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issue no. 7 :: september 16, 2001


>>>Brick by Ben Folds Five

 

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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Song: Brick
Artist: Ben Folds Five
Source: Whatever and Ever Amen

Thru eyes@aol.com
this is the best i can get for a guitar arrangement
let me know what you think

standard tuning
piano arranged for guitar

chord shapes
Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/E E7
-0- -2- -0- -0-
-3- -3- -3- -3-
-2- -2- -2- -1-
-0- -2- -X- -X-
-X- -2- -X- -X-
-3- -X- -0- -0-

Intro
D Dsus2/G
-2---------2-----0-----------0-----------0--------------0--
--------3---------------3------------3-------3------3------
----2---------2-----2------------2--------------2---------- X 3
-0---------0-----0------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------3-----------3-----------------

D/B Dsus2/B Dsus2/E E7
-2-------------2------0--------------------0------------0-----
---------3--------------------3--------33------------3------3--
-----2-------------2------2--------2-------------1-------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
-2-------------2------2--------------------------------------
-----------------------------------0-------------0------------

maintain same patterns (per chord) throughout

Verse
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 (strum chords or pick similar miscellaneous patterns)
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 II
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 (strum chords or pick similar miscellaneous patterns)
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
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 III
D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
driving back to her apartment, for the moment we’re alone D Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/E E7
she’s alone. i’m alone. now i know it.

Chorus (strum chords or pick similar miscellaneous patterns)
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

notes
bass goes to eighth notes on verse III (for urgency)
it’s hard to do
good luck
mike


 

 


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