Air Chords
by Ben Folds Five2,664 views, added to favorites 119 times
Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Capo: | no capo |
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Written for Whole Step Down Tuning (DGCFAD). If played in normal tuning it's simply one
step higher than the
original.
to emulate the Piano Sound pluck first the high strings with your fingers and then the
bass with your thumb
like that: x x
x x
x x
x x ........
Sounds pretty good that way.
Verse Chords: Bridge: Chorus:
Chords: D A Bm6 Gmaj7 D9 C9 Em Asus4 Dmaj7 A Em
x x x 2 0 x 0 x 0 0 0
3 5 7 3 3 3 0 3 2 2 0
2 6 7 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 0
4 7 5 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 2
5 x x x x 3 2 0 x 0 2
x 5 7 3 2 x 0 x x x 0
interlude 1: G--6h7---6h7---------- interlude 2: E--------0-|
D------5-------5-----4 B--0-2-3---|
A-----------------0--- G----------|
bass part G------------------------------|
D-----------0-2-3-5-----3-2-0--|
A-----0-1-3--------------------|
E-1-3--------------------------|
D A Bm6 *interlude 1
Saw a silhouette across a fluorescent
D A Bm6 *interlude 2
Floating overhead, undoing his helmet
Gmaj7 D9 C9 Em
Through the murky beams and blue-green sea life
Asus4
I saw him spinnin' towards the moonlight
D A Bm6
I pull him in, he wasn't breathin'
D A Bm6
His eyes were wide and I saw two of me there
Gmaj7 D9 C9 Em
There's an ugly buzz that hovers just above the quiet
Asus4
Found a way to make it silent
Dmaj7 A Em
I'm comin' up for aaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiirrrrrrr x2
D (F) *bass part
Aaaaaaaaiiiiirrrr x2
D A Bm6
They hold my hand and ask me to pull through
D A Bm6
A voice I know says, "Dear, he probably can't hear you"
Dmaj7 A Em
comin' up for aaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiirrrrrrr x3
(again without singing)
D (F) fade out
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4 comments

You should but an Em (or Em7) in place of the Bm6. The Bm6 sounds better sung vocally with an Em chord accompanying it.
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also interlude 1 can more easily played like that:
E----------------- ---
B-2^3---2^3------- -3-
G-----0-----0----- -2-
D---------------4- -4-
A-------------0--- -5-
E----------------- ....then --- and so on
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