BEN FOLDS FIVE - "The Luckiest" Tablature

Band: Ben Folds
Song: The Luckiest
Tabbed By: \JEB/,


Intro: D|G|D|A|Bm|F#m|G|D A|

D A D G
I don't get many things right the first time
D Bm C C
In fact, I am told that a lot
A
Now I know all the wrong turns,
D Bm F#m A
The stumbles and falls brought me here

Bm G Bm
And where was I before the day
E A
That I first saw your lovely face
F#m G G
Now I see it every day
D A
And I know

D A Bm
That I am
F#m
I am
G A D D D
I am the luckiest

D A
What if I'd been born
D G
Fifty years before you
D
In a house
Bm C C
On the street where you live

A D
Maybe I'd be outside
Bm F#m
As you passed on your bike
A A
Would I know?

Bm G
In a wide see of eyes
Bm G
See one pair I recognize
D A
And I know

D A Bm
That I am
F#m
I am
G A D D D
I am the luckiest

Em Em Bm
I love you more than I have
Bm D G D D
Ever found a way to say to you

D
Next door
A
There's an old man
D G
Who lived into his nineties
D Bm C C
And one day, passed away in his sleep

A A
And his wife, she stayed
D G D Bm F#m A Bm
For a couple of days and passed away

G
I'm sorry, I know that's a
Bm E A
Strange way to tell you that I know
F#m G G
We belong
D A
That I know

D A Bm
That I am
F#m
I am
G A D D D
I am the luckiest