||||||| Ben Folds - Jane ||||||||
This is the version from Ben Folds Live but the song is 99% the same on the Ben
Folds Five album TUBORM
this song is best played with a capo on the first fret, or just transposed down a half step.
i'll give the original chords as if played with a capo so you can play along with the original.
BbM7 X13231
Cm11 on Bb X15541
DbM7 X46564
AbM7 4X554X
BM7 X24342
EbM7 X68786
Dm X57765
Cm X35543
Gm 355333
Gm on F 155333
Ab 4X654X
G #5 3X534X
F# 6 2X434X
Fsus4 7 1X3341
I suggest trying to use your thumb to play the notes on the low E for the two
chords in the end of the chorus, the G #5, and the F# 6
Intro:
BbM7 Cm11 on Bb BbM7 Cm11 on Bb
Verse:
BbM7 DbM7
Jane be jane You're better that way
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/ben_folds/jane_live_crd.html ]
AbM7 BM7 BbM7 Cm11 on Bb
Not when your trying Imitating something you think you saw
BbM7 DbM7
Jane be jane And if sometimes that might
AbM7 BM7
Drive them away Let them stay there
BbM7
You don't need them anyway
Chorus:
EbM7
You're worried there might not be
Dm
Anything at all inside
Cm
That you're worried
Gm Gm on F
Should tell you that's not right
Ab
Don't try to see yourself
G #5
The way that others do
F# 6 Fsus4 7
It's no use
Instrumental part follows the chords from the verse starting at the intro chords
once then back to the...
Chorus:
then the outro verse:
BbM7
But it's your life
DbM7
You can decorate it
AbM7
As you like
BM7
Beneath the pain and armour
BbM7 AbM7
In your eyes the truth still shines
BbM7
Jane be jane
AbM7 BbM7
Jane be jane
Thanks to Ben Folds for another great song, always a joy and a challenge to
transcribe his work.
