Biography:
Ben Folds Five is a trio formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States in 1994, who until their breakup in 2000 were a mainstay of Piano rock. Much of their work was influenced by jazz, evident in frequent improv-styled passages through bridge and/or ending.
The members of the band are Ben Folds, the lead singer and pianist, who also wrote most of the songs; Robert Sledge on bass; and Darren Jessee on drums. The group enjoyed the success of the single Brick in 1997
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Other songs:
- Brick
- Do It Anyway
- Draw A Crowd
- Fred Jones Part 2
- Landed
- Magic
- Not The Same
- The Luckiest
- Air
- Alice Childress
- Annie Waits
- Army
- Away When You Were Here
- Bad Idea
- Battle Of Who Could Care Less
- Best Imitation
- Bizarre Christmas Incident
- Boxing
- Cigarette
- Dont Change Your Plans
- Eddie Walker
- Emaline
- Erase Me
- Evaporated
- Fired
- Hold That Thought
- Hospital Song
- House
- Jackson Cannery
- Julianne
- Just Pretend
- Kate
- Leather Jacket
- Lonely Christmas Eve
- Luckiest
- Lullabye
- Mess
- Michael Praytor Five Years Later
- Missing The War
- Narcolepsy
- On Being Frank
- One Angry Dwarf And 200 Solemn Faces
- One Down
- Philosophy
- Rain Drops Keep Falling
- Red Is Blue
- Rockstar
- Selfless Cold And Composed
- She Dont Use Jelly
- Silver Street
- Sky High
- Smoke
- Song For The Dumped
- Stevens Last Night In Town
- Stumblin Home Winter Blues
- The Ascent Of Stan
- The Last Polka
- Twin Falls
- Underground
- Video
- War
- Wheres Summer B
- Your Redneck Past
- Youve Got To Learn To Live With What You Are
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Ben Folds Five - Bad Idea (Retarded)
WARNING: This is the first tab Ive added in here and I think I have the chorus a little
Im not a big Ben Folds fan, but this is a fun song to play.
Intro F# A D F# x 2
F#
Pull over the car
A
Pull over the car
D F#
I think I see a five fister
F#
Pull over the car
A
Pull over the car
D F#
My dad wants to break up with your sister
F#
I don't wanna
A
I don't wanna
B
I don't wanna
D Db (hold)
I don't wanna
F#
You make me feel
A
Make me feel
B D Db (hold)
Make me feel retarded
F#
Can't leave it alone
A
Jerked off on the phone
D F#
I want you to come on over
F#
Pretty Bad Idea
A
Pretty Bad Idea
D F#
Really Really Bad Idea
I don't wanna
I don't wanna
I don't wanna
I don't wanna
You make me feel
make me feel
make me feel retarded
F#
When I stood you up
A
I thought that you'd give up
D F#
Now I realize your just like a dog
I don't wanna
I don't wanna
I don't wanna
I don't wanna
You make me feel
make me feel
make me feel retarded
Walkdown b/w chorus and verse
Db C B
B Bb A Ab G slide up octave
WARNING: This is the first tab Ive added in here and I think I have the chorus a little
Im not a big Ben Folds fan, but this is a fun song to play.
Intro F# A D F# x 2
F#
Pull over the car
A
Pull over the car
D F#
I think I see a five fister
F#
Pull over the car
A
Pull over the car
D F#
My dad wants to break up with your sister
F#
I don't wanna
A
I don't wanna
B
I don't wanna
D Db (hold)
I don't wanna
F#
You make me feel
A
Make me feel
B D Db (hold)
Make me feel retarded
F#
Can't leave it alone
A
Jerked off on the phone
D F#
I want you to come on over
F#
Pretty Bad Idea
A
Pretty Bad Idea
D F#
Really Really Bad Idea
I don't wanna
I don't wanna
I don't wanna
I don't wanna
You make me feel
make me feel
make me feel retarded
F#
When I stood you up
A
I thought that you'd give up
D F#
Now I realize your just like a dog
I don't wanna
I don't wanna
I don't wanna
I don't wanna
You make me feel
make me feel
make me feel retarded
Walkdown b/w chorus and verse
Db C B
B Bb A Ab G slide up octave
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