Army Chords

Artist: Ben Folds Five
Song: Army
Album: The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
 
[CHORDS] (These are all the chords used in the song. There are a lot but you
basically just need Ab, Ebm and Db for the main parts of the song)
 
Ab       466544
Ebm      x68876
Db       x46664
Db/F     x46464
Bbm      x13321
Abmaj7   xx6543
Fm       133111
Gb       244322
Cm       x35543
Fm7      131111
Bb7      x13131
Eb7      x68686
Dbmaj7   xx(11)(10)98
Gbmaj7   xx4321
Bb       x13331
 
[VERSE 1] (see below for guitar interlude played during verse)
        Ab
Well, I thought about the army
           Ebm
Dad said, "Son you're fucking high"
      Db                                     Ab
And I thought, yeah there's a first for everything
                         Ab
So I took my old man's advice, three sad semesters
       Ebm
It was only fifteen grand
         Db
spent in bed, I thought about the army
Ab                Db/F
I dropped out and joined a band instead
 
[CHORUS] (piano solo)
Ebm  Bbm  Abmaj7
Ebm  Bbm  Abmaj7
 
[VERSE 2]
       Ab
Grew a moustache and a mullet
      Ebm
Got a job at Chick-fil-A
      Db
Citing artistic differences
    Ab
the band broke up in May
       Fm
And in June reformed without me
         Ebm
And they got a different name
         Db
I nuked another grandma's apple pie
    Ab
And hung my head in shame, no
 
[CHORUS]
Ebm  Bbm  Abmaj7                 Ebm
                 Been thinking a lot today
Bbm  Abmaj7                 Ebm
            Been thinking a lot today
Bbm  Abmaj7
 
[BRIDGE]
Gb Db                     Ab
Oh oh, think I'll write a screenplay
Gb Db                         Ab
Oh oh, think I'll take you to LA
Gb Db                         Cm
Oh oh, think I'll get it done yesterday
 
(The guitar part played during the bridge goes something like this)
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|    (this followed by triplets of each note heading back down)
G|------------------------|    (11-11-11-10-10-10-9-9-9…)
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11------|
 
[PIANO SOLO]
Fm7  Cm  Fm7  Cm
Bb7  Eb7  Ab  Abmaj7
Fm7  Db  Dbmaj7  Fm/C  Fm
 
[GUITAR SOLO] (played along with Ab  Ebm  Db  Ab  chords)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---6-------6s10---8-------8s13---11-------11s15---13---11---10---8---6-------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
[HORN INTERLUDE]
Ab  Ebm  Db  Ab
Ab  Ebm  Db  Ab
 
[VERSE 3]
        Ab
In this time of introspection
       Ebm
On the eve of my election
   Db
I say to my reflection
           Ab
God please spare me more rejection
          Fm
'Cause my peers, they criticize me
       Ebm
And my ex-wives all despise me
       Db
Try to put it all behind me
       Ab
But my redneck past is nipping at my heels
 
[CHORUS]
Ebm  Bbm  Abmaj7                 Ebm
                 Been thinking a lot today
Bbm  Abmaj7                 Ebm
            Been thinking a lot today
Bbm  Abmaj7                 Ebm
            Been thinking a lot today
Bbm  Abmaj7
 
[ENDING]
            Gbmaj7
I thought about
Bbm     Abmaj7
   the army
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