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  THE LUCKIEST - Ben Folds
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  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----|



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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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