#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# From: Ryan Hughes Subject: Subject: b/ben_folds_five/eddie_walker.crd Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 10:52:22 -0700 Eddie Walker by Ben Folds Five Transcribed by Ryan Hughes A A/C# D Won't you smile you look so shocked E Put the name tag on your smock E7 A/C# D E We've come to see you Eddie Walker A A/C# D We may pack a little tight E The girl up front says it's all right E7 A/C# and look there's more of us D A/C# still gettin off the bus D E we wish you'd come back home with us A/C# A/F# A/E D Eddie Walker this is your life D/C# D/B D/A E/G# E/F# A A/C# D This one's you when you were small E and you're learning how to walk E7 A/C# D they pick you up and you keep fallin down A A/C# D There you are with aunt Louise E you're bouncing on her knees E7 A/C# D remember all those trees behind the garden A/C# D they're gone E they all got cut down when she died A/C# A/F# A/E D Eddie Walker this is your life D/C# D/B You never had a son or a wife D/A E/G# E/F# E you sure had a hell of a time A/C# A/F# A/E D oh Eddie walker this is your life D/A E/G# E/F# E D A/C# This one's you and Mary Jo D#dim She couldn't come she says hello F#dim7 Fdim7 A No Eddie Walker she doesn't hate your guts Fdim7 A It's just the whole thing shook her up D#dim D Fdim7 How they picked you up and you kept falling down A/C# A/F# A/E D oh Eddie walker D/A E/G# E/F# this is your life A/C# A/F# A/E D no Eddie Walker this is your life D/C# D/B You never had a coat or a tie D/A E/G# E/F# E You never had a reason to cry Fm D A E Fm D A E Fm D A E A/C# D A A/C# D This whole stack and all of these E Your semester overseas E7 A/C# D We're gonna leave you Eddie Walker --------------------------------------------------------------------- This is how I voice the chords A= 5,7,7,6,5,X A/C#= X,4,7,6,5,X D= X,5,7,7,7,X E= X,7,6,4,5,X E7= X,5,6,4,6,X A/F#= X,X,4,6,5,X A/E = X,7,X,6,5,X >From the chorus using the descending bassline D X,5,7,7,7,X D/C# X,4,7,7,7,X D/B 7,X,7,7,7,X D/A 5,X,7,7,7,X E/G# 4,X,X,4,5,4 E/F# 2,X,X,4,5,4 E 0,2,2,1,0,0 ----within the verse I use the other E voicing from the Mary jo verse D#dim X,6,7,8,7,X F#dim7 X,9,10,8,10,X Fdim7 X,8,9,7,9,X Instrumental part before the last verse F#m 2,4,4,2,2,2 D X,5,7,7,7,5 A 5,7,7,6,5,5 E 0,2,2,1,0,0 A/C# X,4,7,6,5,X D X,5,7,7,7,X I think that is all. Thanks to Skip for submitting the other Ben Folds songs. This is my favorite band, and Id like to help some other guitarists play their material. -Ryan