The Luckiest Chords by Ben Folds
Tempo:
125.5 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Bm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [G]
[D]
[A] [Bm]
[F#m] [G]
[D] [A]
[D] I [A] don't get many [D] things right [G] the first [D] time
In fact, [Bm] I am told that a [C] lot
Now [A] I know all the wrong [D] turns and stumbles [G] and falls brought [D] me here
[Bm] [F#m]
[A] [Bm]
And where [G] was I before the [Bm] day that I [E] first saw your [A] lovely face?
Now I [F#m] see it every [G]
day
And [D] I [A] know [Em]
[D] that I [A] am, [Bm] I [F#m] am, [G] I [Bm]
[A] am
The [D] luckiest, [F#m]
[D] [A] [D]
[G]
[D] [A]
what [D] if I'd [A] been born [D] 50 years [G] before you
In [D] a house on [Bm] a street where [C] you lived
[A] Maybe I'd be outside as [D] you passed on your [G]
bike, would I [D] know?
[Bm]
[F#m] [A]
[Bm] And in [G] a wide sea [Bm] of eyes, I see [E]
one pair [A] that I [F#m] recognize
[G] And
[D] I
[A] know [D] that [A] I am, [Bm] I
[F#m] am, [G] I [D] [A] am
[D] The luckiest, [A] [Em]
I love you more than I [Bm]
have ever found a [A] way [D] to say [G] to you
[D] [A]
[D] Next door, there's [A] an old man [D] who lived to [G] his 90s and [D] one day [Bm] passed away in [C] his sleep
And [A] his wife, she stayed for [D] a couple [G] of days and passed [D] away
[Bm]
[F#m] [A]
[Bm] I'm sorry, [G] I know [Bm] that's a strange way [E] to tell you [A] that I know [F#m] we belong
[G]
That [D] I [A]
know [D] that [A] I, [Bm] I
[F#m] am, [G] I
[D] [A] am [Bm] the luckiest
[F#m] [G] [D] [A]
[D]
[G#m]
[D]
[A] [Bm]
[F#m] [G]
[D] [A]
[D] I [A] don't get many [D] things right [G] the first [D] time
In fact, [Bm] I am told that a [C] lot
Now [A] I know all the wrong [D] turns and stumbles [G] and falls brought [D] me here
[Bm] [F#m]
[A] [Bm]
And where [G] was I before the [Bm] day that I [E] first saw your [A] lovely face?
Now I [F#m] see it every [G]
day
And [D] I [A] know [Em]
[D] that I [A] am, [Bm] I [F#m] am, [G] I [Bm]
[A] am
The [D] luckiest, [F#m]
[D] [A] [D]
[G]
[D] [A]
what [D] if I'd [A] been born [D] 50 years [G] before you
In [D] a house on [Bm] a street where [C] you lived
[A] Maybe I'd be outside as [D] you passed on your [G]
bike, would I [D] know?
[Bm]
[F#m] [A]
[Bm] And in [G] a wide sea [Bm] of eyes, I see [E]
one pair [A] that I [F#m] recognize
[G] And
[D] I
[A] know [D] that [A] I am, [Bm] I
[F#m] am, [G] I [D] [A] am
[D] The luckiest, [A] [Em]
I love you more than I [Bm]
have ever found a [A] way [D] to say [G] to you
[D] [A]
[D] Next door, there's [A] an old man [D] who lived to [G] his 90s and [D] one day [Bm] passed away in [C] his sleep
And [A] his wife, she stayed for [D] a couple [G] of days and passed [D] away
[Bm]
[F#m] [A]
[Bm] I'm sorry, [G] I know [Bm] that's a strange way [E] to tell you [A] that I know [F#m] we belong
[G]
That [D] I [A]
know [D] that [A] I, [Bm] I
[F#m] am, [G] I
[D] [A] am [Bm] the luckiest
[F#m] [G] [D] [A]
[D]
[G#m]
Key:
D
A
G
Bm
F#m
D
A
G
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] I _ [A] don't get _ many [D] _ things right [G] the first _ _ [D] time
In fact, _ [Bm] I am told that a [C] lot _
_ _ _ Now [A] I know all the wrong [D] turns and stumbles [G] and falls brought [D] me here _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
And where [G] was I before the [Bm] day that I [E] first saw your [A] lovely face?
