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 shapesDsus2/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-
IntroD Dsus2/G-2---------2-----0-----------0----------0--------------0----------3---------------3------------3------3------3----------2---------2-----2------------2-------------2---------- X 3-0---------0-----0----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3----------3-----------------
D/B Dsus2/B Dsus2/E E7-2-------------2------0-------------------0------------0--------------3--------------------3--------3------------3------3-------2-------------2------2--------2------------1---------------------------------------------------------------------------2-------------2------2------------------------------------------------------------------------0------------0------------
maintain same patterns (per chord) throughout
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. theyÂ’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 iÂ’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
sheÂ’s a brick and iÂ’m drowning slowly
G A Bm
off the coast and iÂ’m headed nowhere
G A D G A G D(for piano fill)
sheÂ’s a brick and iÂ’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
CanÂ’t you see itÂ’s not me youÂ’re dying for. now sheÂ’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
sheÂ’s a brick and iÂ’m drowning slowly
G A Bm
off the coast and iÂ’m headed nowhere G A G D
G A D G A G A F#m G(for piano fill)
sheÂ’s a brick and iÂ’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 itÂ’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 weÂ’re alone D Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/E E7
sheÂ’s alone. iÂ’m alone. now i know it.
Chorus (strum chords or pick similar miscellaneous patterns)
G A D
sheÂ’s a brick and iÂ’m drowning slowly
G A Bm
off the coast and iÂ’m headed nowhere G A G D
G A D G A G A F#m G(for piano fill)
sheÂ’s a brick and iÂ’m drowning slowly
notes
bass goes to eighth notes on verse III (for urgency)
itÂ’s hard to do
good luck
mike
