Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever, Amen (1997) - "Kate"
So this song begins with a measure of 7/8, but the rest of the song is in 4/4. For
the prechoruses the chords in the tab include those pitches that are sung in harmony
by the band. The relationship between the chords written in the tab and the chords for capo
is one half step down (i.e., F becomes E, C7(b9) becomes B7, etc), and drop the accent notes.
Cheers, rockinattica
Chords, EADGBe, key of F: ("o" means 10th fret)
Abmaj7 4x5543 Bbm7 686666 Db(dim) 9x898x
Abmaj7(add6) 4x5564 Bbm7(add6) 6x6886 F 133211
Abmaj9 4x5546 Bbm(sus9) 6x6868 Fmaj7 102210
Abm7 464444 C7(sus) x35363 Fmaj7 x8o9o8
Abm9 464446 C7(b9) 8x8989 F(6/9) 10001x
Am7 x05553 C7sus(b9) x3x364 Fmaj7(6/9) 100010
Bbmaj7 6x776x C7sus(b9) 8x8o89 Gm7 353333
Bbmaj7(6/9) 655565 Cm7 x35343 Bbm7(6/9) 6x6688
Bbmaj9 6x7768 Cm7 8o8888 C7 x35353
Bbmaj9 6x0565 Db7 x46464 Gm7(add6) 3x3353
Bbmaj9(b5) x10210 Db7(sus) x46474 Gm9 3x3365
Bbmaj9(add6) x10213 G7 3x3433 (nc) no chord
Chords, EADGBe, capo somewhere, play in E, sing in key of whatever's comfortable:
Amaj7 x02120 Emaj7 021100
Am7 x02010 F#m7 242222
B7 x24242 Gmaj7 3x0002
B7 x2120x Gm7 353333
Bm7 x20202 G#m7 464444
E 022100
Original post: 12 September 2015 @ Ultimate-Guitar dot com
INTRO
(piano only)
7/8: | F |
(+bass) (+drums)
4/4: | F | F | F | F
(+voice)
| F | F | F | F
She plays wipeout
VERSE ONE
| F | Fmaj7
on the drums, the squirrels and the birds come gather
| Gm7 | Gm7
round to sing the guitar. Oh why
| Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 | F | F
have you got nothing to say? When all words
| F | Fmaj7
fail, she speaks. Her mix tape's a masterpiece.
| Gm7 | Gm7
Walks through the garden so the roses can see. Oh why
| Bbmaj9 | Bbmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Fmaj7
have you got nothing to say? And you can see
PRECHORUS ONE
| Am7 | Abmaj7(add6) | Gm9
daisies in her footsteps.
| Gm9 | Bbmaj7 | C7(b9) (nc)
Dandilions! Butterflies! I wanna be
CHORUS ONE
| F | F | F | F
KATE! KATE! KATE! KATE! Every day
VERSE TWO
| F | Fmaj7
she wears the same thing; I think she smokes pot. She's everything
| Gm7 | Gm7
I want; she's everything I'm not. Oh why
| Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Fmaj7
have you got nothing to say? She never gets wet
PRECHORUS TWO
| Am7 | Abmaj7(add6) | Gm9
She smiles: it emits a rainbow. Oh no!
| Gm9 | Bbmaj7 | C7(b9) (nc)
And she speaks, and she breathes. I wanna be
CHORUS TWO
| F | F | F | F
KATE! KATE! KATE! KATE! Down
BRIDGE
| Cm7 | Bbmaj7
by the Rosemary and Cameron she
| Bbm7 Bbm7(sus9) | Abmaj9
hands out the Bhagavad Gita.
| Abm9 | Db7sus Db7
I see her round every couple days.
| Gm9 G7 | C7sus(b9) C7 C7(#9) C7
I wanna see her so that I can say,
| (nc) | F | F | Bbm(6/9)
"Hey, KATE!"
INTERLUDE
| F | Fmaj7 | Gm7 | Gm7
| Bbmaj7 | Bbm7/F | Fmaj7 | Fmaj7
Ooh-
| F | Fmaj7 | Gm7 | Gm7
la-la-la Ooh-la-la-la Ooh- la-la-la la!
| Bbmaj7 | Bbm(6/9)/F | Fmaj7 | Fmaj7
Do-do-do-do! Do-do-do-do! She never gets wet
PRECHORUS THREE
| Am7 | Abmaj7(add6) | Gm9
She smiles: it emits a rainbow. Oh no!
| Gm9 | Bbmaj7 | C7(b9) (nc)
You can see, I wanna-wanna-wanna-wannabe
CHORUS THREE
| F | F | F | Bbm13 Bbm7
KATE! KATE! KATE! Na- na!
| F | F | F | Bbm13 Bbm7
KATE! KATE! KATE! Na- na-
| Bbm13 Bbm7 | Bbm13 Bbm7 Cm7 Db(dim)
na- na- na- na!
For Katie