Now I [F#m] see it every [G]
day
_ _ _ _ _ And [D] I _ [A] _ know [Em] _ _
[D] that _ I _ [A] am, _ [Bm] _ I _ _ [F#m] am, _ _ [G] I _ _ [Bm] _
[A] am
The [D] _ luckiest, _ [F#m] _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
what [D] if _ I'd [A] been born _ _ [D] _ 50 years [G] before you
In [D] a house on [Bm] a street where [C] you lived _ _ _
_ _ [A] Maybe I'd be outside as [D] you passed on your [G]
bike, would I [D] know?
_ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ And in [G] a wide sea [Bm] of eyes, I see [E]
one pair [A] that I [F#m] recognize
_ _ _ [G] And _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ I _ _
[A] _ know _ _ [D] that _ [A] I am, _ [Bm] I _
_ [F#m] _ am, _ [G] _ I _ [D] _ _ [A] am
[D] The luckiest, _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
I love you more than I [Bm]
have ever found a [A] way [D] to say _ [G] to you _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] Next door, _ there's [A] an old man [D] who lived to [G] his 90s and [D] one day _ [Bm] passed away in [C] his sleep _ _ _ _
And [A] his wife, she stayed for [D] a couple [G] of days and passed [D] away
_ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Bm] I'm _ _ sorry, [G] I know [Bm] that's a strange way [E] to tell you [A] that I know [F#m] we belong
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ That [D] I _ _ [A]
know _ _ [D] that _ _ _ [A] I, _ _ _ [Bm] I _
_ [F#m] am, _ _ [G] I _
_ [D] _ [A] am _ [Bm] the luckiest
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] I _ [A] don't get _ many [D] _ things right [G] the first _ _ [D] time
In fact, _ [Bm] I am told that a [C] lot _
_ _ _ Now [A] I know all the wrong [D] turns and stumbles [G] and falls brought [D] me here _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
And where [G] was I before the [Bm] day that I [E] first saw your [A] lovely face?
Now I [F#m] see it every [G]
day
_ _ _ _ _ And [D] I _ [A] _ know [Em] _ _
[D] that _ I _ [A] am, _ [Bm] _ I _ _ [F#m] am, _ _ [G] I _ _ [Bm] _
[A] am
The [D] _ luckiest, _ [F#m] _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
what [D] if _ I'd [A] been born _ _ [D] _ 50 years [G] before you
In [D] a house on [Bm] a street where [C] you lived _ _ _
_ _ [A] Maybe I'd be outside as [D] you passed on your [G]
bike, would I [D] know?
_ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ And in [G] a wide sea [Bm] of eyes, I see [E]
one pair [A] that I [F#m] recognize
_ _ _ [G] And _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ I _ _
[A] _ know _ _ [D] that _ [A] I am, _ [Bm] I _
_ [F#m] _ am, _ [G] _ I _ [D] _ _ [A] am
[D] The luckiest, _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
I love you more than I [Bm]
have ever found a [A] way [D] to say _ [G] to you _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] Next door, _ there's [A] an old man [D] who lived to [G] his 90s and [D] one day _ [Bm] passed away in [C] his sleep _ _ _ _
And [A] his wife, she stayed for [D] a couple [G] of days and passed [D] away
_ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Bm] I'm _ _ sorry, [G] I know [Bm] that's a strange way [E] to tell you [A] that I know [F#m] we belong
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ That [D] I _ _ [A]
know _ _ [D] that _ _ _ [A] I, _ _ _ [Bm] I _
_ [F#m] am, _ _ [G] I _
_ [D] _ [A] am _ [Bm] the luckiest
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _