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)

G#

Well I thought about the army

D#m

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 (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

Fm

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) 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|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

F#maj7

I thought about
A# G#maj7
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)