Eddie Walker by Ben Folds Five
Transcribed by Ryan Hughes

AA Piano Chord 
                                A/C#A/C# Piano Chord 
     DD Piano Chord 

Won't you smile you look so shocked
EE Piano Chord 

Put the name tag on your smock
E7E7 Piano Chord 
        A/C#A/C# Piano Chord 
                 DD Piano Chord 
             EE Piano Chord 

We've come to see you Eddie Walker
AA Piano Chord 
                     A/C#A/C# Piano Chord 
     DD Piano Chord 

We may pack a little tight
EE Piano Chord 

The girl up front says it's all right
E7E7 Piano Chord 
               A/C#A/C# Piano Chord 

and look there's more of us
DD Piano Chord 
                   A/C#A/C# Piano Chord 

still gettin off the bus
DD Piano Chord 
                           EE Piano Chord 

we wish you'd come back home with us
A/C#A/C# Piano Chord 
  A/F#A/F# Piano Chord 
 A/EA/E Piano Chord 
               DD Piano Chord 

Eddie Walker this is your life

D/C#D/C# Piano Chord 
                        D/BD/B Piano Chord 

D/AD/A Piano Chord 
                         E/G#E/G# Piano Chord 
   E/F#E/F# Piano Chord 


AA Piano Chord 
                                A/C#A/C# Piano Chord 
     DD Piano Chord 

This one's you when you were small
EE Piano Chord 

and you're learning how to walk
E7E7 Piano Chord 
                           A/C#A/C# Piano Chord 
                 DD Piano Chord 

they pick you up and you keep fallin down
AA Piano Chord 
                                A/C#A/C# Piano Chord 
     DD Piano Chord 

There you are with aunt Louise
EE Piano Chord 

you're bouncing on her knees
E7E7 Piano Chord 
                          A/C#A/C# Piano Chord 
                 DD Piano Chord 

remember all those trees behind the garden
A/C#A/C# Piano Chord 
                 DD Piano Chord 

they're gone
EE Piano Chord 

they all got cut down when she died
A/C#A/C# Piano Chord 
  A/F#A/F# Piano Chord 
 A/EA/E Piano Chord 
               DD Piano Chord 

Eddie Walker this is your life
D/C#D/C# Piano Chord 
                        D/BD/B Piano Chord 

You never had a son or a wife
D/AD/A Piano Chord 
                         E/G#E/G# Piano Chord 
   E/F#E/F# Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 

you sure had a hell of a time
A/C#A/C# Piano Chord 
  A/F#A/F# Piano Chord 
 A/EA/E Piano Chord 
               DD Piano Chord 

oh Eddie walker this is your life

D/AD/A Piano Chord 
                         E/G#E/G# Piano Chord 
   E/F#E/F# Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 


DD Piano Chord 
                               A/C#A/C# Piano Chord 

This one's you and Mary Jo
D#dimD#dim Piano Chord 

She couldn't come she says hello
F#dim7F#dim7 Piano Chord 
   Fdim7Fdim7 Piano Chord 
                             AA Piano Chord 

No Eddie Walker she doesn't hate your guts
Fdim7Fdim7 Piano Chord 
                                         AA Piano Chord 

It's just the whole thing shook her up
D#dimD#dim Piano Chord 
                DD Piano Chord 
       Fdim7Fdim7 Piano Chord 

How they picked you up and you kept falling down
A/C#A/C# Piano Chord 
  A/F#A/F# Piano Chord 
 A/EA/E Piano Chord 
               DD Piano Chord 

oh Eddie walker
D/AD/A Piano Chord 
                         E/G#E/G# Piano Chord 
   E/F#E/F# Piano Chord 

this is your life
A/C#A/C# Piano Chord 
  A/F#A/F# Piano Chord 
 A/EA/E Piano Chord 
               DD Piano Chord 

no Eddie Walker this is your life
D/C#D/C# Piano Chord 
                        D/BD/B Piano Chord 

You never had a coat or a tie
D/AD/A Piano Chord 
                         E/G#E/G# Piano Chord 
   E/F#E/F# Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 

You never had a reason to cry

FmFm Piano Chord 
 DD Piano Chord 
 AA Piano Chord 
 EE Piano Chord 

FmFm Piano Chord 
 DD Piano Chord 
 AA Piano Chord 
 EE Piano Chord 

FmFm Piano Chord 
 DD Piano Chord 
 AA Piano Chord 
 EE Piano Chord 

A/C#A/C# Piano Chord 
   DD Piano Chord 


AA Piano Chord 
                                A/C#A/C# Piano Chord 
     DD Piano Chord 

This whole stack and all of these
EE Piano Chord 

Your semester overseas
E7E7 Piano Chord 
                           A/C#A/C# Piano Chord 
          DD Piano Chord 

We're gonna leave you Eddie Walker

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This is how I voice the chords

A=      5,7,7,6,5,X
A/C#=   X,4,7,6,5,X
D=      X,5,7,7,7,X
E=      X,7,6,4,5,X
E7=     X,5,6,4,6,X
A/F#=   X,X,4,6,5,X
A/E =   X,7,X,6,5,X

D       X,5,7,7,7,X
D/C#    X,4,7,7,7,X
D/B     7,X,7,7,7,X
D/A     5,X,7,7,7,X
E/G#    4,X,X,4,5,4
E/F#    2,X,X,4,5,4
E       0,2,2,1,0,0 ----within the verse I use the other E voicing

from the Mary jo verse

D#dim   X,6,7,8,7,X
F#dim7  X,9,10,8,10,X
Fdim7   X,8,9,7,9,X

Instrumental part before the last verse

F#mF#m Piano Chord 
     2,4,4,2,2,2
D       X,5,7,7,7,5
AA Piano Chord 
       5,7,7,6,5,5
EE Piano Chord 
       0,2,2,1,0,0

A/C#    X,4,7,6,5,X
D       X,5,7,7,7,X

I think that is all. Thanks to Skip for submitting the other
Ben Folds songs. This is my favorite band, and Id like
to help some other guitarists play their material.  -Ryan