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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Emaline by Ben Folds Five
Transcribed from the live version featured on "Ben Folds Live" (2002)
Chords are very textured while the vocal melody is syncopated. Listen to recording
for more details.
INTRO:
Gmaj9 Dmaj9 A Gmaj9
Gmaj9 Dmaj9 A Gmaj9
VERSE:
Gmaj9 Dmaj9 A
I wish it was last September
Gmaj9
When we could lose ourselves in crowds everyday
Dmaj9 A
'Cause Emaline don't walk in time
Gmaj9
She's not the same, that's all you can say
CHORUS:
E7
But when I've heard enough I tell myself
E7/D E7/G Cmaj9
That we've learned our lesson
A Gmaj9
But I don't want to walk away from Emaline
VERSE:
Dmaj9 A
They're talking now
Gmaj9
Does she know what they're saying?
Dmaj9 A
She's got the air to float above it
Gmaj9
I'm sinking in this, someone should pay
VERSE:
Dmaj9 A
She's dear to me and so expensive
Gmaj9
Now I'm not talking 'bout money
Dmaj9 A
When money talks, I hate to listen
Gmaj9
But lately it's been screaming in my ear
CHORUS:
E7
But when I've heard enough I tell myself
E7/D# E7/C# Cmaj9
That we've learned our lesson
A Gmaj9 A Dmaj9
But I don't want to walk away from Emaline
BRIDGE:
F#m7 Gmaj9 Dmaj9
It only took me one look to understand Emaline
E7
Sometimes I don't know what she's saying
Gmaj9
Sometimes I do
E7
Sometimes I don't know what she's saying
C
But I know, I know
A
I know what she wants to believe
PIANO SOLO:
Gmaj9 Dmaj9 A Gmaj9
I wish it was last September
Gmaj9 Dmaj9 A Gmaj9
Gmaj9 Dmaj9 A Gmaj9
E7 C G/A Gmaj9
Don't let me walk away from Emaline
VERSE:
Dmaj9 A
For stupid reasons
Gmaj9
Now I'm talking 'bout money
Dmaj9 A
When money talks, I hate to listen
G G/F# Em7 G/D Em7
But lately it's been scream - ing in my ear
VERSE:
Dmaj9 A
Oh one advice, girls need attention
Gmaj9
Or are you different than all mine?
Dmaj9 A
For what it's worth, she's got attention
Gmaj9
For people like you see black and white
CHORUS:
E7
Now I've heard enough, I'll tell you what
E7/D# E7/C# Cmaj9
Really should - n't sit here and whine
A Gmaj9
I'll take you down to see my Emaline
OUTRO SOLO:
Gmaj9 Dmaj9 A Gmaj9
Gmaj9 Dmaj9 A Gmaj9
Gmaj9 Dmaj9 A Gmaj9
[repeat outro]
Transcribed from the live version featured on "Ben Folds Live" (2002)
Chords are very textured while the vocal melody is syncopated. Listen to recording
for more details.
INTRO:
Gmaj9 Dmaj9 A Gmaj9
Gmaj9 Dmaj9 A Gmaj9
VERSE:
Gmaj9 Dmaj9 A
I wish it was last September
Gmaj9
When we could lose ourselves in crowds everyday
Dmaj9 A
'Cause Emaline don't walk in time
Gmaj9
She's not the same, that's all you can say
CHORUS:
E7
But when I've heard enough I tell myself
E7/D E7/G Cmaj9
That we've learned our lesson
A Gmaj9
But I don't want to walk away from Emaline
VERSE:
Dmaj9 A
They're talking now
Gmaj9
Does she know what they're saying?
Dmaj9 A
She's got the air to float above it
Gmaj9
I'm sinking in this, someone should pay
VERSE:
Dmaj9 A
She's dear to me and so expensive
Gmaj9
Now I'm not talking 'bout money
Dmaj9 A
When money talks, I hate to listen
Gmaj9
But lately it's been screaming in my ear
CHORUS:
E7
But when I've heard enough I tell myself
E7/D# E7/C# Cmaj9
That we've learned our lesson
A Gmaj9 A Dmaj9
But I don't want to walk away from Emaline
BRIDGE:
F#m7 Gmaj9 Dmaj9
It only took me one look to understand Emaline
E7
Sometimes I don't know what she's saying
Gmaj9
Sometimes I do
E7
Sometimes I don't know what she's saying
C
But I know, I know
A
I know what she wants to believe
PIANO SOLO:
Gmaj9 Dmaj9 A Gmaj9
I wish it was last September
Gmaj9 Dmaj9 A Gmaj9
Gmaj9 Dmaj9 A Gmaj9
E7 C G/A Gmaj9
Don't let me walk away from Emaline
VERSE:
Dmaj9 A
For stupid reasons
Gmaj9
Now I'm talking 'bout money
Dmaj9 A
When money talks, I hate to listen
G G/F# Em7 G/D Em7
But lately it's been scream - ing in my ear
VERSE:
Dmaj9 A
Oh one advice, girls need attention
Gmaj9
Or are you different than all mine?
Dmaj9 A
For what it's worth, she's got attention
Gmaj9
For people like you see black and white
CHORUS:
E7
Now I've heard enough, I'll tell you what
E7/D# E7/C# Cmaj9
Really should - n't sit here and whine
A Gmaj9
I'll take you down to see my Emaline
OUTRO SOLO:
Gmaj9 Dmaj9 A Gmaj9
Gmaj9 Dmaj9 A Gmaj9
Gmaj9 Dmaj9 A Gmaj9
[repeat outro]
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