...ONE ANGRY DWARF AND 200 SOLEMN FACES...
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by Ben Folds Five
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*from 'Whatever And Ever Amen' (1997)*

(modified from Brent Ritchey's original tab)


*CAPO 2nd FRET*

(Original Key: B)


Intro:

A7  C6  A7 (x2)

Verse 1:

C7                    Fmaj9
 September '75, I was 47 inches high,
Dm7                            A7
 Mom said by Christmas I would have.
  C7
A badass mother G.I. Joe,
Fmaj9
 For your little minds to blow,
Dm7                        Esus4  E
 I still got beat up after class, yeah.

Chorus 1:

        Am7        D9
Now I'm big and im-portant,
Gm7        C9
 One angry dwarf and,
    Fmaj7                    Esus4  E
Two hundred solemn faces are you.
       Am7            D9
If you really want to see me,
          Gm7            C9
Check the papers and the TV,
Fmaj7                           Esus4  E
 Look who's telling who what to do.
        A7           C9  A7
Kiss my ass, goodbye.

Interlude:

A7  C9  A7

Verse 2:

                   C7
Don't give me that bullshit;
     C7
That bullshit you know who I am,
Fmaj9
 I'm your nightmare little man,
Dm7                             A7
 Vic, you stole my lunch money; made me cry.

C7
 Jane, remember Second Grade?
Fmaj9
 Said you couldn't stand my face,
Dm7
 Rather than kiss me,
         Esus4        E
You said you'd rather die.

Chorus 2:

        Am7        D9
Now I'm big and im-portant,
Gm7        C9
 One angry dwarf and,
    Fmaj7                    Esus4  E
Two hundred solemn faces are you.
       Am7            D9
If you really want to see me,
          Gm7            C9
Check the papers and the TV,
Fmaj7                           Esus4  E
 Look who's telling who what to do.
        A7           C9  A7
Kiss my ass, goodbye.

Interlude:

A7  C9  A7

Piano Solo:

C7  Fmaj7  Dm7  A7,
C7  Fmaj7  Dm7  Esus4  E

Am7  D9  Gm7, C9  Fmaj7  E
Am7  D9  Gm7, C9  Fmaj7  E

Bridge:

A7  C9,

A7
 You'll be sorry one day,
Yes you will, yes you will,
              C9
You shouldn't push me around,
       A7
'Cos I will, yes I will.

            A7
You will be sorry when I'm big,
Yes you will, yes you will,
            C9     A7
You will be sorry.

Chorus 4: 

        Am7        D9
Now I'm big and im-portant,
Gm7        C9
 One angry dwarf and,
    Fmaj7                    Esus4  E
Two hundred solemn faces are you.
       Am7            D9
If you really want to see me,
          Gm7            C9
Check the papers and the TV,
Fmaj7                           Esus4  E
 Look who's telling who what to do.
        A7           C9  A7
Kiss my ass, goodbye.

Interlude:

A7  C9  A7

Coda:

A7
 Kiss my ass, kiss my ass goodbye, now,
A7                                      C9  A7
 Kiss my ass, kiss my ass goodbye, now.
                                     C9  A7
September '75, I was 57 inches high.
                              C9  A7
September '75, September '75.

Outro:

A7  C9, A7 Ab7 G7


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   A7      C6      C7     Fmaj9    Dm7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02223  x32200  x32310  x03213  xx0211

  Esus4    E       Am7     D9      Gm7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 022200  022100  5x055x  x5455x  3x033x

   C9     Fmaj7    D7      Ab7     G7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x3233x  x03210  xx0212  464544  353433


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)