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

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/BD/B Piano Chord 
     Dsus2/E     E7E7 Piano Chord 

-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
DD Piano Chord 
                            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/BD/B Piano Chord 
            Dsus2/B             Dsus2/E      E7E7 Piano Chord 

-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
DD Piano Chord 
         Dsus2/G                 DD Piano Chord 
                              Dsus2/G
six am, day after christmas, throw some clothes on in the dark.
DD Piano Chord 
                   Dsus2/G                 DD Piano Chord 
                     Dsus2/G
smell of cold, car seat is freezing.  the world is sleeping.  i am
DD Piano Chord 
        Dsus2/G
numb.
DD Piano Chord 
                Dsus2/G              DD Piano Chord 
                       Dsus2/G
up the stairs to her apartment, she is balled up on the couch.
DD Piano Chord 
                                   Dsus2/G                DD Piano Chord 
    Dsus2/G
her mom and dad drove down to charlotte.  they're not home to find us out.
Bridge
D/BD/B Piano Chord 
        Dsus2/G   D/BD/B Piano Chord 
            Dsus2/G
and we drive         now that i have found someone i'm
DD Piano Chord 
               Dsus2/G    D/BD/B Piano Chord 
                    Dsus2/E     E7E7 Piano Chord 

feeling more alone         than i ever have before



Chorus   (strum chords or pick similar miscellaneous patterns)
GG Piano Chord 
                     AA Piano Chord 
        DD Piano Chord 

she's a brick and i'm drowning slowly
GG Piano Chord 
                     AA Piano Chord 
      BmBm Piano Chord 

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

Bridge II
D/BD/B Piano Chord 
         Dsus2/G   D/BD/B Piano Chord 
            Dsus2/G
Can't you see         it's not me you're dying for. now she's
DD Piano Chord 
              Dsus2/G      D/BD/B Piano Chord 
                     Dsus2/E     E7E7 Piano Chord 

feeling more alone          than she ever has before

Chorus   (strum chords or pick similar miscellaneous patterns)
GG Piano Chord 
                     AA Piano Chord 
        DD Piano Chord 

she's a brick and i'm drowning slowly
GG Piano Chord 
                     AA Piano Chord 
      BmBm Piano Chord 

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/BD/B Piano Chord 
              Dsus2/G        DD Piano Chord 

as weeks went by it showed that she was not fine
D/BD/B Piano Chord 
              Dsus2/G          DD Piano Chord 

they told me son it's time to tell the truth and
D/BD/B Piano Chord 
           Dsus2/G           DD Piano Chord 
          D/BD/B Piano Chord 
    Dsus2/E E7E7 Piano Chord 

she broke down, and i broke down cause i was tired          of lying

Verse III
DD Piano Chord 
  Dsus2/G  DD Piano Chord 
            Dsus2/G            DD Piano Chord 
               Dsus2/G
driving back to her apartment, for the moment we're alone         
 DD Piano Chord 
             Dsus2/G       D/BD/B Piano Chord 
          Dsus2/E  E7E7 Piano Chord 

she's alone.  i'm alone.  now i know it.

Chorus   (strum chords or pick similar miscellaneous patterns)
GG Piano Chord 
                     AA Piano Chord 
        DD Piano Chord 

she's a brick and i'm drowning slowly
GG Piano Chord 
                     AA Piano Chord 
      BmBm Piano Chord 

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