xArtist: 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 G#, D#m and C# for the main parts of the song)
G# 466544
D#m X68876
C# X46664
C#/F X46464
A#m X13321
G#maj7 XX6543
Fm 133111
F# 244322
Cm X35543
Fm7 131111
A#7 X13131
D#7 X68686
C#maj7 XX(11)(10)98
F#maj7 XX4321
A# X13331
[VERSE 1](see below for guitar interlude played during verse)
G#
Well I thought about the army
D#m
Dad said, "Son you're fucking high"
C# G#
And I thought, yeah there's a first for everything
G#
So I took my old man's advice, three sad semesters
D#m
It was only fifteen grand
C#
spent in bed, I thought about the army
G# C#/F
I dropped out and joined a band instead
[CHORUS] (piano solo)
D#m A#m G#maj7
D#m A#m G#maj7
[VERSE 2]
G#
Grew a moustache and a mullet
D#m
Got a job at chick-fillet
C#
Citing artistic differences
G#
the band broke up in May
Fm
And in June reformed without me
D#m
And they got a different name
C#
I nuked another grandma's apple pie
G#
And hung my head in shame, no
[CHORUS] (listen to song for the arrangement of the chords)
D#m A#m G#maj7
Been thinking a lot today
D#m A#m G#maj7
Been thinking a lot today
D#m A#m G#maj7
Been thinking a lot today
[BRIDGE]
F# C# G#
Oh Oh Think I'll write a screenplay
F# C# G#
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
A#7 D#7 G# G#maj7
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] ("")
G# D#m C# G#
G# D#m C# G#
[VERSE 3]
G#
In this time of introspection
D#m
On the eve of my election
C#
I say to my reflection
G#
God please spare me more rejection
Fm
'Cause my peers, they criticize me
D#m
And my ex-wives all despise me
C#
Try to put it all behind me
G#
But my redneck past is nipping at my heels
[CHORUS] (listen to song for the arrangement of the chords)
D#m A#m G#maj7
Been thinking a lot today
D#m A#m G#maj7
Been thinking a lot today
D#m A#m G#maj7
Been thinking a lot today
[ENDING]
F#maj7
I thought about
A# G#maj7
the army
