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Missing The War
Ben Folds Five
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Intro: A . Am6/C . E2 . F#7 . A . Am6/C . E2 . . .
C#m/G#* = can also play just G#sus4 (easier but not technically right)
The C#m/G# is the actual chord played on CD!
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VERSE 1:
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E . . . Emaj7 . . . F#7 . . . F#9 . . .
All is quiet his ti - red eyes
B7sus4 . B7 . Bm7 . B7 .
See figures jotted down and clothes all thrown around
A/E . E . C#m/G#* . G# .
The bed - room floor
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VERSE 2:
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E . . . Emaj7 . . . F#7 . . . F#9 . . .
Now nothing's adding up and nothing's making sense
B7sus4 . B7 . Bm7 . B7 .
She's sleeping like a ba - by
A/E . E . C#m/G#* . G# . Amaj7
She doesn't know he wasn't meant for this
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CHORUS:
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Amaj7 . . . Amaj7 . . .
I'm missing the war
Am6/C . . . Am6/C . . . Emaj7 . . .
I'm missing the war all - night
C#m7 . . . F#7 . . . F#7 . F#9 . [A . Am6/C . E2 . F#7]
Missing the war, Im' missing the War
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BRIDGE:
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F#9 G . G/D . G . . . E - Esus4/F# - E5/G#
Till beads of sunlight hit me in the morning
C# . B . E . D2 . A . Am6/C . E2 . F#7 .
So much time so little to say
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VERSE 3:
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E . . . Emaj7 . . . F#7 . . . F#9 . . .
He drove home a - gain, pissed and beaten
Bsus7 . B7 . Bm7 . B7 .
Its really no big deal it happens all the time
A/E . E . C#m/G#* - G#
It's no big deal
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VERSE 4:
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E . . . Emaj7 . . . F#7 . . . F#9 . . .
Time may fly and dreams may die
Bsus7 . B7 . Bm7 . B7 .
The shaking voice that tells him go
A/E . E . C#m/G#* - G#
Still thinks he might He knows he won't