Missing The War

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:

All is quiet.

F#9 (voicings : G#-A#-E)

His tired eyes

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.

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)

All night.

Missing the war. (ba ba ba ba)

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.

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.

Repeat Intro 4X’s and end with

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