(Trying to improve on what's been posted. The solo bit may be wrong.)
Dm F Bb
Under some dirty words on a dirty wall,
C F Bb
eating take-out by myself.
Gm C Gm C
I played the shows, got back in the van
Bb Bb
and put the walkman on, and you were playing.
Dm F Bb
Some other dive 1,000 miles away,
C F Bb
I've played 1,000 times before,
Gm C Gm C
like pathetic stars, the truck stops, and the rock club
Bb Bb
walls I always knew. You saw them too...
F
But you never will again
C Gm Bb F
It's too late. Ahh, don't you know
C Bb
It's been too late, for a long time.
Dm F Bb
Elliot man, you played a fine guitar
C F Bb
and some dirty basketball.
Gm C Gm C
The songs you wrote got me a lot,
Bb
just want to tell you that.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/ben_folds/late_crd_ver_2.html ]
F C Bb
But it's too late, it's too late.
F C Bb
Nah, don't you know it's been too late for a long time.
BRIDGE:
Gm C F Bb Gm Bb
Oh no, things were looking up, least that's what I heard.
Gm C F Bb Gm A Dm
Oh no, someone came and washed away your hard-earned peace of mind.
INSTRUMENTAL:-
F C Bb
Dm F Bb
Bb F Dm C
Dm F Bb
When desperate static beats the silence up,
C F Bb
And quiet truth to calm you down,
Gm C Gm C
The songs you wrote, they got me through a lot,
Bb
Just want to tell you that.
F C Bb
But it's too late, it's too laaaaaate.
F C Bb
Nah, don't you know it's been too late for a long time.
F
It's too laaaaaate.
Bb
It's too laaaaaate.
F C Bb
No, don't you know, it's been too late for a long time.
