Ben Folds Five - Brick,

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Song:   Brick
Artist: Ben Folds Five
Source: Whatever and Ever Amen

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this is the best i can get for a guitar arrangement
let me know what you think

standard tuning
piano arranged for guitar

chord shapes
Dsus2/G
     
D/B
     
Dsus2/E
     
E7
    -0-     -2-       -0-       -0-|
    -3-     -3-       -3-       -3-|
    -2-     -2-       -2-       -1-|
    -0-     -2-       -X-       -X-|
    -X-     -2-       -X-       -X-|
    -3-     -X-       -0-       -0-|

Intro
D
                            
Dsus2/G
-2---------2-----0-----------0----------0--------------0------------|
--------3---------------3------------3------3------3----------------|
----2---------2-----2------------2-------------2----------     X  3-|
-0---------0-----0--------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------3----------3---------------------------|

D/B
            
Dsus2/B
             
Dsus2/E
      
E7
-2-------------2------0-------------------0------------0-------|
---------3--------------------3--------3------------3------3---|
-----2-------------2------2--------2------------1--------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------|
-2-------------2------2----------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------0------------0--------------|

maintain same patterns (per chord) throughout

Verse
D
         
Dsus2/G
                 
D
                              
Dsus2/G
six am, day after christmas, throw some clothes on in the dark.
D
                   
Dsus2/G
                 
D
                     
Dsus2/G
smell of cold, car seat is freezing.  the world is sleeping.  i am
D
        
Dsus2/G
numb.
D
                
Dsus2/G
              
D
                       
Dsus2/G
up the stairs to her apartment, she is balled up on the couch.
D
                                   
Dsus2/G
                
D
                            
Dsus2/G
her mom and dad drove down to charlotte.  they?re not home to find us out.
Bridge
D/B
        
Dsus2/G
   
D/B
            
Dsus2/G
and we drive         now that i have found someone i?m
D
               
Dsus2/G
    
D/B
                    
Dsus2/E
     
E7
feeling more alone         than i ever have before

Chorus   (strum chords or pick similar miscellaneous patterns)
G
                     
A
        
D
she?s a brick and i?m drowning slowly
G
                     
A
      
Bm
off the coast and i?m headed nowhere
G
                     
A
        
D
           
G
 
A
 
G
 
D
(for piano fill)
she?s a brick and i?m drowning slowly

Verse II
D
                 
Dsus2/G
                           
Dsus2/G
they call her name at seven thirty.  i pace around the parking lot
D
           
Dsus2/G
             
D
                   
Dsus2/G
i walk down to buy her flowers, and sell some gifts that i got.

Bridge II
D/B
         
Dsus2/G
   
D/B
            
Dsus2/G
Can?t you see         it?s not me you?re dying for. now she?s
D
              
Dsus2/G
      
D/B
                     
Dsus2/E
     
E7
feeling more alone          than she ever has before

Chorus   (strum chords or pick similar miscellaneous patterns)
G
                     
A
        
D
she?s a brick and i?m drowning slowly
G
                     
A
      
Bm
off the coast and i?m headed nowhere          
G
 
A
 
G
 
D
G
                     
A
        
D
           
G
 
A
 
G
 
A
 
F#m
 
G
(for piano fill)
she?s a brick and i?m drowning slowly

Interlude
D/B
              
Dsus2/G
        
D
as weeks went by it showed that she was not fine
D/B
              
Dsus2/G
          
D
they told me son it?s time to tell the truth and
D/B
           
Dsus2/G
           
D
          
D/B
    
Dsus2/E
 
E7
she broke down, and i broke down cause i was tired          of lying

Verse III
D
  
Dsus2/G
  
D
            
Dsus2/G
            
D
               
Dsus2/G
            driving back to her apartment, for the moment we?re alone                                      
       
D
             
Dsus2/G
       
D/B
          
Dsus2/E
  
E7
she?s alone.  i?m alone.  now i know it.

Chorus   (strum chords or pick similar miscellaneous patterns)
G
                     
A
        
D
she?s a brick and i?m drowning slowly
G
                     
A
      
Bm
off the coast and i?m headed nowhere          
G
 
A
 
G
 
D
G
                     
A
        
D
           
G
 
A
 
G
 
A
 
F#m
 
G
(for piano fill)
she?s a brick and i?m drowning slowly

notes
bass goes to eighth notes on verse III (for urgency)
it?s hard to do
good luck
mike