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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[INTRO]
C9 C6
C9 C6
C9 C6
C9 C6
[VERSE 1]
C9 D7
Stop the bus, I wanna be lonely
E7 G7
When seconds pass slowly and years go flying by
D F#7 G7
You gotta stop the bus and get off here
E7/G# G7
Enough's enough and I'm leaving this factory
C9 D7
All she wants is food on the table
E7 G7
And I won't be able to bring it home
D F#7 G7
And all I want, come on
E7/G# G7
'Cause all I need, Yeah it's free
D G7 D G7 D G7 D G7
'Cause I'm a factory
[CHORUS 1]
A7 G7
Did Mother Nature tell you
C9 D G7 D
"Boy, you come and go as you please?"
E7 F7 F#7 G7
That's what she said to me
A7 D G7 D
But big brother got the keys and I got Jackson Cannery
C9 D G7 D C9 D
Woah Woah Woah Woah
[VERSE 2]
C9 D7
Millionaires and mill rats live side by side
E7
Messed up my brother's mind
G7 D7 F#7 G7
He's far from earth, tell me, what's it worth?
E7/G# G7
The same as you, the same as me
D G7 D G7 D G7 D G7
In this factory
[CHORUS 2]
A7 G7
Did Mother Nature tell you
C9 D G7 D
"Boy, you come and go as you please?"
E7 F7 F#7 G7
That's what she said to me
A7 D G7 D
But big brother got the keys and I got Jackson Cannery
C9 D G7 D C9 D
Woah Woah Woah Woah
[BRIDGE]
Bm D7
It's 4 in the morning
Gmaj7 C9 D
Mother don't know that I'm going far away
E7 C9 C6 (x4)
She's whispering to the moon, "I hope he don't join you soon"
D7
Baby boss climbs up on his soapbox
E7 G7
Great Caesar's ghost knows what's best for me
He says stop the bus
[CHORUS 3]
A7 G7
Did Mother Nature tell you
C9 D G7 D
"Boy, you come and go as you please?"
E7 F7 F#7 G7
That's what she said to me
A7
But big brother got the keys and I got Jackson Cannery
[OUTRO]
G7 A7
But big brother got the keys and I got Jackson Cannery
G7 A7 E7/G# G7
But big brother got the keys and I got Jackson Cannery
C9 D Bm Gmaj7 A7 C9
C9 C6
C9 C6
C9 C6
C9 C6
[VERSE 1]
C9 D7
Stop the bus, I wanna be lonely
E7 G7
When seconds pass slowly and years go flying by
D F#7 G7
You gotta stop the bus and get off here
E7/G# G7
Enough's enough and I'm leaving this factory
C9 D7
All she wants is food on the table
E7 G7
And I won't be able to bring it home
D F#7 G7
And all I want, come on
E7/G# G7
'Cause all I need, Yeah it's free
D G7 D G7 D G7 D G7
'Cause I'm a factory
[CHORUS 1]
A7 G7
Did Mother Nature tell you
C9 D G7 D
"Boy, you come and go as you please?"
E7 F7 F#7 G7
That's what she said to me
A7 D G7 D
But big brother got the keys and I got Jackson Cannery
C9 D G7 D C9 D
Woah Woah Woah Woah
[VERSE 2]
C9 D7
Millionaires and mill rats live side by side
E7
Messed up my brother's mind
G7 D7 F#7 G7
He's far from earth, tell me, what's it worth?
E7/G# G7
The same as you, the same as me
D G7 D G7 D G7 D G7
In this factory
[CHORUS 2]
A7 G7
Did Mother Nature tell you
C9 D G7 D
"Boy, you come and go as you please?"
E7 F7 F#7 G7
That's what she said to me
A7 D G7 D
But big brother got the keys and I got Jackson Cannery
C9 D G7 D C9 D
Woah Woah Woah Woah
[BRIDGE]
Bm D7
It's 4 in the morning
Gmaj7 C9 D
Mother don't know that I'm going far away
E7 C9 C6 (x4)
She's whispering to the moon, "I hope he don't join you soon"
D7
Baby boss climbs up on his soapbox
E7 G7
Great Caesar's ghost knows what's best for me
He says stop the bus
[CHORUS 3]
A7 G7
Did Mother Nature tell you
C9 D G7 D
"Boy, you come and go as you please?"
E7 F7 F#7 G7
That's what she said to me
A7
But big brother got the keys and I got Jackson Cannery
[OUTRO]
G7 A7
But big brother got the keys and I got Jackson Cannery
G7 A7 E7/G# G7
But big brother got the keys and I got Jackson Cannery
C9 D Bm Gmaj7 A7 C9
Ben Kweller
Ben L'oncle (...)
Ben Lee
Ben Locket
Ben Mazué