"Uncle Walter" by Ben Folds Five tabbed by Meakim (mustarang@aol.com) The tab that was up here for "Uncle Walter" was decent, but the song is actually a lot easier than that (and they left out the solo). And turn your distortion on... this one's a lot of fun. BASS LEAD G|----11-9-----------9-7-----------7--------------------| D|-7-------11-9-7-5------9-7----------------------5-6-7-| A|---------------------------10-9----7-7--5-7-8-9-------| E|------------------------------------------------------| VERSE (w/ variations) G|--------------------------------------------| D|-----7-------------5---4--------------5-6-7-| A|------------------------------5-7-8-9-------| E|-5-5---5-5-5-4-3-3---2---0-0----------------| PRECHORUS (w/ variations) G|-------------------------------------------| D|---5-6-7-------5-6-7---------7-9-7---------| A|-7-------5-6-7-------5-6-7-5-------9-7-5-5-| E|-------------------------------------------| CHORUS pt. 1 ("your Uncle Walter's goin' on and on...") G|----------------| D|---------5-6-7--| A|-5-7-8-9--------| E|----------------| CHORUS pt. 2 ("how could you leave me here so long with Uncle Walter?") G|-----------------------| D|-----------------------| A|-7-7--8-9-10-10-10\----| E|--------------------5--| BRIDGE (clean) G|--------------------------------7-9-11--------------- D|-7-----7-7-----7-5-----5-5---/9--------11-11--------- A|---7-7-----7-7-----5-5-----5-----------------9-9----- E|-------------------------------------------------9-9- G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\----------------------| E|------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-| After the third chorus, there's a piano-drum break, then the bass volumes in with a D harmonic (5th fret on A), and then the bass solo... BASS SOLO G|-/14-11-9---------12-12-11-9-----0-19-17-17-19-17-19-21-19-17--19-19-17-19-17-19-17-- D|----------11-9---------------9-7----------------------------------------------------- A|---------------11-------------------------------------------------------------------- E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G|-14-11-9---------12-12-11-9-----0----14-16-14----------14----14-14-- D|---------11-9---------------9-7---16----------16-14-16----16-------- A|--------------11---------------------------------------------------- E|-------------------------------------------------------------------- (very fast) G|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-14--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12- D|-------------------------------------------------------- A|-------------------------------------------------------- E|-------------------------------------------------------- (move up this scale as fast as possible) G|-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18- D|------------------------- A|------------------------- E|------------------------- (very fast again) G|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-14--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12- D|-------------------------------------------------------- A|-------------------------------------------------------- E|-------------------------------------------------------- G|-11-11-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-12-12--14-12-11--------| D|-----------------------------------------------14-12--| A|------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------| OUTRO G|-----------------------------------------------------------| D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-------------5-6-7-| A|-----------------------------------------7-7-5-7-8-9-------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------| ENDING (listen for timing) G|------------------------------| D|------------------------------| A|-----------------------5---5\-| E|-3---2----0-0-5----5-7--------|