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Ben Folds - Not the Same from “Rockin’ the Suburbs”
C major, 4/4
Do is supposed to be D diminished, I couldn't make the stupid circle go up the top where 
belongs, d'oh!
Verse 1:
You Ctook a trip
And G/Cclimbed a tree
    Ddim/CAt Robert Sledge's paCrty
And Cthere you stayed 'til G/Cmorning came
    Ddim/CAnd you were not the same afteCr that
You gave your life
To Jesus Christ
And after all your friends went home
You came down
You looked around
And you were not the same after that
Pre-Chorus:
Am7Aaah    Fmaj7Aaah
   CYou were not the Gsame after that
Am7Aaah    Fmaj7Aaah
   CYou were not the sGame after that
Chorus:
You see them Fmaj7drop like flies
From the Gbright sunny skies
They come Fmaj7knocking at your door
With this Glook in their eyes
You got Fmaj7one good trick
And you're Ghangin’ on, you're hangin’ on
        C2To it...
Verse 2: (same chords as before)
You took the word
And made it heard
And eased the people's pain and for that
You were idolized, immortalized
You were not the same after that
Walking tall
You'd bought it all
You were not the same after that
'Till someone died
On the water slide
And you were not the same after that
Chorus: (yep, same chords as chorus before)
You see them drop like flies
From the bright sunny skies
They come knocking at your door
With this look in their eyes
You got one good trick
And you're hangin’ on
You're hangin’ on
To it...
Pre-Chorus:
Am7Ooh ooh Fmaj7ooh       C(You were not the sGame)
Am7Ooh ooh Fmaj7oohC  G  
Chorus:
You see them drop like flies
From the bright sunny skies
They come knocking at your door
With this look in their eyes
You got one good trick
And you're hangin’ on
You're hangin’ on
(You see them Fmaj7drop like flies)
     GYou're hangin’ onFmaj7  
     GYou're hangin’ onFmaj7  
     GYou're hangin’ on
Outro:
C       G/C     Ddim/C      C
C       G/C     Ddim/C      C
If it's a bit tricky it's probably worth remembering that Ben Folds is a pianist and not 
guitarist, some of this song is a bit idiosyncratically written for piano. But it's a 
song so can't complain!!

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Not The Same

by Ben Folds

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/C

Ddim/C

Am7

Fmaj7

Ben Folds - Not the Same from “Rockin’ the Suburbs”

C major, 4/4

Do is supposed to be D diminished, I couldn't make the stupid circle go up the top where

belongs, d'oh!

Verse 1:

You took a trip

G/C

And climbed a tree

Ddim/C C

At Robert Sledge's party

C G/C

And there you stayed 'til morning came

Ddim/C C

And you were not the same after that

You gave your life

To Jesus Christ

And after all your friends went home

You came down

You looked around

And you were not the same after that

Pre-Chorus:

Am7 Fmaj7

Aaah Aaah

C G

You were not the same after that

Am7 Fmaj7

Aaah Aaah

C G

You were not the same after that

Chorus:

Fmaj7

You see them drop like flies

From the bright sunny skies

Fmaj7

They come knocking at your door

With this look in their eyes

Fmaj7

You got one good trick

And you're hangin’ on, you're hangin’ on

To it...

Verse 2: (same chords as before)

You took the word

And made it heard

And eased the people's pain and for that

You were idolized, immortalized

You were not the same after that

Walking tall

You'd bought it all

You were not the same after that

'Till someone died

On the water slide

And you were not the same after that

Chorus: (yep, same chords as chorus before)

You see them drop like flies

From the bright sunny skies

They come knocking at your door

With this look in their eyes

You got one good trick

And you're hangin’ on

You're hangin’ on

To it...

Pre-Chorus:

Am7 Fmaj7 C G

Ooh ooh ooh (You were not the same)

Am7 Fmaj7 C G

Ooh ooh ooh

Chorus:

You see them drop like flies

From the bright sunny skies

They come knocking at your door

With this look in their eyes

You got one good trick

And you're hangin’ on

You're hangin’ on

Fmaj7

(You see them drop like flies)

G Fmaj7

You're hangin’ on

G Fmaj7

You're hangin’ on

Outro:

C G/C Ddim/C C

If it's a bit tricky it's probably worth remembering that Ben Folds is a pianist and not

guitarist, some of this song is a bit idiosyncratically written for piano. But it's a

song so can't complain!!

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