Artist: Ben Folds Five
Song: Army
Album: The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
(see bottom for chords)
VERSE 1 (see below for guitar interlude played during verse)
Well I thought about the army
Dad said, "Son you're fucking high"
And I thought, yeah there's a first for everything
So I took my old man's advice, three sad semesters
It was only fifteen grand
spent in bed, I thought about the army
I dropped out and joined a band instead
CHORUS (piano solo)
VERSE 2 (same as verse 1 except for Fm chord)
Grew a moustache and a mullet
Got a job at chick-fillet
Citing artistic differences
the band broke up in May
And in June reformed without me
And they got a different name
I nuked another grandma's apple pie
And hung my head in shame, no
CHORUS (listen to song for the arrangement of the chords)
Been thinking a lot today
Been thinking a lot today
BRIDGE
Oh Oh Think I'll write a screenplay
Oh Oh Think I'll take you to LA
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)
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 ("")
VERSE 3 (same chords as previous verse)
In this time of introspection
On the eve of my election
I say to my reflection
God please spare me more rejection
'Cause my peers, they criticize me
And my ex-wives all despise me
Try to put it all behind me
But my redneck past is nipping at my heels
CHORUS (same as previous chorus)
ENDING
I thought about
the army
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)
Ab 466544
Ebm X68876
C# X46664
C#/F X46464
Bbm X13321
Abmaj7 XX6543
Fm 133111
F# 244322
Cm X35543
Fm7 131111
Bb7 X13131
Eb7 X68686
C#maj7 XX(11)(10)98
F#maj7 XX4321
Bb X13331