Ben Fols Five

Ben Fols Five - Eddie Walker guitar tab

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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

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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

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