Chords for Ben Folds - The Luckiest (Live In Perth, 2005)
Tempo:
115.05 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Bm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
This goes out to my [F#] brother-in-law and now to be my new sister-in-law getting married
here in Perth next week.
A week from now we'll be somewhere on this hill stumbling [D] around drunk.
[A] [D]
[G]
[D] [A]
[Bm] [F#m]
[G] [D]
[A] [D] I don't [A] get many [D] things right the [G] first time.
[D] In fact, [Bm] I am told [C] that a lot.
Now [A] I know all the wrong turns of [D] stone [G]
brought [D] me here.
[B]
[Bm] [F#m]
[A] [Bm] Where [D] was I before the [Bm] day that I first [E] saw your [A] lovely face?
Now I [F#m] see you every [G] day.
[A] [G] And [A] I,
[C#] that [D] I,
[Bm] I'm [F#m] [G]
[D] [A] [D] the luckiest.
[A] [D]
[G] [D]
[A] What [D] if I'd [A] been born [D]
50 years [G] before [D] you in a house on [Bm] the street where [C] you live?
Maybe [A]
I'd be outside as you [D]
passed on your [G] pipe.
Would I [D] know?
[E] [Bm] [F#m]
[A] [Bm]
Cause in [G] a white sea [Bm] of eyes I see [E] one pair that [A] I recognize.
[F#m] [G]
[A] [G] And [D] I,
[A] [C#] that [D]
I, [A] [Bm]
[F#m] [B] I'm [A] [D] the luckiest.
[A] [Em]
I love you more than I [Bm]
have ever found a [D] way to say.
[G] [D]
[A]
[D] Next door there's an [A] old man [D] who lived to [G] his 90s [D] and one day passed [Bm] away in [C] a sleep.
And his [A] wife, she stayed [D] for a couple of [G] days and [D] passed away.
[E] [Bm] [F#m]
[A] [Bm]
I'm sorry [G] I know that's [Bm] a strange way to [E] tell you [A] that I know you [F#m] all.
[G]
That [D]
I, [A] [D] that I, [A] [Bm]
[F#m] [G]
I'm [D] [A]
[Bm] the luckiest.
[F#m]
[G] [D] [A]
[D]
[A#] Thank you very much.
Thanks very much for coming out.
[N] Thanks to Ian Brandish, James Ledger, Grant Lyle, and Steve Newcomb.
And let's see if I can pronounce his name.
Mike Penagy.
Mike Penagy.
Mike Penagy.
Mike Penagy.
Thanks a lot y'all.
Thanks for watching this great Symphony Orchestra.
here in Perth next week.
A week from now we'll be somewhere on this hill stumbling [D] around drunk.
[A] [D]
[G]
[D] [A]
[Bm] [F#m]
[G] [D]
[A] [D] I don't [A] get many [D] things right the [G] first time.
[D] In fact, [Bm] I am told [C] that a lot.
Now [A] I know all the wrong turns of [D] stone [G]
brought [D] me here.
[B]
[Bm] [F#m]
[A] [Bm] Where [D] was I before the [Bm] day that I first [E] saw your [A] lovely face?
Now I [F#m] see you every [G] day.
[A] [G] And [A] I,
[C#] that [D] I,
[Bm] I'm [F#m] [G]
[D] [A] [D] the luckiest.
[A] [D]
[G] [D]
[A] What [D] if I'd [A] been born [D]
50 years [G] before [D] you in a house on [Bm] the street where [C] you live?
Maybe [A]
I'd be outside as you [D]
passed on your [G] pipe.
Would I [D] know?
[E] [Bm] [F#m]
[A] [Bm]
Cause in [G] a white sea [Bm] of eyes I see [E] one pair that [A] I recognize.
[F#m] [G]
[A] [G] And [D] I,
[A] [C#] that [D]
I, [A] [Bm]
[F#m] [B] I'm [A] [D] the luckiest.
[A] [Em]
I love you more than I [Bm]
have ever found a [D] way to say.
[G] [D]
[A]
[D] Next door there's an [A] old man [D] who lived to [G] his 90s [D] and one day passed [Bm] away in [C] a sleep.
And his [A] wife, she stayed [D] for a couple of [G] days and [D] passed away.
[E] [Bm] [F#m]
[A] [Bm]
I'm sorry [G] I know that's [Bm] a strange way to [E] tell you [A] that I know you [F#m] all.
[G]
That [D]
I, [A] [D] that I, [A] [Bm]
[F#m] [G]
I'm [D] [A]
[Bm] the luckiest.
[F#m]
[G] [D] [A]
[D]
[A#] Thank you very much.
Thanks very much for coming out.
[N] Thanks to Ian Brandish, James Ledger, Grant Lyle, and Steve Newcomb.
