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
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
...ONE ANGRY DWARF AND 200 SOLEMN FACES... by Ben Folds Five
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*from 'Whatever And Ever Amen' (1997)*
(modified from Brent Ritchey's original tab)
*CAPO 2nd FRET*
(Original Key: B)
Intro:
A7 C A7 (x2)
Verse 1:
C7 Fmaj7
September '75, I was 47 inches high;
Dm7 A7
Mom said by Christmas I would have.
C7 Fmaj7
A bad ass mother G.I. Joe, for your little minds to blow;
Dm7 Esus4 E
I still got beat up after class, yeah.
Chorus 1:
Am7 D9 Gm7 C9
Now I'm big and im-portant; one angry dwarf and,
Fmaj7 Esus4 E
Two hundred solemn faces are you.
Am7 D9 Gm7 C9
If you really want to see me, check the papers and the TV,
Fmaj7 Esus4 E
Look who's telling who what to do.
A7 C A7, A7 C, A7
Kiss my ass, goodbye.
Verse 2:
C7
Don't give me that bullshit; you know who I am,
Fmaj7
I'm your nightmare little man,
Dm7 A7
Vic, you stole my lunch money; made me cry.
C7 Fmaj7
Jane, remember Second Grade? Said you couldn't stand my face,
Dm7 Esus4 E
Rather than kiss me, you said you'd rather die.
Chorus 2:
Am7 D9 Gm7 C9
Now I'm big and im-portant; one angry dwarf and,
Fmaj7 Esus4 E
Two hundred solemn faces are you.
Am7 D9 Gm7 C9
If you really want to see me, check the papers and the TV,
Fmaj7 Esus4 E
Look who's telling who what to do.
A7 C A7, A7 C, A7
Kiss my ass, goodbye.
Solo:
C7 Fmaj7 Dm7 A7, C7 Fmaj7 Dm7 Esus4 E
Am7 D9 Gm7, C9 Fmaj7 Esus4 E (x2)
Bridge 1:
A7 C A7 (x2)
A7
You'll be sorry one day, yes you will, yes you will,
C A7
You shouldn't push me around, 'cos I will, yes I will.
You will be sorry when I'm big, yes you will, yes you will,
C A7
You will be sorry, yeah.
Chorus 3:
Am7 D9 Gm7 C9
Now I'm big and im-portant; one angry dwarf and,
Fmaj7 Esus4 E
Two hundred solemn faces are you.
Am7 D9 Gm7 C9
If you really want to see me, check the papers and the TV,
Fmaj7 Esus4 E
Look who's telling who what to do.
C A7, A7 C, A7
Kiss my ass.
Coda:
A7
Kiss my ass, kiss my ass goodbye, now,
C A7
Kiss my ass, kiss my ass goodbye, now.
A7
Kiss my ass, kiss my ass goodbye, now,
C A7
Kiss my ass, kiss my ass goodbye, now.
A7 C A7
September '75, I was 47 inches high.
A7 C, A7 Ab7 G7... A7
September '75, September '75.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
A7 C C7 Fmaj7 Dm7 Esus4 E
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02223 x32010 x32310 x03213 xx0211 022200 022100
Am7 D9 Gm7 C9 Ab7 G7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
575555 x5455x 353333 x3233x 464544 353433
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])
------------------------------------------..................
*from 'Whatever And Ever Amen' (1997)*
(modified from Brent Ritchey's original tab)
*CAPO 2nd FRET*
(Original Key: B)
Intro:
A7 C A7 (x2)
Verse 1:
C7 Fmaj7
September '75, I was 47 inches high;
Dm7 A7
Mom said by Christmas I would have.
C7 Fmaj7
A bad ass mother G.I. Joe, for your little minds to blow;
Dm7 Esus4 E
I still got beat up after class, yeah.
Chorus 1:
Am7 D9 Gm7 C9
Now I'm big and im-portant; one angry dwarf and,
Fmaj7 Esus4 E
Two hundred solemn faces are you.
Am7 D9 Gm7 C9
If you really want to see me, check the papers and the TV,
Fmaj7 Esus4 E
Look who's telling who what to do.
A7 C A7, A7 C, A7
Kiss my ass, goodbye.
Verse 2:
C7
Don't give me that bullshit; you know who I am,
Fmaj7
I'm your nightmare little man,
Dm7 A7
Vic, you stole my lunch money; made me cry.
C7 Fmaj7
Jane, remember Second Grade? Said you couldn't stand my face,
Dm7 Esus4 E
Rather than kiss me, you said you'd rather die.
Chorus 2:
Am7 D9 Gm7 C9
Now I'm big and im-portant; one angry dwarf and,
Fmaj7 Esus4 E
Two hundred solemn faces are you.
Am7 D9 Gm7 C9
If you really want to see me, check the papers and the TV,
Fmaj7 Esus4 E
Look who's telling who what to do.
A7 C A7, A7 C, A7
Kiss my ass, goodbye.
Solo:
C7 Fmaj7 Dm7 A7, C7 Fmaj7 Dm7 Esus4 E
Am7 D9 Gm7, C9 Fmaj7 Esus4 E (x2)
Bridge 1:
A7 C A7 (x2)
A7
You'll be sorry one day, yes you will, yes you will,
C A7
You shouldn't push me around, 'cos I will, yes I will.
You will be sorry when I'm big, yes you will, yes you will,
C A7
You will be sorry, yeah.
Chorus 3:
Am7 D9 Gm7 C9
Now I'm big and im-portant; one angry dwarf and,
Fmaj7 Esus4 E
Two hundred solemn faces are you.
Am7 D9 Gm7 C9
If you really want to see me, check the papers and the TV,
Fmaj7 Esus4 E
Look who's telling who what to do.
C A7, A7 C, A7
Kiss my ass.
Coda:
A7
Kiss my ass, kiss my ass goodbye, now,
C A7
Kiss my ass, kiss my ass goodbye, now.
A7
Kiss my ass, kiss my ass goodbye, now,
C A7
Kiss my ass, kiss my ass goodbye, now.
A7 C A7
September '75, I was 47 inches high.
A7 C, A7 Ab7 G7... A7
September '75, September '75.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
A7 C C7 Fmaj7 Dm7 Esus4 E
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02223 x32010 x32310 x03213 xx0211 022200 022100
Am7 D9 Gm7 C9 Ab7 G7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
575555 x5455x 353333 x3233x 464544 353433
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])
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