BEN FOLDS FIVE - "Eddie Walker" Tablature
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m: Ryan Hughes <rhughes@post.cis.smu.edu>
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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