Ben Folds Five - Fired Ukulele

...FIRED... by Ben Folds
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*from 'Rockin' The Suburbs' (2001)*


Intro:

C  E7  Am7  F, C  E7  Am7  F (x2)

Verse 1.

C   E7     Am7            G7   C    E7  Am7  F
 Lu-cretia walks in-to a room,
C   E7        Am7       Am7/G   Fmaj7 Abmaj7
 Be-cause she does it's not the same  room.

Cmaj7 E7      Am7    F     C   E7  Am7  F
 The  one she wanted to be in,           she says;
C       E7      Am7       Am7/G   Fmaj7
 "Every-where I go, damn, there I am".

Chorus 1:

           Abmaj7       Cmaj7  Fmaj7
And I just wanna walk a-way,
          Abmaj7        Cmaj7    Fmaj7
Won't you let me walk a-way some-times?
          Abmaj7        Cmaj7  Fmaj7
Won't you let me walk a-way?

Abmaj7
 Everyone one of you is fired.

Interlude:

C  E7  Am7  F, C  E7  Am7  F (x2)

Verse 2

C    E7      Am7  Fmaj7 C   E7  Am7  F
 I'm just an ordi-nary  guy,
C    E7           Am7     Am7/G Fmaj7             Abmaj7
 And all I want is to be loved; is that so wrong?

Cmaj7  E7         Am7   Fmaj7
 Don't think that I don't know,
     C      E7       Am7     Fmaj7
What you're saying a-bout me;
Cmaj7 E7      Am7         Am7/G      Fmaj7
 I    hear it all through these thin walls.

Chorus 2:

           Abmaj7       Cmaj7  Fmaj7
And I just wanna walk a-way,
          Abmaj7        Cmaj7    Fmaj7
Won't you let me walk a-way some-times?
           Abmaj7       Cmaj7  Fmaj7
And I just wanna walk a-way.

Bridge 1:

Abmaj7
 Every one of you is fired,
Ebmaj7
 Every one of you is oh oh oh oh,
Abmaj7                     Dm7  Dmaj7  Dm7/G
 Every one of you is fired.

Solo:

C  C/E  Am7  F (x8)

Chorus 3:

           Abmaj7       Cmaj7  Fmaj7
And I just wanna walk a-way,
          Abmaj7        Cmaj7    Fmaj7
Won't you let me walk a-way this time?
            Abmaj7       Cmaj7  Fmaj7
'Cos I just wanna walk a-way.

Bridge 2:

Abmaj7
 Every one of you is fired,
Ebmaj7
 Every one of you is, oh oh oh oh.
Abmaj7
 Every one of you is fired,
Ebmaj7
 Every one of you is, oh oh oh oh.

Fmaj7   Cmaj7, Fmaj7, Dm9  G7
 Fired...

Outro:

C  E7  Am7  F (x3) Fmaj7,

Abmaj7           C
 Motherf**ker!...


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   C       E7      Am7     F       G7     Am7/G   Fmaj7  Abmaj7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32010  020100  x02013  133211  323000  302010  x03210  4x665x

  Cmaj7   Ebmaj7   Dm7    Dmaj7   Dm7/G    C/E     Dm9

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32000  x68686  xx0211  xx0222  3x0211  xx2010  x5535x