Ben Folds Five – Songs Of Love tab

...SONGS OF LOVE...by Ben Folds Five
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*from 'Sunny 16 E.P' (2003)*

(Originally by Neil Hannon)


Intro:

    C               F  C  Fe|---------------|-----------|B|------1--1--1--|--1--1--1--|G|------0--0--0--|--0--0--0--|D|------2--2--2--|--3--2--3--|A|--3---3--3--3--|--3--3--3--|E|---------------|-----------|

    C               F  C  Fe|---------------|-----------|B|------1--1--1--|--1--1--1--|G|------0--0--0--|--0--0--0--|D|------2--2--2--|--3--2--3--|A|--3---3--3--3--|--3--3--3--|E|---------------|-----------|

(x2)

Verse 1:

C                F
 Pale, pubescent beasts,
                 G
Roam through the streets,
           Am
And coffee-shops,
      Dm7            F
Their prey gather in herds,
                     Eb
Of stiff knee-length skirts,
                C#
And white ankle-socks.
    C                       Am
But while they search for a mate,
              G
My type hiber-nate,
              Am
In bedrooms a-bove,
    D7           F     G  C
Com-posing their songs of love.

Verse 2:

C               F
 Young, uniform minds,
           G
In uniform lines,
            Am
And uniform ties,
    Dm7
Run round,
                 F
With trousers on fire,
                Eb
And signs of de-sire,
                C#
They cannot dis-guise.
      C             F
While I try to find words,
                G
As light as the birds,
              Am
That circle a-bove,
   D7        F     G  C
To put in my songs of love.

Bridge 1:

Ab            Bb
 Fate doesn't hang,
     C              Am
On a wrong or right choice,
Ab          Bb
 Fortune de-pends,
       C            G
On the tone of your voice.

Verse 3:

   C                   F
So sing while you have time,
            G
Let the sun shine,
            Am
Down from a-bove;
    D7            F     G  C
And fill you with songs of love.

Solo:

C  F  G  Am,
Dm7  F  Eb  C#
C  F  G  Am,
D7  F  G  C

Bridge 2:

Ab            Bb
 Fate doesn't hang,
     C              Am
On a wrong or right choice,
Ab          Bb
 Fortune de-pends,
       C            G
On the tone of your voice.

Verse 3:

         C
So let's sing,
               F
While we still can,
              G
While the sun hangs,
          Am
High up a-bove,
D          F        Am  C
 Wonderful songs of lo..ove,
D7         F     G  C
 Beautiful songs of love.
G   C
 Of love.

Outro:

    C               F  C  Fe|---------------|-----------|B|------1--1--1--|--1--1--1--|G|------0--0--0--|--0--0--0--|D|------2--2--2--|--3--2--3--|A|--3---3--3--3--|--3--3--3--|E|---------------|-----------|

    C               F  C  Fe|---------------|-----------|B|------1--1--1--|--1--1--1--|G|------0--0--0--|--0--0--0--|D|------2--2--2--|--3--2--3--|A|--3---3--3--3--|--3--3--3--|E|---------------|-----------|

(x2)

(End on C)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   C       F       G       Am      Dm7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32010  x03210  320003  x02210  xx0211

   Eb      C#      D7      Ab      Bb

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 6654xx  4432xx  xx0212  466544  688766


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)