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Chorded by gwiz665, music&lyrics by Ben Folds
[Verse]
DmUnder some Fdirty words on a dBbirty wall
CEating tFakeout by Bbmyself
GmI played the Cshows
GmGot back in the Cvan and put the BbWalkman on
And Bbsus2you were playingC  
DmIn some other dFive a thousand Bbmiles away
CI played a Fthousand times Bbbefore
GmAnd like patChetic stars, the tGmruck stops and the rCock club walls
I aBblways knew
You Bbsus2saw them too
But you never will FagainC  
[Chorus]
It's too GmlateBb  
Don't you Fknow
It's been too Clate
For a lBbong timeC  
[Verse]
DmElliott, mFan, you played a Bbfine guitar
CAnd some Fdirty basketBbball
GmThe songs you Cwrote
GmGot me through a Clot
Just wanna Bbtell you thatBbsus2  
[Chorus]
But it's too FlateC  
It's too GmlateBb  
No, don't you Fknow
it's been too Clate
for a Bblong time
[B-part]
GmOh Cno
FThings were lF/Eooking Dmup
Least Cthat's what BbI heardBb/A  
GmOh Cno
FSomeone F/Ecame and Dmwashed aCway your Bbhard-earned
APeace of Dmmind
[solo]
DmWhen desperate Fstatic beats the Bbsilence up
CA quiet Ftruth to calm you Bbdown
GmThe songs you Cwrote
GmGot me through a Clot
Just wanna tell Bbyou thatBbsus2  
But it's too FlateC  
It's too GmlateBb  
No, don't you Fknow
it's been too Clate
for a Bblong time
It's too FlateC  
It's too GmlateBb  
No, don't you Fknow
It's been too Clate
For a long BbtimeBbsus2  

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Late

by Ben Folds

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bbsus2

F/E

Bb/A

Chorded by gwiz665, music&lyrics by Ben Folds

[Verse]

Dm F Bb

Under some dirty words on a dirty wall

C F Bb

Eating takeout by myself

Gm C

I played the shows

Gm C Bb

Got back in the van and put the Walkman on

Bbsus2 C

And you were playing

Dm F Bb

In some other dive a thousand miles away

C F Bb

I played a thousand times before

Gm C Gm C

And like pathetic stars, the truck stops and the rock club walls

I always knew

Bbsus2

You saw them too

F C

But you never will again

[Chorus]

Gm Bb

It's too late

Don't you know

It's been too late

Bb C

For a long time

[Verse]

Dm F Bb

Elliott, man, you played a fine guitar

C F Bb

And some dirty basketball

Gm C

The songs you wrote

Gm C

Got me through a lot

Bb Bbsus2

Just wanna tell you that

[Chorus]

F C

But it's too late

Gm Bb

It's too late

No, don't you know

it's been too late

for a long time

[B-part]

Gm C

Oh no

F F/E Dm

Things were looking up

C Bb Bb/A

Least that's what I heard

Gm C

Oh no

F F/E Dm C Bb

Someone came and washed away your hard-earned

A Dm

Peace of mind

[solo]

Dm F Bb

When desperate static beats the silence up

C F Bb

A quiet truth to calm you down

Gm C

The songs you wrote

Gm C

Got me through a lot

Bb Bbsus2

Just wanna tell you that

F C

But it's too late

Gm Bb

It's too late

No, don't you know

it's been too late

for a long time

F C

It's too late

Gm Bb

It's too late

No, don't you know

It's been too late

Bb Bbsus2

For a long time

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