• Song:

    Philosophy

  • Artist:

    Ben Folds Five

  • Album:

    1996-03-16: Boulder, CO...

This is my first attempt at doing this, but I think it is accurate.  Enjoy, it's a fun song!



Intro pt1- C  G/C  Am/C  Caug  C/D  G  C/D  G (x2)

Intro pt2- G  F/G (x5)



[Verse 1]
           C (x32010@1)            FWon't (133211@1)you look up at the skyline 

        F (133211@1)               G/EAt (020003@1)the mortar, block, and glass 

     F (133211@1)          F/F#              F/G (303211@1)    GAnd (320003@1)check out the reflections in my eyes? 

             C (x32010@1)            FYou (133211@1)see they always used to be there 

      C (x32010@1)              G/EEven (020003@1)when this all was grass 

      F (133211@1)             F/F#         F/G (303211@1)  GAnd (320003@1)I sang and danced about a high-rise 

             FAnd (133211@1)you were laughing at 

   G (320003@1)       (Bass)-  /C /B /A /G
My helmet hat, 

FLaughing (133211@1)at 

   G (320003@1)F/G(x2) (303211@1)
My torch 



[Chorus]
C (x32010@1)              G/C (2431xx@7)             Am/CGo (032210@1)ahead you can laugh all you want 

Caug/B (x3211x@1)    /C    /C#    C/D (x5555x@1)   G (320003@1)C/D (x5555x@1)G (320003@1)C/D (x5555x@1)G (320003@1)C/D (x5555x@1)                  
I    got    my    phil - osophy 

      G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1) G/C (2431xx@7) Am/Cand (032210@1)I trust it like the ground 

Caug (x3211x@1)    /B      /C      /C#    C/D (x5555x@1) G (320003@1)C/D (x5555x@1)Gthat's (320003@1)   why     my      phil - osophy 

             C/D (x5555x@1)           G (320003@1)     G (320003@1)F/G (303211@1)G (320003@1)F/G (303211@1)  
it keeps me walking when I'm falling down 



[Verse 2]
  C (x32010@1)               FI (133211@1)see that there is evil 

      C (x32010@1)                G/Eand (020003@1)I know that there is good 

        F (133211@1)           F/F#         F/G (303211@1)  Gand (320003@1)the in-betweens I never understood 

          C (x32010@1)             Fwon't (133211@1)you look at me, I'm crazy, 

      C (x32010@1)         G/Ebut (020003@1)I get the job done 

          F (133211@1)          F/F#         F/G (303211@1)  Gyeah, (320003@1)I'm crazy, but I get the job done 


and I say: 


[Chorus]


[Bridge] 
  Am (x02210@1)           /E   Caug/A        /E
I pushed you 'cause I loved you guys 

  C/A    /E  F#dim7/A
I didn't realize 

/E          G (320003@1)        F/C (133211@1)C (x32010@1)F/C (133211@1)Cyou (x32010@1)weren't having fun 

      Fand (133211@1)I dragged you up the stairs 

      Gand (320003@1)I told you to fly 

          Fyou (133211@1)were flapping your arms 

    G (320003@1)                      Amyou (x02210@1)started to cry, you were too high 

    F/A#no, (113211@1)too high 


[Intro pt1]


[Verse 3]
        C (x32010@1)               Fnow (133211@1)you take this all for granted 

             C (x32010@1)                G/Eyou (020003@1)take the mortar, block, and glass 

        F (133211@1)                   F/F#      F/G (303211@1) Gand (320003@1)you forget the speech and moved the stone 

         C (x32010@1)             Fbut (133211@1)it's really not that you can't see 

    C (x32010@1)            G/Ethe (020003@1)forest for the trees 

    F (133211@1)            F/F#         F/Gyou (303211@1)never been out in the woods alone 


[Chorus]
G (320003@1)                      C (x32010@1)  G/CSo (2431xx@7)you can laugh all you want to

ect.




HUGE piano solo.

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