The Luckiest Ben Folds
Tuning: Drop D
e|--------------------------------| B|----------7---------------------| G|--------------7----------7------| D|-------4--------7----------7/9--| A|-----0------------5---5---------| D|---0----------------5-----------| e|--------------------------------| B|----------7--------------5------| G|--------------7------------6----| D|-------4--------7------------7--| A|-----0------------7---7---------| D|---0----------------7-----------|
___________________________________Easy if you hold Chord: e|--7--|
| | B|--7--|
e|---7-----------7--------------7---5---------------| G|--7--| B|-----------7--------------7-----------------------| D|--9--| G|-------7--------------7--------------------2------| A|--9--| D|------------------9---------------------4---------| D|--9--| A|-----------9--------------9----------4--------4---| D|---9------------------------------4---------------| e|---5---------3----------3-------2-----0h2--0------| B|------2------3-----3------3-----3---3------2------| G|---------2-------0----------0-----2--------2------| D|---------------0----------------0----------2------| A|-------------2-------2---------------------0------| D|--------------------------------------------------|
~For the rest of the song, the drop D gets in the way. So
you have to alter the chords =/ but it still sounds cool.
~Also, try to pick in the pattern of the piano, I was too lazy
to put all of it down, so I just gave the chords to hold while
you experiment with the picking.
[D] [A] [G] [Bm] [C] [A/C#] [F#m] [E] [Em]
e|--2--|--0--|--3--|--2--|--0--|--0--|--2--|--0--|--0--| B|--3--|--2--|--3--|--3--|--1--|--2--|--2--|--0--|--0--| G|--2--|--2--|--0--|--4--|--0--|--2--|--2--|--1--|--0--| D|--0--|--2--|--0--|--4--|--2--|--2--|--4--|--2--|--2--| A|--x--|--0--|--2--|--2--|--3--|--3--|--4--|--2--|--2--| D|--x--|--x--|--x--|--x--|--x--|--x--|--4--|--2--|--2--|
VERSE 1:
[D]I don't [A]get many [D]things right the [G]first time
in fac[D]t I am tol[Bm]d that a [C]lot. Now I [A]know all the[A/C#] wrong turns
the stu[D]mbles and f[G]alls brought me [D]here[Bm] [F#m] [A]
CHORUS:
[Bm]And where was [G]I before the [Bm]day that I first s[E]aw your lovely fa[A]ce?
now I se[F#m]e it every[G] day
And [D]I k[A]now, that [D]I a[A]m, [Bm]I [F#m]am, [G]I a[D]m,[A] [D]the luckiest[A]
VERSE 2:
What if I[D]'d been b[A]orn [D]50 years be[G]fore you
in a [D]house on the [Bm]street where you li[C]ve? Maybe I[A]'d be ou[A/C#]tside
as you p[D]ass on your b[G]ike would I k[D]now?[Bm] [F#m] [A]
CHORUS:
[Bm] And in a w[G]ide sea of e[Bm]yes, I'd see [E]one pair that I[A]'d reco[F#m]gnize[G]
And [D]I k[A]now, that [D]I a[A]m, [Bm]I [F#m]am, [G]I a[D]m,[A] [D]the luckiest[A]
BRIDGE:
[Em] I love you more than I hav[Bm]e ever found a[A/C#] way to [D]say to [G]you.[D] [A]
VERSE 3:
Next d[D]oor there's an [A]old man who l[D]ived to his [G]90's
and one [D]day passed a[Bm]way in his s[C]leep. And his[A] wife
she [A/C#]stayed for a c[D]ouple of d[G]ays and passed a[D]way.[Bm] [F#m] [A]
CHORUS:
[Bm]I'm sorry, [G]I know that's a[Bm] strange way to [E]tell you that I [A]know we [F#m]belong[G].
Tha[D]t I k[A]now, that [D]I a[A]m, [Bm]I [F#m]am, [G]I [D]am..[A].
...the luckiest.
e|--------------------------------| B|----------7---------------------| G|--------------7----------7------| D|-------4--------7----------7/9--| A|-----0------------5---5---------| D|---0----------------5-----------| e|--------------------------------| B|----------7--------------5------| G|--------------7------------6----| D|-------4--------7------------7--| A|-----0------------7---7---------| D|---0----------------7-----------| e|---7-----------7--------------7---5---------------| B|-----------7--------------7-----------------------| G|-------7--------------7--------------------2------| D|------------------9---------------------4---------| A|-----------9--------------9----------4--------4---| D|---9------------------------------4---------------| e|---5---------3----------3-------2-----0h2--0-----------2----| B|------2------3-----3------3-----3---3------2-----------3----| G|---------2-------0----------0-----2--------2-----2h0---2----| D|---------------0----------------0----------2--2--------0----| A|-------------2-------2---------------------0-----------0----| D|-------------------------------------------------------0----|
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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