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HOLD THAT THOUGHT by BEN FOLDS FIVE
From the album "The Sound of the Life of the Mind"
INTRO:
F#sus2maj7
VERSE:
F#She broke down and cried at the Bstrip mall acupuncturist 
While the world went on outF#side
The F#Chinese doctor took her arm
Gazed Bat the floor, and read her wrist for the secrets in her F#mind
CHORUS:
"G#mHere's your medicine," she said
"If you Bnot smile at him, then someone F#else will" 
G#mYou hold that thought
And BI'll hold that thought F#too
C#OoooooBh - ooF#ooh
C#OoooooBh - ooAoohG  
VERSE:
F#I was shown the 36 Bways I'm not available 
On a simple easy F#chart
F#Later on that evening on the Bbeach in Santa Monica 
It was a very risky F#start 
CHORUS:
SupG#mpose this stupid chart is right  
BIn a year will you still feel the F#same way? 
Well, G#myou hold that thought
And BI'll hold that thought F#too
C#OoooooBh - ooF#ooh
C#OoooooBh - ooAoohG  
INSTRUMENTAL:
F#sus2maj7
F#sus4Ah
C#Ah 
VERSE:
Did you ever see the film where a Bman who's given spectacles 
That make the world look F#upside down?
He F#falls about the place, but in Btime he somehow readjusts 
And G#mwhen they take the glasses off 
The Beyes he's always had see sky beF#low him and he falls again 
CHORUS:
Well, G#myou hold that thought
And BI'll hold that thought
G#mYou hold that thought
And BI'll hold that thought
G#mYou hold that thought
And BI'll hold that thought
[bass notes under F#]
F# G# A#
F#repA#eatC#  
OUTRO:
C#OoooooBh - ooAoohG  F#maj7  

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Hold That Thought

by Ben Folds Five

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G#m

F#sus4

F#maj7

HOLD THAT THOUGHT by BEN FOLDS FIVE

From the album "The Sound of the Life of the Mind"

INTRO:

F#sus2maj7

VERSE:

F# B

She broke down and cried at the strip mall acupuncturist

While the world went on outside

The Chinese doctor took her arm

B F#

Gazed at the floor, and read her wrist for the secrets in her mind

CHORUS:

G#m

"Here's your medicine," she said

B F#

"If you not smile at him, then someone else will"

G#m

You hold that thought

B F#

And I'll hold that thought too

C# B F#

Ooooooh - ooooh

C# B A G

Ooooooh - ooooh

VERSE:

F# B

I was shown the 36 ways I'm not available

On a simple easy chart

F# B

Later on that evening on the beach in Santa Monica

It was a very risky start

CHORUS:

G#m

Suppose this stupid chart is right

B F#

In a year will you still feel the same way?

G#m

Well, you hold that thought

B F#

And I'll hold that thought too

C# B F#

Ooooooh - ooooh

C# B A G

Ooooooh - ooooh

INSTRUMENTAL:

F#sus2maj7

F#sus4

VERSE:

Did you ever see the film where a man who's given spectacles

That make the world look upside down?

F# B

He falls about the place, but in time he somehow readjusts

G#m

And when they take the glasses off

B F#

The eyes he's always had see sky below him and he falls again

CHORUS:

G#m

Well, you hold that thought

And I'll hold that thought

G#m

You hold that thought

And I'll hold that thought

G#m

You hold that thought

And I'll hold that thought

[bass notes under F#]

F# G# A#

F# A# C#

repeat

OUTRO:

C# B A G F#maj7

Ooooooh - ooooh

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