Eddie Walker by Ben Folds Five
Won't you smile you look so shocked
Put the name tag on your smock
We've come to see you Eddie Walker
We may pack a little tight
The girl up front says it's all right
and look there's more of us
still gettin off the bus
we wish you'd come back home with us
Eddie Walker this is your life
This one's you when you were small
and you're learning how to walk
they pick you up and you keep fallin down
There you are with aunt Louise
you're bouncing on her knees
remember all those trees behind the garden
they're gone
they all got cut down when she died
Eddie Walker this is your life
You never had a son or a wife
you sure had a hell of a time
oh Eddie walker this is your life
This one's you and Mary Jo
She couldn't come she says hello
F#dim7 Fdim7 A
No Eddie Walker she doesn't hate your guts
Fdim7
It's just the whole thing shook her up
Fdim7
How they picked you up and you kept falling down
oh Eddie walker
this is your life
no Eddie Walker this is your life
You never had a coat or a tie
You never had a reason to cry
This whole stack and all of these
Your semester overseas
We're gonna leave you Eddie Walker
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This is how I voice the chords
A= 5,7,7,6,5,X
A/C#= X,4,7,6,5,X
D= X,5,7,7,7,X
E= X,7,6,4,5,X
E7= X,5,6,4,6,X
A/F#= X,X,4,6,5,X
A/E = X,7,X,6,5,X
>From the chorus using the descending bassline
D X,5,7,7,7,X
D/C# X,4,7,7,7,X
D/B 7,X,7,7,7,X
D/A 5,X,7,7,7,X
E/G# 4,X,X,4,5,4
E/F# 2,X,X,4,5,4
E 0,2,2,1,0,0 ----within the verse I use the other E voicing
from the Mary jo verse
D#dim X,6,7,8,7,X
F#dim7 X,9,10,8,10,X
Fdim7 X,8,9,7,9,X
Instrumental part before the last verse
F#m 2,4,4,2,2,2
D X,5,7,7,7,5
A 5,7,7,6,5,5
E 0,2,2,1,0,0
A/C# X,4,7,6,5,X
D X,5,7,7,7,X
I think that is all. Thanks to Skip for submitting the other
Ben Folds songs. This is my favorite band, and Id like
to help some other guitarists play their material. -Ryan