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|------------------------| |-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) 466544 X68876 X46664 / X46464 X13321 XX6543 133111 244322 X35543 131111 X13131 X68686 XX(11)(10)98 XX4321 X13331