And let's see if I can pronounce his name.
Mike Penagy.
Mike Penagy.
Mike Penagy.
Mike Penagy.
Thanks a lot y'all.
Thanks for watching this great Symphony Orchestra.
Key:
D
A
G
Bm
F#m
D
A
G
_ This goes out to my [F#] _ brother-in-law and now to be my new sister-in-law getting married
here in Perth next week.
A week from now we'll be somewhere on this hill stumbling [D] around drunk.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] I _ don't [A] get _ many [D] things right the [G] first _ time.
[D] In fact, _ [Bm] I am told [C] that a lot. _ _ _
_ Now [A] I know all the wrong turns of [D] stone _ [G] _ _
brought [D] me here.
_ _ _ [B] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ Where [D] was I before the [Bm] day that I first [E] saw your [A] lovely face?
_ Now I [F#m] see you _ every [G] day.
_ [A] _ [G] And _ _ _ [A] _ I, _ _
_ _ [C#] _ that [D] I, _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ I'm [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ [D] the luckiest. _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ What [D] if I'd [A] been born _ _ [D]
50 years [G] before [D] you in a house on [Bm] the street where [C] you live?
_ _ _ _ Maybe [A] _
I'd be outside _ as you [D]
passed on your [G] pipe.
Would I [D] know?
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
Cause in [G] a white sea [Bm] of eyes I see [E] one pair that [A] I recognize.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ And [D] I, _
_ _ [A] _ _ [C#] _ that [D] _
I, _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [B] I'm _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] the luckiest.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _
I love you more than I [Bm]
have ever found a [D] way to say.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] Next door _ there's an [A] old man [D] who lived to [G] his 90s [D] and one day passed [Bm] away in [C] a sleep.
_ _ _ _ _ And his [A] _ wife, she stayed [D] for a couple of [G] days and [D] passed away.
_ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _
I'm sorry [G] I know that's [Bm] a strange way to [E] tell you [A] that I know _ you [F#m] all.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ That [D]
I, _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] that I, _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ I'm [D] _ _ _ [A] _
[Bm] the _ luckiest.
_ [F#m] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A#] Thank you very much.
Thanks very much for coming out.
[N] _ _ _ _ Thanks to Ian Brandish, James Ledger, Grant _ _ Lyle, and Steve Newcomb.
And let's see if I can pronounce his name.
Mike _ _ Penagy.
Mike Penagy.
Mike Penagy.
Mike Penagy.
Thanks a lot y'all.
Thanks for watching this great Symphony Orchestra. _
here in Perth next week.
A week from now we'll be somewhere on this hill stumbling [D] around drunk.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] I _ don't [A] get _ many [D] things right the [G] first _ time.
[D] In fact, _ [Bm] I am told [C] that a lot. _ _ _
_ Now [A] I know all the wrong turns of [D] stone _ [G] _ _
brought [D] me here.
_ _ _ [B] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ Where [D] was I before the [Bm] day that I first [E] saw your [A] lovely face?
_ Now I [F#m] see you _ every [G] day.
_ [A] _ [G] And _ _ _ [A] _ I, _ _
_ _ [C#] _ that [D] I, _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ I'm [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ [D] the luckiest. _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ What [D] if I'd [A] been born _ _ [D]
50 years [G] before [D] you in a house on [Bm] the street where [C] you live?
_ _ _ _ Maybe [A] _
I'd be outside _ as you [D]
passed on your [G] pipe.
Would I [D] know?
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
Cause in [G] a white sea [Bm] of eyes I see [E] one pair that [A] I recognize.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ And [D] I, _
_ _ [A] _ _ [C#] _ that [D] _
I, _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [B] I'm _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] the luckiest.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _
I love you more than I [Bm]
have ever found a [D] way to say.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] Next door _ there's an [A] old man [D] who lived to [G] his 90s [D] and one day passed [Bm] away in [C] a sleep.
_ _ _ _ _ And his [A] _ wife, she stayed [D] for a couple of [G] days and [D] passed away.
_ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _
I'm sorry [G] I know that's [Bm] a strange way to [E] tell you [A] that I know _ you [F#m] all.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ That [D]
I, _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] that I, _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ I'm [D] _ _ _ [A] _
[Bm] the _ luckiest.
_ [F#m] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A#] Thank you very much.
Thanks very much for coming out.
[N] _ _ _ _ Thanks to Ian Brandish, James Ledger, Grant _ _ Lyle, and Steve Newcomb.
And let's see if I can pronounce his name.
Mike _ _ Penagy.
Mike Penagy.
Mike Penagy.
Mike Penagy.
Thanks a lot y'all.
Thanks for watching this great Symphony Orchestra. _