The Luckiest Chords by Ben Folds

Tempo:
125.5 bpm
Chords used:

D

A

G

Bm

F#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Luckiest chords
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[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]
Key:  
D
1321
A
1231
G
2131
Bm
13421112
F#m
123111112
D
1321
A
1231
G
2131
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Let's start jamming Ben Folds - The Luckiest chords, Practice these chords sequence - D, A, D, G, D, F#m, G, A and Bm. Ease into the song by practicing at 62 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 126 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of D Major in mind.

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[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] _ _