WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Ben Folds Five - Brick Chords | Ver. 3
Unusual voicings:
Dmaj9: xx0220
Bm7: x20230
G: Mostly 3x0230, but 320000 or 3rd fret barre ok in places
Picking pattern for Intro/Verses
(Play something similar when it switches to Bm7/G)
| D | G
E|--2-----2---0---|--0-----0-------0--|
B|----3-----------|----3-----3---3----|
G|*-----2---2-----|2-----0-----0-----*|
D|*-0-----0----(0)|------------------*|
A|----------------|-------------------|
E|----------------|--3-----3----(3)---|
(INTRO)
|D|G|D|G|D|G|Bm7|Esus4 Esus4 E Esus4|
(VERSE)
|D |G
Six am day after Christmas
|D |G
I throw some clothes on in the dark
|D |G
The smell of cold, car seat is freezing
|D |G |D |G |D |G
the world is sleeping I am, numb.
|D |G
Up the stairs, to her apartment
she is balled up on the couch
Her mom and dad, went down to Charlotte
they're not home to find us out-
(PRE-CHORUS)
|Bm7 |G
And we drive
|Bm7 |G
Now that I have found someone
|D |G
I'm feeling more alone
|Bm7 |Esus4 Esus4 E Esus4|
than I ever have before
(CHORUS)
|G A |Dmaj9
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
|G A |Dmaj9 Dmaj9 Dmaj9 G
off the coast and I'm head- ing no- where
|G A |Dmaj9
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly--
|G A G | Dsus2 D |
(VERSE)
|D|G|D|G
|D |G
They call her name at seven thirty
I pace around the parking lot
Then I walk down to buy her flowers
and sell some gifts that I got
(PRE-CHORUS)
|Bm7 |G
Can't you see,
|Bm7 |G
It's not me, you're dying for
|D |G
Now she's feeling more alone
|Bm7 |Esus4 Esus4 E Esus4
Then she ever has before
(CHORUS)
|G A |Dmaj9
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly...
(Play these chords, or Interlude Riff below)
|G A G|A D/F# G | Dsus2 D
|G A G|A D/F# G
(BRIDGE)
|E |G |D
As weeks went by it showed that she was not fine
|E |G |D
They told me son it?s time to tell the truth and
|E |G |D
She broke down and I broke down cause I was
|Esus4 Esus4 E Esus4 |G |D |G|D|G
tired- of lying
(VERSE)
|D |G
Driving back to her apartment
for the moment we?re alone
And she?s alone and I?m alone
and now I know it
(CHORUS)
She?s a brick...
(abbreviated Interlude Riff)
|G A G|A D/F# G | Dsus2 D
Interlude Riff:
(one interpretation anyway)
| G A G A F# G |D (4count) |
E|---------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------5h7--------|
G|-4----6----4----6--2---4----7----------|
D|--5----7----5----7-0----5--------------|
A|---5----7----5-----------5--5----------|
E|-3--3-5--5-3--3----2---3--3------------|
| G A G A F# G
E|--------------------------|
B|-3----5----3----5--3--3---|
G|--4----6----4----6--4-4---|
D|-5-5--7-7--5-5--7--6--5---|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
