...THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE COOLER THAN YOU... by Ben Folds
--------------------------------------------.............

*from 'Sunny 16 E.P' (2003)*


Verse 1:

C
 Smile,
Like you've got,
G
 Nothing to prove,
          F
No matter what,
You might do;
There's always,
Someone out there,
C
 Cooler than you.

Verse 2:

C
 I know that's,
G
 Hard to believe,
But there are,
F
 People you meet,
They're into,
C
 Something that is,
           G
Too big to be;
   F
Ex-pressed,
              C
Through their clothes,
                G
And they'll put up,
With all the poses,
You'll throw,
And you won't,
     C
Even know;

Verse 3:

C
 That they're not,
G
 Sizing you up,
They know your,
F
 Mom fucked you up,
Or maybe let you,
      C
Watch too much TV,
But they'll still,
G
 Look in your eyes,
To find the,
F
 Human inside,
You know there's,
C
 Always something,
            G
In there to see,
   F
Beneath;
      C
The veneer,
          G
Not every-body made,
The list this year;
       F
Have a beer.

Chorus 1:

C             G
 Make me feel tiny,
      Am
If it makes you,
     E7
Feel tall,
            F
But there's always,
        C
Someone cooler,
     G
Than you.
G                 C
 Yeah, you're the shit,
But you won't,
F
 Be here for long,
            G
Oh, there's always,
        C
Someone cooler,
     F
Than you,
              G
Yeah, there's always,
Someone cooler,
    (C)
Than you.

Verse 4:

C
 Now that I've,
G
 Got the disease,
     F
In a way I'm relieved,
'Cause I don't,
Have to stress,
  C
A-bout it,
Like you do.
I might just,
G
 Get up and dance,
Or buy some,
F
 Acid-wash pants,
               C
When you don't care,
Then you got,
Nothing to lose,
      F
And I won't;
    C
Hesitate,
             G
'Cause every moment,
Life is slipping away,
      F
It's ok.

Chorus 2:

C             G
 Make me feel tiny,
      Am
If it makes you,
     E7
Feel tall,
            F
But there's always,
        C
Someone cooler,
     G
Than you.
G                 C
 Yeah, you're the shit,
But you won't,
F
 Be here for long,
            G
Oh, there's always,
        C
Someone cooler,
     F
Than you,
              G
Yeah, there's always,
Someone cooler,
     C
Than you.
            G
Oh, there's always,
Someone cooler than...

Bridge 1:

F        E7
 Life is wonderful,
C        D
 Life is beautiful,
F          E7
 We're all children of;
C        D
 One big universe,
F             E7
 So you don't have,
       (C)
To be a chump.

Interlude:

C  G  F

Verse 5:

        G
And you know,
(You know),
       F
That I won't,
(I won't),
    C
Hesitate,
(Hesitate),
             G
'Cause every moment,
Life is slipping away,
(Away),
      F
It's ok,
(It's ok).

Chorus 3:

C             G
 Make me feel tiny,
      Am
If it makes you,
     E7
Feel tall,
            F
But there's always,
        C
Someone cooler,
     G
Than you.
G                 C
 Yeah, you're the shit,
But you won't,
F
 Be here for long,
            G
But there's always,
        C
Someone cooler,
     F
Than you,
                 G
Oh yeah, there's always,
        C
Someone cooler,
     F
Than you,
                G
Because there's always,
        C
Someone cooler,
     F
Than you.

Coda:

            G  C
Cooler than yo-ou,
F
 (Boy),
            G  C
Cooler than yo-ou,
F
 (Girl),
            G  C
Cooler than yo-ou,
F
 (Sir),
            G  C
Cooler than yo-ou,
F
 (My lady),
G     C  F
  Oh.
         G     C  F
Nerds go wild,
     G     C  F
Yeah Yeah.

Outro:

G  C  F


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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)