
- Errant Dog
- Fired
- Fred Jones Part 2
- Free Coffee Town Fake
- From Above
- Give Judy My Notice
- Gracie
- Hiros Song
- Hiroshima
- Im Not A Fan
- Im Not The Man
- In Between Days
- Jane Live
- Jesusland
- Kalamazoo
- Landed
- Late
- Levi Johnstons Blues
- Lonely Christmas Eve
- Long Way To Go
- Losing Lisa
- Magic
- Mister Peepers
- Not The Same
- Phone In A Pool
- Picture Window
- Practical Amanda
- Red Is Blue
- Rock This Bitch
- Rockin The Suburbs
- Rocky
- Sentimental Guy
- Side Of The Road
- Smoke
- So There
- Songs Of Love
- Still
- The Bitch Went Nuts
- The Frown Song
- The Frown Song Fake
- Them Thats Got
- Theres Always Someone Cooler Than You
- Time
- Trusted
- Wandering
- Yes Man
- You Dont Know Me
- You To Thank
- Zak And Sara
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### "Losing Lisa" by Ben Folds
### Taken from "Rockin' The Suburbs" (c) 2001 Epic Records/Sony Music
### Transcribed by Randy Williams (foobar at netho dot net)
### Version on the album is performed at appx. 126bpm
### Paranthetic reference (C Dm) in chorus are done as eighth beat chords
### Listen to the recording to get the feel for it, or leave em off :)
### This is my 1st submission to OLGA, and is all my own. Hope you like it
### Starts with G, repeated for 8 beats
G F C
The lights are off again
G
She took me by surprise
F C
She's so sensitive
G
This shit just happens sometimes
F C
She's my everything
G
She's my best friend and more
F C
We don't do anything
G
We didn't do the day
F
Before you go
Em
You oughta know
Eb Dsus4 D
That I didn't mean to hurt you, I just wanted you to know
###1st chorus
G F C
Black tears are falling down her face
Bb C Dm (C Dm)
And I am wrong
G F C Bb C Dm (C Dm)
Black tears are falling and she won't say what I've done
G F C Bb C Dm (C Dm)
She's sitting here beside me, then she is gone
Bb C Dm G
Black tears are falling, falling
###2nd verse
G F C
Remember long ago
G
Together laughing, loving
F C
Oh so long ago
G
When we were buying something
F C
Life was simple then
G
But she's not happy now, and I
F C
Don't feel anything
G
Her lips are moving
F
I am mesmerised
Em
By tiny lies
Eb Dsus4 D
I'm watching as the shapes are drawing slowly from her eyes
###2nd chorus
G F C
Black tears are falling down her face
Bb C Dm (C Dm)
And I am wrong
G F C Bb C Dm (C Dm)
Black tears are falling and she won't say what I've done
G F C Bb C Dm (C Dm)
She's sitting here beside me, then she is gone
Bb C Dm C
Black tears are falling, falling
Bb C Dm C Dsus4 D
Black tears are falling, falling
### Bridge
Am7 D
Losing Lisa
Am7 D
Losing Lisa
F
Losing Lisa
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
And there's nothing I can do
###10-bar piano solo - chords same as 1st chorus, repeated twice
G F C Bb
Black tears are falling, falling (ooh ooh)
G F C Bb
Black tears are falling, falling (ooh ooh)
G F C Bb
Black tears are falling, falling (ooh ooh)
G F C Bb/F
Black tears are falling, falling (ooh ooh)
### Taken from "Rockin' The Suburbs" (c) 2001 Epic Records/Sony Music
### Transcribed by Randy Williams (foobar at netho dot net)
### Version on the album is performed at appx. 126bpm
### Paranthetic reference (C Dm) in chorus are done as eighth beat chords
### Listen to the recording to get the feel for it, or leave em off :)
### This is my 1st submission to OLGA, and is all my own. Hope you like it
### Starts with G, repeated for 8 beats
G F C
The lights are off again
G
She took me by surprise
F C
She's so sensitive
G
This shit just happens sometimes
F C
She's my everything
G
She's my best friend and more
F C
We don't do anything
G
We didn't do the day
F
Before you go
Em
You oughta know
Eb Dsus4 D
That I didn't mean to hurt you, I just wanted you to know
###1st chorus
G F C
Black tears are falling down her face
Bb C Dm (C Dm)
And I am wrong
G F C Bb C Dm (C Dm)
Black tears are falling and she won't say what I've done
G F C Bb C Dm (C Dm)
She's sitting here beside me, then she is gone
Bb C Dm G
Black tears are falling, falling
###2nd verse
G F C
Remember long ago
G
Together laughing, loving
F C
Oh so long ago
G
When we were buying something
F C
Life was simple then
G
But she's not happy now, and I
F C
Don't feel anything
G
Her lips are moving
F
I am mesmerised
Em
By tiny lies
Eb Dsus4 D
I'm watching as the shapes are drawing slowly from her eyes
###2nd chorus
G F C
Black tears are falling down her face
Bb C Dm (C Dm)
And I am wrong
G F C Bb C Dm (C Dm)
Black tears are falling and she won't say what I've done
G F C Bb C Dm (C Dm)
She's sitting here beside me, then she is gone
Bb C Dm C
Black tears are falling, falling
Bb C Dm C Dsus4 D
Black tears are falling, falling
### Bridge
Am7 D
Losing Lisa
Am7 D
Losing Lisa
F
Losing Lisa
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
And there's nothing I can do
###10-bar piano solo - chords same as 1st chorus, repeated twice
G F C Bb
Black tears are falling, falling (ooh ooh)
G F C Bb
Black tears are falling, falling (ooh ooh)
G F C Bb
Black tears are falling, falling (ooh ooh)
G F C Bb/F
Black tears are falling, falling (ooh ooh)
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