Missing the War by Ben Folds Five
from Whatever and Ever Amen
written by Ben Folds
this song has a lot of funny chords in it and i tried my hardest to figure
them out. if you can hear them better than i can, please contact me and
think.
Missing the War
Intro: /A Amin(add 9) / E F# / A Amin (add 9)/ E /
Verse 1:
All is quiet.
F#9 (voicings : G#-A#-E)
His tired eyes
See figures jotted down. And clothes all strewn around the
( in bass) Amin9( in bass) + ( in bass) +5 ( in bass)
Bedroom floor.
Verse 2: Repeat chords
Now nothing?s adding up.
And nothing?s making sense.
She?s sleeping like a baby.
She doesn?t know he wasn?t meant for this.
Chorus:
( in bass)
I?m missing the war. (ba ba ba ba)
( in bass)
I?m missing the war. (ba ba ba ba)
All night.
Missing the war. (ba ba ba ba)
Missing the war
Repeat intro:
Verse 3: Repeat verse chords
He drove home again.
Pissed and beaten.
It?s really no big deal
It happens all the time
It?s no big deal.
Chorus.
End chorus with:
( in bass) F#min G#min
?Till beads of sunlight hit me in the morning.
Amin9 Amin9
So much time so little to say
Verse 3:
Time may fly.
And dreams may die.
The shaking voice that tells him go
still thinks he might
he knows he wont.
Chorus
Repeat Intro 4X?s and end with
( in bass) F#min G#min