Army

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 fxxking 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