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Fred Jones Part 2

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[Intro]
C     Am7     Em7     G7
C     Am7     Em7     G7
[Verse 1]
CFred sits aAm7lone at his Emdesk in the dG7ark
There's an Cawkward young Am7shadow that Emwaits in the G7hall
He has Am7cleared all his Fthings and he's Am7put them in Fboxes
CThings that remind him: 'GLife has been good'
Fmaj7Twenty-five years he's wDm11orked at the paper
A Cman's here to take him downGstairsGsus4  G  
And I'm Csorry, Mr FJones G7it's 
CtimeAm7  Em7  G7  
C     Am7     Em7     G7
[Verse 2]
CThere was no Am7party, Emthere were no G7songs
'Cause todCay's just a Am7day like the dEmay that he G7started
Am7No one is Fleft here that Am7knows his first Fname
And Clife barrels on like a Grunaway train
Where the Fmaj7passengers change they don't Dm11change anything
You get Coff; someone else can get GonGsus4  G  
And I'm Csorry, Mr FJones G7it's
CtimeAm7  Em7  G7  
C     Am7     Em7     G7
[Bridge]
AmStreetlight shines through the Em7shades
Casting Flines on the floor and Clines on his G/Bface
He reFflects on the Cday
[Solo]
Am7     Em7     Am7     Em7
F       Em7     Am      Em7
F       Em  G  D   Dsus4    D
[Verse 3]
CFred gets his Am7paints out and Emgoes to the G7basement
ProCjecting some Am7slides Emonto a pG7lain white
Am7Canvas and Ftraces it, Am7fills in the Fspaces
He Cturns off the slides, and it Gdoesn't look right 
Yeah, and Fmaj7all of these bastards have Dm11taken his place
He's forCgotten but not yet GgoneGsus4  G  
[Outro]
And I'm Csorry, Mr FJonesG  
And I'm Csorry, Mr FJonesG  
And I'm Csorry, Mr FJones Git's Cadd9time

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Fred Jones Part 2

by Ben Folds

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am7

Em7

Fmaj7

Dm11

Gsus4

G/B

Dsus4

Cadd9

[Intro]

C Am7 Em7 G7

[Verse 1]

C Am7 Em G7

Fred sits alone at his desk in the dark

C Am7 Em G7

There's an awkward young shadow that waits in the hall

Am7 F Am7 F

He has cleared all his things and he's put them in boxes

C G

Things that remind him: 'Life has been good'

Fmaj7 Dm11

Twenty-five years he's worked at the paper

C G Gsus4 G

A man's here to take him downstairs

C F G7

And I'm sorry, Mr Jones it's

C Am7 Em7 G7

time

C Am7 Em7 G7

[Verse 2]

C Am7 Em G7

There was no party, there were no songs

C Am7 Em G7

'Cause today's just a day like the day that he started

Am7 F Am7 F

No one is left here that knows his first name

C G

And life barrels on like a runaway train

Fmaj7 Dm11

Where the passengers change they don't change anything

C G Gsus4 G

You get off; someone else can get on

C F G7

And I'm sorry, Mr Jones it's

C Am7 Em7 G7

time

C Am7 Em7 G7

[Bridge]

Am Em7

Streetlight shines through the shades

F C G/B

Casting lines on the floor and lines on his face

F C

He reflects on the day

[Solo]

Am7 Em7 Am7 Em7

F Em7 Am Em7

F Em G D Dsus4 D

[Verse 3]

C Am7 Em G7

Fred gets his paints out and goes to the basement

C Am7 Em G7

Projecting some slides onto a plain white

Am7 F Am7 F

Canvas and traces it, fills in the spaces

C G

He turns off the slides, and it doesn't look right

Fmaj7 Dm11

Yeah, and all of these bastards have taken his place

C G Gsus4 G

He's forgotten but not yet gone

[Outro]

C F G

And I'm sorry, Mr Jones

C F G

And I'm sorry, Mr Jones

C F G Cadd9

And I'm sorry, Mr Jones it's time

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