The Luckiest Chords by Ben Folds
Tempo:
106.6 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
G
Bm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [G]
[A]
[Bm] [F#m]
[G] [D] [A]
[D] I don't [A] get many [D] things right the [G] first time, in [D] fact [Bm] I am told [C] that a lot.
Now I [A] know all the wrong [D] turns and stumbles and falls brought me here.
[Bm] [F#m]
[A] [Bm] And where was [G] I before the [Bm] day that I [E] first saw your lovely [A] face?
Now I [F#m] see it every [G] day.
[A] And I know [Em]
[D] that I [A] am, [Bm] I [F#m] am, [G] I [A] am,
[D] the luckiest.
[A]
[D] [G]
[D] [A]
What if I'd been born
[D] fifty [G] years before you in [D] a house on a [Bm] street where [C] you live?
Maybe [A] I'd be outside as you [D] passed on your [G] bike would I [D] know?
[Bm]
[F#m] [A]
[Bm] And [G] in a wide sea of [Bm] eyes I see one [E] pair that [A]
I [F#m] recognize.
[G]
And [D] I
[A] know [D] that [A] I am, [Bm] I [F#m]
am, [G] I [D] am,
[A] [D] the luckiest.
[A]
[Em] I love you more than [Bm] I have ever found a way [D] to say to [G] you [A]
[A] [D] next door.
There's an old man who lived to his [G] nineties and one day passed [Bm] away in his [C] sleep.
[A] And his wife, she stayed for [D] a couple of [G] days and passed [D] away.
[F#m]
[A] [Bm]
I'm sorry [G] I know that's [Bm] a strange way to [E] tell you that I [A] know we [F#m] belong.
[G]
[D] And I [A] know [Em]
[D] that [A] I am,
[Bm] [F#m] [G] I am, I [A] am, [Bm] the luckiest.
[F#m] [G] [D] [A]
[D]
[C#]
[A]
[Bm] [F#m]
[G] [D] [A]
[D] I don't [A] get many [D] things right the [G] first time, in [D] fact [Bm] I am told [C] that a lot.
Now I [A] know all the wrong [D] turns and stumbles and falls brought me here.
[Bm] [F#m]
[A] [Bm] And where was [G] I before the [Bm] day that I [E] first saw your lovely [A] face?
Now I [F#m] see it every [G] day.
[A] And I know [Em]
[D] that I [A] am, [Bm] I [F#m] am, [G] I [A] am,
[D] the luckiest.
[A]
[D] [G]
[D] [A]
What if I'd been born
[D] fifty [G] years before you in [D] a house on a [Bm] street where [C] you live?
Maybe [A] I'd be outside as you [D] passed on your [G] bike would I [D] know?
[Bm]
[F#m] [A]
[Bm] And [G] in a wide sea of [Bm] eyes I see one [E] pair that [A]
I [F#m] recognize.
[G]
And [D] I
[A] know [D] that [A] I am, [Bm] I [F#m]
am, [G] I [D] am,
[A] [D] the luckiest.
[A]
[Em] I love you more than [Bm] I have ever found a way [D] to say to [G] you [A]
[A] [D] next door.
There's an old man who lived to his [G] nineties and one day passed [Bm] away in his [C] sleep.
[A] And his wife, she stayed for [D] a couple of [G] days and passed [D] away.
[F#m]
[A] [Bm]
I'm sorry [G] I know that's [Bm] a strange way to [E] tell you that I [A] know we [F#m] belong.
[G]
[D] And I [A] know [Em]
[D] that [A] I am,
[Bm] [F#m] [G] I am, I [A] am, [Bm] the luckiest.
[F#m] [G] [D] [A]
[D]
[C#]
Key:
A
D
G
Bm
F#m
A
D
G
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] I _ don't [A] get _ many [D] things right the [G] first _ time, in [D] fact [Bm] I am told [C] that a lot. _ _ _
Now I [A] know all the wrong [D] turns and stumbles and falls brought me here.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ And where was [G] I before the [Bm] day that I [E] first saw your lovely [A] face?
Now I [F#m] see it every [G] day. _ _ _ _
[A] And I _ _ know [Em] _
_ [D] that I [A] _ am, _ [Bm] I _ [F#m] _ am, [G] I _ _ _ [A] am,
[D] the luckiest.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
What if I'd been born _
_ [D] fifty [G] years before you in [D] a house on a [Bm] street where [C] you live?
_ _ _ Maybe [A] I'd be outside as you [D] passed on your [G] bike would I [D] know?
_ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Bm] And [G] in a wide sea of [Bm] eyes I see one [E] pair that [A]
I [F#m] recognize.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ And [D] I _
_ [A] know _ [D] that _ [A] I am, [Bm] I _ _ [F#m]
am, _ _ [G] I [D] am, _
[A] _ [D] the luckiest.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ I love you more than [Bm] I have ever found a way [D] to say to [G] _ you _ [A] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] next door.
There's an old man who lived to his [G] nineties and one day passed [Bm] away in his [C] sleep. _ _ _
_ [A] And his wife, she stayed for [D] a couple of [G] days and passed [D] away.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _
I'm sorry [G] I know that's [Bm] a strange way to [E] tell you that I [A] know we [F#m] belong.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] And I _ _ [A] know [Em] _
_ [D] that _ [A] I am, _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G] I _ _ _ am, I [A] am, [Bm] the luckiest.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] I _ don't [A] get _ many [D] things right the [G] first _ time, in [D] fact [Bm] I am told [C] that a lot. _ _ _
Now I [A] know all the wrong [D] turns and stumbles and falls brought me here.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ And where was [G] I before the [Bm] day that I [E] first saw your lovely [A] face?
Now I [F#m] see it every [G] day. _ _ _ _
[A] And I _ _ know [Em] _
_ [D] that I [A] _ am, _ [Bm] I _ [F#m] _ am, [G] I _ _ _ [A] am,
[D] the luckiest.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
What if I'd been born _
_ [D] fifty [G] years before you in [D] a house on a [Bm] street where [C] you live?
_ _ _ Maybe [A] I'd be outside as you [D] passed on your [G] bike would I [D] know?
_ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Bm] And [G] in a wide sea of [Bm] eyes I see one [E] pair that [A]
I [F#m] recognize.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ And [D] I _
_ [A] know _ [D] that _ [A] I am, [Bm] I _ _ [F#m]
am, _ _ [G] I [D] am, _
[A] _ [D] the luckiest.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ I love you more than [Bm] I have ever found a way [D] to say to [G] _ you _ [A] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] next door.
There's an old man who lived to his [G] nineties and one day passed [Bm] away in his [C] sleep. _ _ _
_ [A] And his wife, she stayed for [D] a couple of [G] days and passed [D] away.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _
I'm sorry [G] I know that's [Bm] a strange way to [E] tell you that I [A] know we [F#m] belong.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] And I _ _ [A] know [Em] _
_ [D] that _ [A] I am, _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G] I _ _ _ am, I [A] am, [Bm] the luckiest.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _