Ben Folds Five — Army Chords

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         
Dad said, "Son you're fucking high"
        C#                                               G#
And I thought, yeah there's a first for everything
                        
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|———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|

HORN INTERLUDE ("")
G#  D#m  C#  G#
G#  D#m  C#  G#

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
               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)

         
G#       466544
D#m      X68876
C#       X46664
C#/F     X46464
A#m      X13321
G#maj7   XX6543
Fm       133111
F#       244322
Cm       X35543
Fm7      131111
A#7      X13131
D#7      X68686
C#maj7   XX(11)(10)98
F#maj7   XX4321
A#       X13331