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[INTRO] 
C  Cmaj7  C6  C+  Dm7  G  Dm7  G
C  Cmaj7  C6  C+  Dm7  G  Dm7  G
Won't you Clook up at the Fskyline
At the Cmortar, block, and Emglass
And Fcheck out the D/F#reflections in my Geyes
See they Calways used to be Fthere
Even Cwhen this was all was Emgrass
And I Fsang and daD/F#nced about a high-Grise
[Pre-Chrous]
And you were Flaughing at my Ghelmet hat
FLaughing at my Dm7torchG  
[Chorus]
CGo ahead and Cmaj7laugh all you C6want
I C+got my philDm7osophyG  Dm7  G  
And I trust it Clike the groCmaj7undC6  
TC+hat's why my philoDm7sophyG  
Keeps me Dm7walking when I'm falling GdownC/G  G7  
[Verse 2]
I sCee that there is Fevil
And I Cknow that there is Emgood
And the inF-betweens D/F#I never undersGtood
Would you Clook at me I'm cFrazy
But I Cget the job Emdone
I'm Fcrazy but I D/F#get the job Gdone
[Chorus]
CGo ahead and Cmaj7laugh all you C6want
I C+got my philDm7osophyG  Dm7  G  
And I trust it Clike the Cmaj7groundC6  
TC+hat's why my philoDm7sophyG  
Keeps me Dm7walking when I'm falling GdownC/G  G7  
[Bridge]
AmI pushed you cause I Eaug/G#loved you guys
Am7/GI didn't reAm6/Ealize
That you weren't Gmhaving funC  Bb  C  Bb  C  Bb  
And I Fdragged you up the stairs
And I Gtold you to fly
You were Fflapping your arms
Then you Gstarted to cry, you were Amtoo high
Too Bbhighhhhhh
C  Cmaj7  C6  C+  Dm7  G  Dm7  G
[Verse 3]
Now you Ctake this all for gFranted
You take the Cmortar, block, and Emglass
And you fForget the speech D/F#that moved the Gstone
And it's Creally not that Fyou can't see
The Cforest from the Emtrees
YFou just never been out D/F#in the woods aGlone
[Chorus]
CSo you can Cmaj7laugh all you C+want to
But C+I've got my philDm7osophyG  Dm7  G  
And I love you Cyou're my fCmaj7riendC+  
But you got no phDm7ilosophyG  
Now it's Dm7time for this song to GendC/G  G7  

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Philosophy

by Ben Folds Five

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cmaj7

C+

Dm7

D/F#

C/G

Eaug/G#

Am7/G

Am6/E

[INTRO]

C Cmaj7 C6 C+ Dm7 G Dm7 G

C F

Won't you look up at the skyline

C Em

At the mortar, block, and glass

F D/F# G

And check out the reflections in my eyes

C F

See they always used to be there

C Em

Even when this was all was grass

F D/F# G

And I sang and danced about a high-rise

[Pre-Chrous]

F G

And you were laughing at my helmet hat

F Dm7 G

Laughing at my torch

[Chorus]

C Cmaj7 C6

Go ahead and laugh all you want

C+ Dm7 G Dm7 G

I got my philosophy

C Cmaj7 C6

And I trust it like the ground

C+ Dm7 G

That's why my philosophy

Dm7 G C/G G7

Keeps me walking when I'm falling down

[Verse 2]

C F

I see that there is evil

C Em

And I know that there is good

F D/F# G

And the in-betweens I never understood

C F

Would you look at me I'm crazy

C Em

But I get the job done

F D/F# G

I'm crazy but I get the job done

[Chorus]

C Cmaj7 C6

Go ahead and laugh all you want

C+ Dm7 G Dm7 G

I got my philosophy

C Cmaj7 C6

And I trust it like the ground

C+ Dm7 G

That's why my philosophy

Dm7 G C/G G7

Keeps me walking when I'm falling down

[Bridge]

Am Eaug/G#

I pushed you cause I loved you guys

Am7/G Am6/E

I didn't realize

Gm C Bb C Bb C Bb

That you weren't having fun

And I dragged you up the stairs

And I told you to fly

You were flapping your arms

G Am

Then you started to cry, you were too high

Too highhhhhh

C Cmaj7 C6 C+ Dm7 G Dm7 G

[Verse 3]

C F

Now you take this all for granted

C Em

You take the mortar, block, and glass

F D/F# G

And you forget the speech that moved the stone

C F

And it's really not that you can't see

C Em

The forest from the trees

F D/F# G

You just never been out in the woods alone

[Chorus]

C Cmaj7 C+

So you can laugh all you want to

C+ Dm7 G Dm7 G

But I've got my philosophy

C Cmaj7 C+

And I love you you're my friend

Dm7 G

But you got no philosophy

Dm7 G C/G G7

Now it's time for this song to end

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