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[Intro]
C E7 Am7 F
C E7 Am7 F G7
C E7 Am7 F
C E7 Am7 F G7 C
  CLuE7cretia walks Am7into a G7room
C E7 Am7 F G7
  CBeE7cause she does Am7it's not Am7/Gthe sameFmaj7  
Abmaj7room
  Cmaj7The E7one she wanAm7ted to be in
  C     E7      Am7  FShe saysG7  
  CEveryE7where I go, Am7damn, Am7/Gthere I am
  Fmaj7And I just waAbmaj7nt to walk awayCmaj7  Fmaj7  
  Fmaj7Won't you let Abmaj7me walk away Cmaj7sometimesFmaj7  
  Fmaj7I just wanAbmaj7t to walk awayCmaj7  Fmaj7  
Fmaj7Every one of you is fired
 C   E7   Am7   F   G7x3
C E7 Am7 F G7 C
  CI'm E7just an Am7ordiFmaj7nary gG7uy
C E7 Am7 F G7
  CAnd all I want Am7is to Am7/Gbe loved
  Fmaj7Is that so wrong?Abmaj7  
  Cmaj7Don't E7think that I Am7don't Fmaj7know what G7you're
  C  E7Saying about Am7meFmaj7  
  Cmaj7I heE7ar it all Am7through these Am7/Gthin walls
[repeat to here]
  Fmaj7And I just want Abmaj7to walk away Cmaj7  Fmaj7  
  Fmaj7Won't you let Abmaj7me walk away Cmaj7this timeFmaj7  
  Fmaj7I just want Abmaj7to walk awayCmaj7  Fmaj7  
Abmaj7Every one of you is fired
Ebmaj7Every one of you is oh, oh, oh, oh
Abmaj7Every one of you is fired, yeah
Dm7    Dmaj7
Dm7/GWoo...
 C   C/E   Am7   F   G7x4
 C   E7   Am7   F   G7x2
[first time]
C[rE7epeAm7at]Am7/G  
[second time]
C E7
Abmaj7Every one of you is fired
Ebmaj7Every one of you is oh, oh, oh, oh
Abmaj7Every one of you is fired
Ebmaj7Every one of you is oh, oh, oh, oh
Fmaj7Fired
  Fmaj7Hoo..G7.
Cmaj7    Fmaj7
  Dm9Ah...Dm9/G  
 C   E7   Am7   F   G7x2
C E7 Am7 Am7/G
Fmaj7    Abmaj7
C

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Fired

by Ben Folds

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am7

Am7/G

Fmaj7

Abmaj7

Cmaj7

Ebmaj7

Dm7

Dmaj7

Dm7/G

C/E

Dm9

Dm9/G

[Intro]

C E7 Am7 F

C E7 Am7 F G7

C E7 Am7 F

C E7 Am7 F G7 C

C E7 Am7 G7

Lucretia walks into a room

C E7 Am7 F G7

C E7 Am7 Am7/G Fmaj7

Because she does it's not the same

Abmaj7

room

Cmaj7 E7 Am7

The one she wanted to be in

C E7 Am7 F G7

She says

C E7 Am7 Am7/G

Everywhere I go, damn, there I am

Fmaj7 Abmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7

And I just want to walk away

Fmaj7 Abmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7

Won't you let me walk away sometimes

Fmaj7 Abmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7

I just want to walk away

Fmaj7

Every one of you is fired

C E7 Am7 F G7

C E7 Am7 F G7 C

C E7 Am7 Fmaj7 G7

I'm just an ordinary guy

C E7 Am7 F G7

C Am7 Am7/G

And all I want is to be loved

Fmaj7 Abmaj7

Is that so wrong?

Cmaj7 E7 Am7 Fmaj7 G7

Don't think that I don't know what you're

C E7 Am7 Fmaj7

Saying about me

Cmaj7 E7 Am7 Am7/G

I hear it all through these thin walls

[repeat to here]

Fmaj7 Abmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7

And I just want to walk away

Fmaj7 Abmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7

Won't you let me walk away this time

Fmaj7 Abmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7

I just want to walk away

Abmaj7

Every one of you is fired

Ebmaj7

Every one of you is oh, oh, oh, oh

Abmaj7

Every one of you is fired, yeah

Dm7 Dmaj7

Dm7/G

Woo...

C C/E Am7 F G7

C E7 Am7 F G7

[first time]

C E7 Am7 Am7/G

[repeat]

[second time]

C E7

Abmaj7

Every one of you is fired

Ebmaj7

Every one of you is oh, oh, oh, oh

Abmaj7

Every one of you is fired

Ebmaj7

Every one of you is oh, oh, oh, oh

Fmaj7

Fired

Fmaj7 G7

Hoo...

Cmaj7 Fmaj7

Dm9 Dm9/G

Ah...

C E7 Am7 F G7

C E7 Am7 Am7/G

Fmaj7 Abmaj7

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