Ben Folds Five
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Brick
Guitar Tabs
Tabbed by: el sancco, [email protected]
I've tabbed this song to be played on guitar, preferably acoustic.
Play the main riff during the verses and then you can either strum
or appregiate the chords in the chorus.
MAIN RIFF:
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D Dsus2/G
|-2---------2-----0-----------0----------0--------------0--|
|--------3---------------3------------3------3------3------|
|----2---------2-----2------------2-------------2----------| PLAY
|-0---------0-----0----------------------------------------| x3
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------3----------3-----------------|
D/B Dsus2/B Dsus2/E E7
|-2-------------2------0-------------------0------------0------|
|---------3--------------------3--------3------------3------3--|
|-----2-------------2------2--------2------------1-------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-------------2------2---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------0------------0-------------|
INTRO:
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Play Main Riff.
VERSE: - Play chords to main riff.
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D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
six am, day after christmas, throw some clothes on in the dark.
D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
smell of cold, car seat is freezing. the world is sleeping. i am
D Dsus2/G
numb.
D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
up the stairs to her apartment, she is balled up on the couch.
D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
her mom and dad drove down to charlotte. they’re not home to find us out.
Bridge
D/B Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/G
and we drive now that i have found someone i’m
D Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/E E7
feeling more alone than i ever have before
CHORUS: - Either strum or appregiate.
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G A D
she’s a brick and i’m drowning slowly
G A Bm
off the coast and i’m headed nowhere
G A D G A G D(for piano fill)
she’s a brick and i’m drowning slowly
VERSE 2:
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D Dsus2/G Dsus2/G
they call her name at seven thirty. i pace around the parking lot
D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
i walk down to buy her flowers, and sell some gifts that i got.
Bridge II
D/B Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/G
Can’t you see it’s not me you’re dying for. now she’s
D Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/E E7
feeling more alone than she ever has before
CHORUS: - Either strum or appregiate.
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G A D
she’s a brick and i’m drowning slowly
G A Bm
off the coast and i’m headed nowhere G A G D
G A D G A G A F#m G(for piano fill)
she’s a brick and i’m drowning slowly
INTERLUDE:
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D/B Dsus2/G D
as weeks went by it showed that she was not fine
D/B Dsus2/G D
they told me son it’s time to tell the truth and
D/B Dsus2/G D D/B Dsus2/E E7
she broke down, and i broke down cause i was tired of lying
VERSE 3:
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D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G D
driving back to her apartment, for the moment we’re alone
Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/E E7
she’s alone. i’m alone. now i know it.
CHORUS: - Either strum or appregiate.
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G A D
she’s a brick and i’m drowning slowly
G A Bm
off the coast and i’m headed nowhere G A G D
G A D G A G A F#m G(for piano fill)
she’s a brick and i’m drowning slowly
CHORDS:
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Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/E E7
E|----0-------2-------0-------0----|
B|----3-------3-------3-------3----|
G|----2-------2-------2-------1----|
D|----0-------2-------X-------X----|
A|----X-------2-------X-------X----|
E|----3-------X-------0-------0----|