Not The Same Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

You Ctook a trip

And G/Cclimbed a tree

Do C At Robert Sledge's Cparty

And Cthere you stayed 'til G/Cmorning came

Do C And you were not the sCame after that

You gave your life

To Jesus Christ

And after all your friends went home

You came down

You looked around

And you were not the same after that

Pre-chorus

Am7Aaah F7MAaah

C You were not the Gsame after that

Am7Aaah F7MAaah

C You were not the sGame after that

Chorus

You see them F7Mdrop like flies

From the Gbright sunny skies

They come F7Mknocking at your door

With this Glook in their eyes

You got F7Mone good trick

And you're Ghangin’ on, you're hangin’ on

Cadd9 To it...

Verse 2

(same chords as before)

You took the word

And made it heard

And eased the people's pain and for that

You were idolized, immortalized

You were not the same after that

Walking tall

You'd bought it all

You were not the same after that

'Till someone died

On the water slide

And you were not the same after that

Chorus

(yep, same chords as chorus before)

You see them drop like flies

From the bright sunny skies

They come knocking at your door

With this look in their eyes

You got one good trick

And you're hangin’ on

You're hangin’ on

To it...

Pre-chorus

Am7Ooh ooh F7Mooh C (You were not the sGame)

Am7Ooh ooh F7Mooh C G

Chorus

You see them drop like flies

From the bright sunny skies

They come knocking at your door

With this look in their eyes

You got one good trick

And you're hangin’ on

You're hangin’ on

(You see them F7Mdrop like flies)

G You're hangin’ on F7M

G You're hangin’ on F7M

G You're hangin’ on

Outro

C G/C Do C C

C G/C Do C C

If it's a bit tricky it's probably worth remembering that Ben Folds is a pianist and not

guitarist, some of this song is a bit idiosyncratically written for piano. But it's a

song so can't complain!!