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
D A | D G | D A | D G | x 2
D A | D G | D A | D | D |
D F#m7 Gmaj7
Barren stares as they light up the screen bearing teardrops that shatter in
Em7 F#m7 Gmaj7 Asus A
slow motion no... vocaine our brains and we're out like lights. And
D F#m7 Gmaj7 Em7
as I'm growing older I'm bored I remember when misery thrilled me much more
F#m7 Gmaj7 Asus A
when I___ can't___ relax and I'd like to go back
CHORUS
Em7 | A6 | Em7 | A
but that's gone... ...yeah that's
Em7 D/F# Gmaj7
gone turn a - round turn the volume down we're counting the days down
A D E A
to the day when we'll live in a video, I'll be
F#m A D
stonefaced and pale you'll pout in stereo
F#m7 Gmaj7 A D
twenty four hours every day of the year
F#m7 Gmaj7 Asus D
oh, what fun, I can't wait 'til the future gets here
D A | D G | D A | D G
D F#m7 Gmaj7
Closing in on the pain and the torture he's slamming the door like it's
Em7 F#m7 Gmaj7 Asus A
something to strive for, the girl tearing curtains down looks funny as hell
D F#m7 Gmaj7
and of, sense of humor can there be any doubt. Yeah, that natural selection
Em7 | F#m7 | Gmaj7 Asus A
has weeded it out? Just to keep me from laughing out loud
CHORUS
As before
.
.
.
F#m7 Gmaj7 Asus Bm
oh, what fun, I can't wait 'til the future gets here
Bm A/C# | D | D | Bm | Bm | Gmaj7 | Gmaj7 | A D | E A | F#m7 Gmaj7
A D | F#m7 G | A D | F#m7 G | Asus | D A | D G | D G
Well, I've
D A D G D A
seen some old friends sort of die or just turn into whatever
D G |D A|D G D A
must have been inside them. Whatever all of us had then in common grew up
D Em7 F#m7 Gmaj7 Bm7
and left home we don't think that way no more
Em7 F#m7 Gmaj7
turn around turn the volume down, we're counting the days down...
Chorus...
Outro:
D A | D G | D A | D G | D A | D G | D A | D
D A | D G | D A | D G | x 2
D A | D G | D A | D | D |
D F#m7 Gmaj7
Barren stares as they light up the screen bearing teardrops that shatter in
Em7 F#m7 Gmaj7 Asus A
slow motion no... vocaine our brains and we're out like lights. And
D F#m7 Gmaj7 Em7
as I'm growing older I'm bored I remember when misery thrilled me much more
F#m7 Gmaj7 Asus A
when I___ can't___ relax and I'd like to go back
CHORUS
Em7 | A6 | Em7 | A
but that's gone... ...yeah that's
Em7 D/F# Gmaj7
gone turn a - round turn the volume down we're counting the days down
A D E A
to the day when we'll live in a video, I'll be
F#m A D
stonefaced and pale you'll pout in stereo
F#m7 Gmaj7 A D
twenty four hours every day of the year
F#m7 Gmaj7 Asus D
oh, what fun, I can't wait 'til the future gets here
D A | D G | D A | D G
D F#m7 Gmaj7
Closing in on the pain and the torture he's slamming the door like it's
Em7 F#m7 Gmaj7 Asus A
something to strive for, the girl tearing curtains down looks funny as hell
D F#m7 Gmaj7
and of, sense of humor can there be any doubt. Yeah, that natural selection
Em7 | F#m7 | Gmaj7 Asus A
has weeded it out? Just to keep me from laughing out loud
CHORUS
As before
.
.
.
F#m7 Gmaj7 Asus Bm
oh, what fun, I can't wait 'til the future gets here
Bm A/C# | D | D | Bm | Bm | Gmaj7 | Gmaj7 | A D | E A | F#m7 Gmaj7
A D | F#m7 G | A D | F#m7 G | Asus | D A | D G | D G
Well, I've
D A D G D A
seen some old friends sort of die or just turn into whatever
D G |D A|D G D A
must have been inside them. Whatever all of us had then in common grew up
D Em7 F#m7 Gmaj7 Bm7
and left home we don't think that way no more
Em7 F#m7 Gmaj7
turn around turn the volume down, we're counting the days down...
Chorus...
Outro:
D A | D G | D A | D G | D A | D G | D A | D
Ben Kweller
Ben L'oncle (...)
Ben Lee
Ben Locket
Ben Mazué