Air Chords

by Ben Folds Five
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: no capo
Author Jonassi [a] 413. Last edit on Jan 23, 2015

Chords

D
A
Bm6
Gmaj7
D9
C9
Em
Asus4
Dmaj7
F

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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
splorzak
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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Jonassi
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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