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Army by Ben Folds Five - Guitar Chords

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Version 1 
            Artist: 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-fil-A
       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

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