...SONGS OF LOVE...by Ben Folds Five
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*from 'Sunny 16 E.P' (2003)*

(Originally by Neil Hannon)


Intro:

    C               F  C  F
e|---------------|-----------|
B|------1--1--1--|--1--1--1--|
G|------0--0--0--|--0--0--0--|
D|------2--2--2--|--3--2--3--|
A|--3---3--3--3--|--3--3--3--|
E|---------------|-----------| (x4)

Verse 1:

C                F
 Pale, pubescent beasts,
                 G                  Am
Roam through the streets and coffee-shops.
      Dm7            F
Their prey gather in herds,
                     Eb                     C#
Of stiff knee-length skirts and white ankle-socks.
    C                       Am
But while they search for a mate,
              G                   Am
My type hiber-nate, in bedrooms a-bove,
    D7           F     G  C
Com-posing their songs of love.

Verse 2:

C               F
 Young, uniform minds,
           G                 Am
In uniform lines and uniform ties.
    Dm7                     F
Run round, with trousers on fire,
                Eb                   C#
And signs of de-sire they cannot dis-guise,
      C              F
While I, try to find words,
                G                    Am
As light as the birds, that circle a-bove,
   D7        F     G  C
To put in my songs of love.

Bridge 1:

Ab            Bb        C               Am
 Fate doesn't hang on a wrong, or right choice.
Ab          Bb           C             G
 Fortune de-pends on the tone, of your voice.

Verse 3:

   C                    F
So sing while, you have time,
            G                  Am
Let the sun shine, down from a-bove;
    D7            F     G  C
And fill you with songs of love.

Solo:

C  F  G  Am, Dm7  F  Eb  C#
C  F  G  Am, D7  F  G  C

Bridge 2:

Ab            Bb        C               Am
 Fate doesn't hang on a wrong, or right choice.
Ab          Bb           C             G
 Fortune de-pends on the tone, of your voice.

Verse 3:

         C                    F
So let's sing, while we still can,
              G                Am
While the sun hangs, high up a-bove.
D          F        Am   C
 Wonderful songs of lo...ove,
D7         F     G  C
 Beautiful songs of love.

Outro:

    C               F  C  F
e|---------------|-----------|
B|------1--1--1--|--1--1--1--|
G|------0--0--0--|--0--0--0--|
D|------2--2--2--|--3--2--3--|
A|--3---3--3--3--|--3--3--3--|
E|---------------|-----------| (x4)

(x2)

(End on C)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

   C       F       G       Am      Dm7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32010  x03210  320003  x02210  xx0211

   Eb      C#      D7      Ab      Bb

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 665x4x  443x2x  xx0212  466544  688766


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)