Fair — Ben Folds Five
Chords and lyrics for Fair by Ben Folds Five (key of D).
Intro
[A] [Dmaj7]
Verse 1
He [A]shouted out his last word
And he [Dmaj7]stumbled through the [A]yard[Dmaj7]
And she [D]shattered her last china [A]plate
And [Dmaj7]spun off in the [A]car[Dmaj7]
Verse 2
When he [D]lunged [A7]onto the hood
She stopped to [Dmaj7]tell him she'd been wrong
He was [A]thrown head over heels
Into the [Dmaj7]traffic coming on
Pre-Chorus
But then [A]all is fair
[Dmaj7]All is fair [A7]in love[Amaj7]
Chorus
Ba [Em7]ba ba, ba [A]ba ba, ba[Dmaj7] ba ba, ba ba[Gmaj7] ba ba
Ba [Em]ba ba, ba [A]ba ba, ba[Dmaj7] ba ba, ba ba[Gmaj7] ba ba
Ba [Em7]ba ba, ba [A]ba ba, ba[Dmaj7] ba ba, ba ba[Gmaj7] ba ba
Ba [Em7]ba ba, ba [A]ba ba, ba[Dmaj7] ba ba, ba ba[Gmaj7] ba ba
Verse 3
Did you[Gsus2] get my other [A7]letters
Sometimes I [Dmaj7]think I oughta [A][A7]call[Dmaj7]
'Cause you [A]know I often [A7]wonder
If you [Dmaj7]open them at [A][A7]all[Dmaj7]
Verse 4
Every [A7]couple nights or so
You [Dmaj7]know you pop into my dreams
I [A]just can't get rid of you
Like[Dmaj7] you got rid of me[A7]
Oh, but I [Dmaj7]send my best[A]
'Cause God knows you've seen[Dmaj7] my worst
Pre-Chorus
Yeah well, [A7]all is fair
[Dmaj7]All is fair [A]in love
Chorus
Ba [Em7]ba ba, ba [A]ba ba, ba[Dmaj7] ba ba, ba ba[Gmaj7] ba ba
Ba [Em]ba ba, ba [A]ba ba, ba[Dmaj7] ba ba, ba ba[Gmaj7] ba ba
Ba [Em7]ba ba, ba [A]ba ba, ba[Dmaj7] ba ba, ba ba[Gmaj7] ba ba
Ba [Em7]ba ba, ba [A]ba ba, ba[Dmaj7] ba ba, ba ba[Gmaj7] ba ba
[A]Ah, [A]Ah, [A]Ah, [A]Ah, [Gmaj7]Ah
Bridge
[Gmaj7]All this breathing in,[F#m7] [Dmaj7]never breathing [Gmaj7]out
[Gmaj7]All this breathing in,[F#m7] never breathing [Gmaj7]out
[Gmaj7]All this breathing in,[D] never [Fdim][Fm]braeathing [A]out
[Dmaj7] [A]
Verse 5
Well, I [A]guess she made her way
Through the[Dmaj7] mob too late to hear him [A]say[Dmaj7]
That he'd [A]gotten all he'd wanted
A[Dmaj7] crowd to watch him bear the pain[A]
He'd been [Dmaj7]keeping in
(So what) So what
Pre-Chorus
[G]All is [A]fair
[Dmaj7]All is fair in [A][G]love[Dmaj7]
Yeah well, [A]all is fair
[Dmaj7]All is fair [G]in love
Chorus
Ba [Em7]ba ba, ba [A]ba ba, ba [D]ba ba, ba [G]ba ba ba
Ba [Em]ba ba, ba [A]ba ba, ba [D]ba ba, ba [G]ba ba ba
Ba [Em]ba ba, ba [A]ba ba, ba [D]ba ba, ba [G]ba ba ba
Ba [Em]ba ba, ba [A]ba ba, ba ba ba, ba [G]ba ba
Outro
Am I [A]right?
Am I [A]right?
Not only am I [A]right
I'm lonely and [Em]I'm right[A]
Yeah
Outro
Em A [repeat a bunch of times]
Em A7 A [keep repeating/fade out, on the recording it's piano solo/riffs]
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