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Song: Brick
Artist: Ben Folds Five
Source: Whatever and Ever Amen
Thru eyes@aol.com
this is the best i can get for a guitar arrangement
let me know what you think
standard tuning
piano arranged for guitar
chord shapes
Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/E E7
-0- -2- -0- -0-|
-3- -3- -3- -3-|
-2- -2- -2- -1-|
-0- -2- -X- -X-|
-X- -2- -X- -X-|
-3- -X- -0- -0-|
Intro
D Dsus2/G
-2---------2-----0-----------0----------0--------------0------------|
--------3---------------3------------3------3------3----------------|
----2---------2-----2------------2-------------2---------- X 3-|
-0---------0-----0--------------------------------------------------|
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-----------------------------3----------3---------------------------|
D/B Dsus2/B Dsus2/E E7
-2-------------2------0-------------------0------------0-------|
---------3--------------------3--------3------------3------3---|
-----2-------------2------2--------2------------1--------------|
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-2-------------2------2----------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------0------------0--------------|
maintain same patterns (per chord) throughout
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/ben_folds_five/brick_tab_ver_5.html ]
Verse
D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
six am, day after christmas, throw some clothes on in the dark.
D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
smell of cold, car seat is freezing. the world is sleeping. i am
D Dsus2/G
numb.
D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
up the stairs to her apartment, she is balled up on the couch.
D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
her mom and dad drove down to charlotte. they?re not home to find us out.
Bridge
D/B Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/G
and we drive now that i have found someone i?m
D Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/E E7
feeling more alone than i ever have before
Chorus (strum chords or pick similar miscellaneous patterns)
G A D
she?s a brick and i?m drowning slowly
G A Bm
off the coast and i?m headed nowhere
G A D G A G D(for piano fill)
she?s a brick and i?m drowning slowly
Verse II
D Dsus2/G Dsus2/G
they call her name at seven thirty. i pace around the parking lot
D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
i walk down to buy her flowers, and sell some gifts that i got.
Bridge II
D/B Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/G
Can?t you see it?s not me you?re dying for. now she?s
D Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/E E7
feeling more alone than she ever has before
Chorus (strum chords or pick similar miscellaneous patterns)
G A D
she?s a brick and i?m drowning slowly
G A Bm
off the coast and i?m headed nowhere G A G D
G A D G A G A F#m G(for piano fill)
she?s a brick and i?m drowning slowly
Interlude
D/B Dsus2/G D
as weeks went by it showed that she was not fine
D/B Dsus2/G D
they told me son it?s time to tell the truth and
D/B Dsus2/G D D/B Dsus2/E E7
she broke down, and i broke down cause i was tired of lying
Verse III
D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
driving back to her apartment, for the moment we?re alone
D Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/E E7
she?s alone. i?m alone. now i know it.
Chorus (strum chords or pick similar miscellaneous patterns)
G A D
she?s a brick and i?m drowning slowly
G A Bm
off the coast and i?m headed nowhere G A G D
G A D G A G A F#m G(for piano fill)
she?s a brick and i?m drowning slowly
notes
bass goes to eighth notes on verse III (for urgency)
it?s hard to do
good luck
mike
