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On Being Frank by Ben Folds Five
from the album "The Sound of the Life of the Mind" (2012)
INTRO:
Gmaj9  C/D
Gmaj9  C/D
VERSE:
I Ghad it all,     D/Gor Am/Gshould I say I saw it all?
And it's a Emlong way from the duBmstbin of New EmJersey to the Bmtop
Who would have Amknown?Fmaj7  
Who would have Dsus4knownD  
I Ghad a dream,    D/Gbut Am/Gdreams had other plans for me
For 30 Emyears I set the Bmthermostat
Where EmFrank Sinatra Bmliked it,
Pulled his Amgirls and hung his Emhats
I never Amknew which ones were Emmine
Now he's Bmgone, and I'm DaloneD7  
CHORUS:
And I Gdon't know where I might be going
I Bmheard the wind, the wind stopped blowing
AmSet me on the roadside coming home
But Dhome, for Emme was always Csomeone else you Dknow
That Emshadows always Cfall, when the Dsun goes down
Gmaj9  C/D
Gmaj9  C/D
VERSE:
I Gshook the hands,      D/G  Am/Gmafia dons and presidents
And though they Emalways smile poBmlitely
With a Emmeasure of Bmdecorum
Still their Ameyes would scan beEmyond me
For a Amglimpse of something Emmore
But now he's Bmgone,
Now they're DgoneD7  
CHORUS:
And I Gdon't know where I might be going
I Bmheard the wind, the wind stopped blowing
AmSet me on the roadside coming home
But Dhome, for Emme was always Csomeone else you Dknow
That Emshadows always Cfall, when the Dsun goes down
Gmaj9  C/D
Gmaj9  C/D
PIANO SOLO:
G   D/G  Am/G
Em  Bm  Em  Bm
Am  Fmaj7   D
BRIDGE:
DAlone, the Emshadow of a Cstar, don't you Dknow
That Emshadows always Cfall, yeah Dshadows always fall,
When the sun goes down
CHORUS:
And I Gdon't know where I might be going
I Bmheard the wind, the wind stopped blowing
AmSet me on the roadside coming home
And Dhome, for Emme was always Csomeone else you Dknow
OUTRO:
Em  C  D
Em  C  D
Em  C  D
Em  C  D

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On Being Frank

by Ben Folds Five

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Chords in this song · guitar

Gmaj9

C/D

D/G

Am/G

Fmaj7

Dsus4

On Being Frank by Ben Folds Five

from the album "The Sound of the Life of the Mind" (2012)

INTRO:

Gmaj9 C/D

VERSE:

G D/G Am/G

I had it all, or should I say I saw it all?

Em Bm Em Bm

And it's a long way from the dustbin of New Jersey to the top

Am Fmaj7

Who would have known?

Dsus4 D

Who would have known

G D/G Am/G

I had a dream, but dreams had other plans for me

Em Bm

For 30 years I set the thermostat

Em Bm

Where Frank Sinatra liked it,

Am Em

Pulled his girls and hung his hats

Am Em

I never knew which ones were mine

Bm D D7

Now he's gone, and I'm alone

CHORUS:

And I don't know where I might be going

I heard the wind, the wind stopped blowing

Set me on the roadside coming home

D Em C D

But home, for me was always someone else you know

Em C D

That shadows always fall, when the sun goes down

Gmaj9 C/D

VERSE:

G D/G Am/G

I shook the hands, mafia dons and presidents

Em Bm

And though they always smile politely

Em Bm

With a measure of decorum

Am Em

Still their eyes would scan beyond me

Am Em

For a glimpse of something more

But now he's gone,

D D7

Now they're gone

CHORUS:

And I don't know where I might be going

I heard the wind, the wind stopped blowing

Set me on the roadside coming home

D Em C D

But home, for me was always someone else you know

Em C D

That shadows always fall, when the sun goes down

Gmaj9 C/D

PIANO SOLO:

G D/G Am/G

Em Bm Em Bm

Am Fmaj7 D

BRIDGE:

D Em C D

Alone, the shadow of a star, don't you know

Em C D

That shadows always fall, yeah shadows always fall,

When the sun goes down

CHORUS:

And I don't know where I might be going

I heard the wind, the wind stopped blowing

Set me on the roadside coming home

D Em C D

And home, for me was always someone else you know

OUTRO:

Em C D

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