Eddie Walker by Ben Folds Five Transcribed by Ryan Hughes
A A/C# D Won't you smile you look so shocked E Put the name tag on your smock E7 A/C# D E We've come to see you Eddie Walker A A/C# D We may pack a little tight E The girl up front says it's all right E7 A/C# And look there's more of us D A/C# Still gettin off the bus D E We wish you'd come back home with us A/C# A/F# A/E D Eddie Walker this is your life
D/C# D/B D/A E/G# E/F#
A A/C# D This one's you when you were small E And you're learning how to walk E7 A/C# D They pick you up and you keep fallin down A A/C# D There you are with aunt Louise E You're bouncing on her knees E7 A/C# D Remember all those trees behind the garden A/C# D They're gone E They all got cut down when she died A/C# A/F# A/E D Eddie Walker this is your life D/C# D/B You never had a son or a wife D/A E/G# E/F# E You sure had a hell of a time A/C# A/F# A/E D Oh Eddie walker this is your life
D/A E/G# E/F# E
D A/C# This one's you and Mary Jo D#dim She couldn't come she says hello F#dim7 Fdim7 A No Eddie Walker she doesn't hate your guts Fdim7 A It's just the whole thing shook her up D#dim D Fdim7 How they picked you up and you kept falling down A/C# A/F# A/E D Oh Eddie walker D/A E/G# E/F# This is your life A/C# A/F# A/E D No Eddie Walker this is your life D/C# D/B You never had a coat or a tie D/A E/G# E/F# E You never had a reason to cry
Fm D A E Fm D A E Fm D A E A/C# D
A A/C# D This whole stack and all of these E Your semester overseas E7 A/C# D We're gonna leave you Eddie Walker
--------------------------------------------------------------------- This is how I voice the chords
D X,5,7,7,7,X D/C# X,4,7,7,7,X D/B 7,X,7,7,7,X D/A 5,X,7,7,7,X E/G# 4,X,X,4,5,4 E/F# 2,X,X,4,5,4 E 0,2,2,1,0,0 ----within the verse I use the other E voicing
