Eddie Walker Chords

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From: Ryan Hughes 
Subject: Subject: b/ben_folds_five/eddie_walker.crd
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 10:52:22 -0700

Eddie Walker by Ben Folds Five
Transcribed by Ryan Hughes

A                                A/C#     D
Won't you smile you look so shocked
                                         E
Put the name tag on your smock
        E7        A/C#                 D             E
We've come to see you Eddie Walker
A                     A/C#     D
We may pack a little tight
                                          E
The girl up front says it's all right
                  E7               A/C#
and look there's more of us
       D                   A/C#
still gettin off the bus
            D                           E
we wish you'd come back home with us
A/C#  A/F# A/E               D
Eddie Walker this is your life

D/C#                        D/B
D/A                         E/G#   E/F#

A                                A/C#     D
This one's you when you were small
                                           E
and you're learning how to walk
E7                           A/C#                 D
they pick you up and you keep fallin down
A                                A/C#     D
There you are with aunt Louise
                                       E
you're bouncing on her knees
E7                          A/C#                 D
remember all those trees behind the garden
A/C#                 D
they're gone
                                    E
they all got cut down when she died
A/C#  A/F# A/E               D
Eddie Walker this is your life
        D/C#                        D/B
You never had a son or a wife
       D/A                         E/G#   E/F#   E
you sure had a hell of a time
A/C#  A/F# A/E               D
oh Eddie walker this is your life

D/A                         E/G#   E/F#   E

D                               A/C#
This one's you and Mary Jo
                                  Ebdim
She couldn't come she says hello
          F#dim7   Fdim7                             A
No Eddie Walker she doesn't hate your guts
Fdim7                                         A
It's just the whole thing shook her up
        Ebdim                D       Fdim7
How they picked you up and you kept falling down
A/C#  A/F# A/E               D
oh Eddie walker
D/A                         E/G#   E/F#
      this is your life
A/C#  A/F# A/E               D
no Eddie Walker this is your life
D/C#                        D/B
You never had a coat or a tie
D/A                         E/G#   E/F#   E
You never had a reason to cry

Fm D A E
Fm D A E
Fm D A E
A/C#   D

A                                A/C#     D
This whole stack and all of these
                             E
Your semester overseas
E7                           A/C#          D
We're gonna leave you Eddie Walker

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This is how I voice the chords

A=      5,7,7,6,5,X
A/C#=   X,4,7,6,5,X
D=      X,5,7,7,7,X
E=      X,7,6,4,5,X
E7=     X,5,6,4,6,X
A/F#=   X,X,4,6,5,X
A/E =   X,7,X,6,5,X

>From the chorus using the descending bassline

D       X,5,7,7,7,X
D/C#    X,4,7,7,7,X
D/B     7,X,7,7,7,X
D/A     5,X,7,7,7,X
E/G#    4,X,X,4,5,4
E/F#    2,X,X,4,5,4
E       0,2,2,1,0,0 ----within the verse I use the other E voicing

from the Mary jo verse

D#dim   X,6,7,8,7,X
F#dim7  X,9,10,8,10,X
Fdim7   X,8,9,7,9,X

Instrumental part before the last verse

F#m     2,4,4,2,2,2
D       X,5,7,7,7,5
A       5,7,7,6,5,5
E       0,2,2,1,0,0

A/C#    X,4,7,6,5,X
D       X,5,7,7,7,X

I think that is all. Thanks to Skip for submitting the other
Ben Folds songs. This is my favorite band, and Id like
to help some other guitarists play their material.  -Ryan