Artist: Ben Folds Five Song: Army Album: The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner (see bottom for chords) 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" C# Ab And I thought, yeah there's a first for everything So I took my old man's advice, three sad semesters Ebm It was only fifteen grand C# spent in bed, I thought about the army Ab C#/F I dropped out and joined a band instead CHORUS (piano solo) Ebm Bbm Abmaj7 Ebm Bbm Abmaj7 VERSE 2 (same as verse 1 except for Fm chord) Grew a moustache and a mullet Got a job at chick-fillet Citing artistic differences the band broke up in May Fm And in June reformed without me And they got a different name I nuked another grandma's apple pie And hung my head in shame, no CHORUS (listen to song for the arrangement of the chords) Ebm Bbm Abmaj7 Been thinking a lot today Ebm Bbm Abmaj7 Been thinking a lot today BRIDGE F# C# Ab Oh Oh Think I'll write a screenplay F# C# Ab Oh Oh Think I'll take you to LA F# C# 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 (listen to song for arrangement of chords) Fm7 Cm Fm7 Cm Bb7 Eb7 Ab Abmaj7 Fm7 C# C#maj7 Fm/C Fm GUITAR SOLO (played along with G# D#m C# G# chords) e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| b|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| g|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| d|---6-------6s10---8-------8s13---11-------11s15---13---11---10---8---6-| a|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| HORN INTERLUDE ("") Ab Ebm C# Ab Ab Ebm C# Ab VERSE 3 (same chords as previous verse) In this time of introspection On the eve of my election I say to my reflection God please spare me more rejection 'Cause my peers, they criticize me And my ex-wives all despise me Try to put it all behind me But my redneck past is nipping at my heels CHORUS (same as previous chorus) ENDING F#maj7 I thought about Bb Abmaj7 the army CHORDS (these are all the chords used in the song. There are a lot but you basically just need G#, D#m and C# for the main parts of the song) Ab 466544 Ebm X68876 C# X46664 C#/F X46464 Bbm X13321 Abmaj7 XX6543 Fm 133111 F# 244322 Cm X35543 Fm7 131111 Bb7 X13131 Eb7 X68686 C#maj7 XX(11)(10)98 F#maj7 XX4321 Bb X13331