Date: Sun, 28 Dec 1997 19:08:31 EST
From: Prtzl Lgc <PrtzlLgc@aol.com>
Subject: CRD:b/ben_folds_five/missing_the_war.crd

 Missing the War by Ben Folds Five
 from Whatever and Ever Amen
 written by Ben Folds
 transcribed by Zach Moats (Prtzl Lgc@aol.com)

this song has a lot of funny chords in it and i tried my hardest to figure
them out. if you can hear them better than i can, please contact me and
inform me of the correct chords. please e-mail me and tell me what you
think. 

Missing the War

Intro:  /A  Amin(add 9) / E  F# /  A  Amin (add 9)/ E /

Verse 1:

  E      Emaj7
 All is quiet.

        F#9 (voicings : G#-A#-E)
 His tired eyes

  Bsus4  B Bmin    B          Bmin        Bsus2   Bmin
See figures jotted down. And clothes all strewn around the

  A (E in bass)  Amin9(E in bass)   C+ (F# in bass)  Cmin+5 (F# in bass)
 Bedroom floor.

Verse 2: Repeat chords

Now nothing’s adding up.
And nothing’s making sense.
She’s sleeping like a baby.
She doesn’t know he wasn’t meant for this.

Chorus:

    Amaj7                       Amin (C in bass)
  I’m missing the war. (ba ba ba ba)
  Amin (C in bass)               Emaj7
  I’m missing the war. (ba ba ba ba)
       Emaj7
  All night.
              C#             F#
  Missing the war. (ba ba ba ba)
   F#
  Missing the war
Repeat intro:

Verse 3: Repeat verse chords

He drove home again.
Pissed and beaten.
It’s really no big deal
It happens all the time
It’s no big deal.

Chorus.

End chorus with:

  F#                      G       G(D in bass)  G     E  F#min  G#min
 ‘Till beads of sunlight hit me in the morning.

 C#  B    E    D      A      Amin9     E    F#      A  Amin9
So much time so little to say

Verse 3:
Time may fly.
And dreams may die.
The shaking voice that tells him go
still thinks he might
he knows he wont.

Chorus

Repeat Intro 4X’s and end with

G   G (D in bass)  G     E   F#min   G#min