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Alice Childress

Ben Folds Five

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 Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 16:00:02 -0400 (EDT)
 From: Marc
 Subject: Alice Childress


                      Alice Childress

 (I enjoyed figuring this one out...  It's fun to play, too)

 Intro:

   ||:  B (8-7-6) |  Emaj7 add9 :||  x4

 Verse:

   |  Abm  Gb/Bb  |  B  E  |  Abm  Gb/Bb  |  Gb/Ab  Ab/Bb  |

   |  E  Gb  |  B  E  |  Dbm7  Gb  |  B  |

   |  E  B/Eb  |  Gb/Ab  Ab/Bb  |

 Chorus:

   |  E  B/Eb  |  Abm Gb/Bb B B/Eb  |  E  B/Eb  |  Gb/Ab  Ab/Bb  |

   |  E  B/Eb  |  Abm Gb/Bb B B/Eb  |  E  B/Eb  |  Gb/Ab  |  E/Gb  |

 1/2 Intro, Verse 2, Chorus 2...

 Bridge (piano solo):

   |  Bm7/E  |  E  |  Bm7  |  E  |

   |  C/G  |  Gmaj7  |  C/D  |  Gmaj7  |

   |  C/D  |  Gmaj7  |  E/D  |

    {piano-slower}
   ||:  Abm  Gb/Bb  |  B  E  :||

 Verse 3:

   |  Abm  Gb/Bb  |  B  E  |  Abm  Gb/Bb  |  Gb/Ab  Ab/Bb  |

   |  E  Gb/Eb  |  B  E  |  Dbm7  Gb  |  B  |

   |  E  B/Eb  |  Gb/Ab  |  Ab/Bb  |

 Chorus 3:

   |  E  B/Eb  |  Abm Gb/Bb B B/Eb  |  E  B/Eb  |  Gb/Ab  Ab/Bb  |

   |  E  B/Eb  |  Abm Gb/Bb B B/Eb  |  E  B/Eb  ||: Gb/Ab | E/Gb :|| x3

 End with intro (finishing with Emaj7 add9)