----------------------------------------------------------------------- THE LUCKIEST - Ben Folds ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Blosr Email: 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 A G Bm C A/C# F#m E Em e|--2--|--0--|--3--|--2--|--0--|--0--|--2--|--0--|--0--| 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 A D G I don't get many things right the first time D Bm C A A/C# in fact I am told that a lot. Now I know all the wrong turns D G D Bm F#m A the stumbles and falls brought me here CHORUS: Bm G Bm E A And where was I before the day that I first saw your lovely face? F#m G now I see it every day D A D A Bm F#m G D A D A And I know, that I am, I am, I am, the luckiest VERSE 2: D A D G What if I'd been born 50 years before you D Bm C A A/C# in a house on the street where you live? Maybe I'd be outside D G D Bm F#m A as you pass on your bike would I know? CHORUS: Bm G Bm E A F#m G And in a wide sea of eyes, I'd see one pair that I'd recognize D A D A Bm F#m G D A D A And I know, that I am, I am, I am, the luckiest BRIDGE: Em Bm A/C# D G D A I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you. VERSE 3: D A D G Next door there's an old man who lived to his 90's D Bm C A and one day passed away in his sleep. And his wife A/C# D G D Bm F#m A she stayed for a couple of days and passed away. CHORUS: Bm G Bm E A F#m G I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong. D A D A Bm F#m G D A 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----| ************************************ | / 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 ************************************