Ben Folds Five – Alice Childress chords

Ben Folds Five-Alice Childress
Solo piano version on the iTunes Original album
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Intro:
Bmaj7 B7 | Esusmaj9(omit 5) Emaj9 (x4)

Abm                 Gb/Bb Some summers in the evening
      B  Gb/Db  B/D#  E | E (Held over from last bar) (add some maj 7 and 9 for color) after six or so
Abm         Gb/Bb           I walk on down the hill
Gb/Ab       Ab/Bb        and maybe buy a beer
E               Gb          I think about my friends
      B  Gb/Db  B/D#  E | E (Held over from last bar) (add some maj 7 and 9 for color) 
sometimes I wish they lived out here
          Dbm7     Gb      |  B (change between a B and E/B off and on)but they wouldn't dig this town
        E        B/D#   |    Gb/Ab  Ab/Bbno they wouldn't dig this town

CHORUS
E             B/D#   Try not to think about it
Abm  Gb/Bb  B  B/D# Alice Childress
E             B/D#  Try not to think about it
Gb/Ab  Ab/Bbanymore
E             B/D#   Try not to think about it
Abm  Gb/Bb  B  B/D# Alice Childress
E             B/D#(No lyrics)
Gb/Ab   |    E/G#      | anymore, no not anymore  no

Intro again:
Bmaj7 B7 | Esus9(omit 5) Emaj9 (x2)


Abm                Gb/Bb   Alice the world is full of ugly things that 
      B  Gb/Db  B/D#  E | E (Held over from last bar) (add some maj 7 and 9 for color)
you can't change
Abm            Gb/Bb      pretend it's not that way
Gb/Ab       Ab/Bb     that's my idea of faith
E                    F#  you can blow it off and say there's 
B  Gb/Db  B/D#  E | E (Held over from last bar) (add some maj 7 and 9 for color) 
good in nearly everyone
      Dbm7     Gb      |  B (change between a B and E/B off and on)just give them all a chance
E        B/D#   |    Gb/Ab  Ab/Bbgive them all a chance

CHORUS
E             B/D#   Try not to think about it
Abm  Gb/Bb  B  B/D# Alice Childress
E             B/D#  Try not to think about it
Gb/Ab  Ab/Bbanymore
E             B/D#   Try not to think about it
Abm  Gb/Bb  B  B/D# Alice Childress
E             B/D#(No lyrics)
Gb/Ab   |    E/G#      anymore, no not anymore  

Bridge: I'll try to write down the notes of the solo. 
Keep in mind I'm not writing repeated notes twice or more.
It's the same D/E chord throughout just keep comping it through out.

        1   2   3   4   |1   2   3   4   |1   2   3   4   |1   2   3   4   |
Chords: D/E             Notes:   F#--E--B--A      G# A B       G#  F#--E--B--A      G# A B       F#

C/G                   | Gmaj7  No it didn't work out
C/D                     no it didn't work out 
           Gmaj7the way we thought it would
                  C/D   no it didn't work out
            Gmaj7an arranged marriage
               E/F#is not so good

Interlude: Same chords as the verse
Abm                 Gb/Bb B  Gb/Db  B/D#  E | E (Held over from last bar) (add some maj 7 and 9 for color) 
Abm                 Gb/Bb B  Gb/Db  B/D#  E | E (Held over from last bar) (add some maj 7 and 9 for color)

Abm                 Gb/Bb    Thank God it's you
              B  Gb/Db  B/D#  E | E (Held over from last bar) (add some maj 7 and 9 for color)
you know your timing is impeccable
Abm          Gb/Bb   I'm not fooling you
Gb/Ab          Ab/Bb         I don't know what to do
E                 F#(Gb)  some dude just knocked me cold
    B  Gb/Db  B/D#  E | E (Held over from last bar) (add some maj 7 and 9 for color)
and left me on the sidewalk
     Dbm7 Gb    | B (change between a B and E/B off and on)took everything I had
E    B/D#|    Gb/Ab  Ab/Bbeverything I       had

CHORUS
E             B/D#   Try not to think about it
Abm  Gb/Bb  B  B/D# Alice Childress
E             B/D#  Try not to think about it
Gb/Ab  Ab/Bbanymore
E             B/D#   Try not to think about it
Abm  Gb/Bb  B  B/D# Alice Childress
E             B/D#(No lyrics)
Gb/Ab   |    E/G#      | anymore, no not anymore  no
Gb/Ab   |    E/G#      |anymore, no not anymore
Gb/Ab   |    E/G#      |anymore, no not anymore

Outro: Same as intro
Bmaj7 B7 | Esusmaj9(omit 5) Emaj9 (x2)