Song: Brick
Artist: Ben Folds Five
Source: Whatever and Ever Amen
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This is the best i can get for a guitar arrangement
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Standard tuning
Piano arranged for guitar
Chord shapes
Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/E E7
-0- -2- -0- -0-
-3- -3- -3- -3-
-2- -2- -2- -1-
-0- -2- -X- -X-
-X- -2- -X- -X-
-3- -X- -0- -0-
Intro
D Dsus2/G
-2———2——0————0———-0—————0—
———3—————3————3——3——3——
—-2———2——2————2————-2———- X 3
-0———0——0——————————————
————————————————————
——————————3———-3——————
D/B Dsus2/B Dsus2/E E7
-2————-2——0——————-0————0——
———3———————3———3————3——3—
——2————-2——2———2————1————-
————————————————————-
-2————-2——2————————————-
————————————0————0————
Maintain same patterns (per chord) throughout
Verse
D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
Six am, day after christmas, throw some clothes on in the dark.
D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
Smell of cold, car seat is freezing. the world is sleeping. i am
D Dsus2/G
Numb.
D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
Up the stairs to her apartment, she is balled up on the couch.
D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
Her mom and dad drove down to charlotte. they’re not home to find us out.
Bridge
D/B Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/G
And we drive now that i have found someone i’m
D Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/E E7
Feeling more alone than i ever have before
Chorus (strum chords or pick similar miscellaneous patterns)
G A D
She’s a brick and i’m drowning slowly
G A Bm
Off the coast and i’m headed nowhere
G A D G A G D(for piano fill)
She’s a brick and i’m drowning slowly
Verse II
D Dsus2/G Dsus2/G
They call her name at seven thirty. i pace around the parking lot
D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
I walk down to buy her flowers, and sell some gifts that i got.
Bridge II
D/B Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/G
Can’t you see it’s not me you’re dying for. now she’s
D Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/E E7
Feeling more alone than she ever has before
Chorus (strum chords or pick similar miscellaneous patterns)
G A D
She’s a brick and i’m drowning slowly
G A Bm
Off the coast and i’m headed nowhere G A G D
G A D G A G A F#m G(for piano fill)
She’s a brick and i’m drowning slowly
Interlude
D/B Dsus2/G D
As weeks went by it showed that she was not fine
D/B Dsus2/G D
They told me son it’s time to tell the truth and
D/B Dsus2/G D D/B Dsus2/E E7
She broke down, and i broke down cause i was tired of lying
Verse III
D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
Driving back to her apartment, for the moment we’re alone D Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/E E7
She’s alone. i’m alone. now i know it.
Chorus (strum chords or pick similar miscellaneous patterns)
G A D