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  THE LUCKIEST - Ben Folds
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Tabbed by: Blosr
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Tuning: Drop D

e|--------------------------------|
B|----------7---------------------|
G|--------------7----------7------|
D|-------4--------7----------7/9--|
A|-----0------------5---5---------|
D|---0----------------5-----------|

e|--------------------------------|
B|----------7--------------5------|
G|--------------7------------6----|
D|-------4--------7------------7--|
A|-----0------------7---7---------|
D|---0----------------7-----------|

___________________________________Easy if you hold Chord:  e|--7--|
   |                              |                             B|--7--|
e|---7-----------7--------------7---5---------------|           G|--7--|
B|-----------7--------------7-----------------------|           D|--9--|
G|-------7--------------7--------------------2------|           A|--9--|
D|------------------9---------------------4---------|           D|--9--|
A|-----------9--------------9----------4--------4---|
D|---9------------------------------4---------------|

e|---5---------3----------3-------2-----0h2--0------|
B|------2------3-----3------3-----3---3------2------|
G|---------2-------0----------0-----2--------2------|
D|---------------0----------------0----------2------|
A|-------------2-------2---------------------0------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|

~For the rest of the song, the drop D gets in the way.  So 
 you have to alter the chords =/ but it still sounds cool.

~Also, try to pick in the pattern of the piano, I was too lazy
 to put all of it down, so I just gave the chords to hold while
 you experiment with the picking.

D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)   G (320003@1)  Bm (x24432@1)   C (x32010@1)  A/C# (042220@1)F#m (244222@1)  E (022100@1)  Eme|--2--|--0--|--3--|--2--|--0--|--0--|--2--|--0--|--0--| (022000@1)B|--3--|--2--|--3--|--3--|--1--|--2--|--2--|--0--|--0--|
G|--2--|--2--|--0--|--4--|--0--|--2--|--2--|--1--|--0--|
D|--0--|--2--|--0--|--4--|--2--|--2--|--4--|--2--|--2--|
A|--x--|--0--|--2--|--2--|--3--|--3--|--4--|--2--|--2--|
D|--x--|--x--|--x--|--x--|--x--|--x--|--4--|--2--|--2--|



VERSE 1:
   D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)              G (320003@1)  I don't get many things right the first time

D (xx0232@1)       Bm (x24432@1)     C (x32010@1)         A (x02220@1)         A/C#in (042220@1)fact I am told that a lot.  Now I know all the wrong turns

D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1) Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1) Athe (x02220@1)stumbles and falls brought me here



CHORUS:
Bm (x24432@1)          G (320003@1)          Bm (x24432@1)              E (022100@1)              AAnd (x02220@1)where was I before the day that I first saw your lovely face?

F#m (244222@1)     Gnow (320003@1)I see it every day

D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1) Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_244222@1">F#m  G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A   D (xx0232@1)           AAnd (x02220@1)I    know,    that I am,  I  am,  I am,    the luckiest



VERSE 2:
         D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)        GWhat (320003@1)if I'd been born 50 years before you

D (xx0232@1)          Bm (x24432@1)               C (x32010@1)         A (x02220@1)     A/C#in (042220@1)a house on the street where you live?  Maybe I'd be outside

D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)  Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1)Aas (x02220@1)you pass on your bike would I know?



CHORUS:
Bm (x24432@1)         G (320003@1)         Bm (x24432@1)         E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)    F#m (244222@1) G (320003@1)  And in a wide sea of eyes, I'd see one pair that I'd recognize

D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1) Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_244222@1">F#m  G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A   D (xx0232@1)           AAnd (x02220@1)I    know,    that I am,  I  am,  I am,    the luckiest

BRIDGE:
Em (022000@1)                        Bm (x24432@1)          A/C# (042220@1)  D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1) I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.



VERSE 3:
      D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)         GNext (320003@1)door there's an old man who lived to his 90's

D (xx0232@1)         Bm (x24432@1)        C (x32010@1)           Aand (x02220@1)one day passed away in his sleep.  And his wife

A/C# (042220@1)        D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1) Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1)Ashe (x02220@1)stayed for a couple of days and passed away.



CHORUS:
Bm (x24432@1)       G (320003@1)            Bm (x24432@1)            E (022100@1)             A (x02220@1)     F#m (244222@1) GI'm (320003@1)sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong.

D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1) Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_244222@1">F#m  G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)    
That I know,   that I am,  I  am,  I  am...

...the luckiest.

e|--------------------------------|
B|----------7---------------------|
G|--------------7----------7------|
D|-------4--------7----------7/9--|
A|-----0------------5---5---------|
D|---0----------------5-----------|

e|--------------------------------|
B|----------7--------------5------|
G|--------------7------------6----|
D|-------4--------7------------7--|
A|-----0------------7---7---------|
D|---0----------------7-----------|

e|---7-----------7--------------7---5---------------|
B|-----------7--------------7-----------------------|
G|-------7--------------7--------------------2------|
D|------------------9---------------------4---------|
A|-----------9--------------9----------4--------4---|
D|---9------------------------------4---------------|

e|---5---------3----------3-------2-----0h2--0-----------2----|
B|------2------3-----3------3-----3---3------2-----------3----|
G|---------2-------0----------0-----2--------2-----2h0---2----|
D|---------------0----------------0----------2--2--------0----|
A|-------------2-------2---------------------0-----------0----|
D|-------------------------------------------------------0----|



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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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