{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":990298,"song":"From Above","artist":"Ben Folds","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11623873-from-above-chords-by-ben-folds/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/990298?type=chord","rating":4.85517,"votes":24,"content":"This tab was partly based on the following clip of a live performance: \r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]*:\r\n\r\ne | 0\r\nB | 3\r\nG | 0\r\nD | 4\r\nA | 5\r\nE | x\r\n\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nIntro: \r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]-[ch]D[/ch]*-[ch]Em[/ch]-[ch]D[/ch]*\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 1:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey even looked at each other once[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]*\r\nAcross a crowded bar[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe was with Martha[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe with Tom[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNeither of them really knew[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]*\r\nWhat was going on[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nStrange feeling of never[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHeartbeats becoming synchronized[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStaying that way forever[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]* \r\nBut most of the time[/tab]\r\n\r\n                       \r\nIt was just near misses\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAir kisses[/tab]\r\n\r\n                    \r\nOnce in a book store\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOnce at a party[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe came in as he was leaving[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]*\r\nAnd years ago at the movies[/tab]\r\n         \r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nShe sat behind him[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nSix thirty showing\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOf While You Were Sleeping[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNever once looked around[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]-[ch]C[/ch]-[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\nIt's so easy from above \r\nYou can't really see it all\r\nPeople who belong together\r\nLost and sad and small\r\nBut there's nothing to be done for them\r\nIt doesn't work that way\r\nSure we all have soulmates but we walk\r\nPast them every day\r\nOh no\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]-[ch]D[/ch]*-[ch]Bm[/ch]-[ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 2:\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]-[ch]D[/ch]*-[ch]Bm[/ch]-[ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\nAnd it's not like they were actually ever unhappy in the lives they lived\r\nHe married Martha\r\nShe married Tom\r\nJust this vague notion that something was wrong\r\nAn ache, an absence, a phantom limb\r\n\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAn itch that could never be scratched[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\ncHORUS\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]-[ch]C[/ch]-[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\nIt's so easy from above \r\nYou can't really see it all\r\nPeople who belong together\r\nLost and sad and small\r\nBut there's nothing to be done for them\r\nIt doesn't work that way\r\nSure we all have soulmates but we walk\r\nPast them every day\r\nOh no\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]-[ch]D[/ch]*-[ch]Bm[/ch]-[ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBRIDGE\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNeither of them knew what was going on[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe strange feeling of never[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nHeartbeats becoming synchronised[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nStaying that way forever[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE: [ch]Em[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]-[ch]C[/ch]-[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 3\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]-[ch]D[/ch]*-[ch]Bm[/ch]-[ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\nAnd who knows whether that's how it should be\r\nMaybe a ghost lives in that vacancy\r\nMaybe that's how books get written\r\nMaybe that's why songs get sung\r\nMaybe we owe the unlucky ones\r\n\r\n\r\ncHORUS\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]-[ch]G[/ch]-[ch]C[/ch]-[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\nIt's so easy from above \r\nYou can't really see it all\r\nPeople who belong together\r\nLost and sad and small\r\nBut there's nothing to be done for them\r\nIt doesn't work that way\r\nSure we all have soulmates but we walk\r\nPast them every day\r\nOh no\r\n\r\n\r\nCLOSING VERSE\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]-[ch]D[/ch]*-[ch]Bm[/ch]-[ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\nMaybe that's how books get written\r\nMaybe that's why songs get sung\r\nMaybe we owe the unlucky ones","plain_text":"This tab was partly based on the following clip of a live performance: \n\n***\n\nD*:\n\ne | 0\nB | 3\nG | 0\nD | 4\nA | 5\nE | x\n\n\n***\n\nIntro: \n\nEm-D*-Em-D*\n\n\n\nVERSE 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                       \nIt was just near misses\n\n\n\n                    \nOnce in a book store\n\n\n\n\n\n\n         \n\n\n\nSix thirty showing\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\nEm-G-C-Am\n\nIt's so easy from above \nYou can't really see it all\nPeople who belong together\nLost and sad and small\nBut there's nothing to be done for them\nIt doesn't work that way\nSure we all have soulmates but we walk\nPast them every day\nOh no\n\nC-D*-Bm-Em\n\n\n\nVERSE 2:\n\nC-D*-Bm-Em\n\nAnd it's not like they were actually ever unhappy in the lives they lived\nHe married Martha\nShe married Tom\nJust this vague notion that something was wrong\nAn ache, an absence, a phantom limb\n\n\n\n\n\ncHORUS\n\nEm-G-C-Am\n\nIt's so easy from above \nYou can't really see it all\nPeople who belong together\nLost and sad and small\nBut there's nothing to be done for them\nIt doesn't work that way\nSure we all have soulmates but we walk\nPast them every day\nOh no\n\nC-D*-Bm-Em\n\n\n\nBRIDGE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE: Em-G-C-Am\n\n\nVERSE 3\n\nC-D*-Bm-Em\n\nAnd who knows whether that's how it should be\nMaybe a ghost lives in that vacancy\nMaybe that's how books get written\nMaybe that's why songs get sung\nMaybe we owe the unlucky ones\n\n\ncHORUS\n\nEm-G-C-Am\n\nIt's so easy from above \nYou can't really see it all\nPeople who belong together\nLost and sad and small\nBut there's nothing to be done for them\nIt doesn't work that way\nSure we all have soulmates but we walk\nPast them every day\nOh no\n\n\nCLOSING VERSE\n\nC-D*-Bm-Em\n\nMaybe that's how books get written\nMaybe that's why songs get sung\nMaybe we owe the unlucky ones","chords":["D","B","G","A","E","Em","C","Bm","Am","Cm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}