Brick Chords by Ben Folds Five

[D] [G] .
[D] [G] .
[D] [G] .
[Bm] [A] [E] [A] .
[D] 6 a.
m.
[G] day after Christmas.
[D] I throw some clothes [G] on in the dark.
[D] The smell of [G] coal, car seats freezing.
[D] The world is [G] sleeping, I am.
[D] Now, [G] .
[D] [G] .
[D] up the stairs [G] to her apartment.
[D] She is [G] balled up on the couch .
[D] Mom and [G] Dad went down to Charlotte.
[D] They're not home [G] to find us out .
[Bm] [G] And we drive .
[B] Now that [G] I have found someone.
[D] I'm feeling more alone.
[A] [G] Than [Bm] I ever [A] have [E] before .
[G] [A] She's a brick and I'm drowning [D] slowly.
[G] [A] Off the coast and I'm headed [G] nowhere.
[A] She's a brick and I'm drowning [G] slowly.
[A] [G] [D] .
[G] .
[D] [G] .
[D] They call her name [G] at 7.
30.
[D] I pace around [G] the parking lot .
[D] I walk [G] down to buy her [D] flowers.
Sell some gifts [G] that I got .
[B] [G] Can't you see?
.
[Bm] It's not [G] me you're dying for.
Now [D] she's feeling more [G] alone.
[Bm] Than she ever has before.
[E] [G] She's [A] a brick and I'm drowning [D] [G] slowly.
[A] Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere.
[G] .
[A] She's a brick and I'm drowning [D] slowly.
[G] .
[A] [G] As [D] [G] [D] .
[G] [D] .
[G] [E] weeks [G] went by.
It showed that [D] she was not fine.
[E] They told me, [G] son, it's time to [D] tell the truth.
And [E] she broke down, [G] I broke [D] down.
Cause I was [E] tired [G] of [D] lying.
[G] .
[D] [G] .
[D] Driving back [G] to her apartment.
[D] For the moment [G] we're alone .
[D] Yeah, she's alone, [G] I'm [D] alone.
Now I know it.
[G] .
[A] She's a brick and I'm [D] drowning slowly.
[G] [A] Off the coast and I'm headed [D] nowhere .
[G] [A] She's a brick [Bm] and I'm [A] drowning slowly.
[G] [A] [G] [D] .
[G] [D] [N] .