Brick Bass Tab
Written by Ben Folds


The beginning of the verse, there's no bass. Eventually, he comes in
with his contrabass and plays a quiet little riff.

1st Verse:
6 AM, day after Christmas....
D Dsus2 G6sus2(x3)
Bm7 E7sus4 E7 Esus4

2nd verse:
And I am....dumb.
G|----------------------|
D|---------5lr----------|
A|--5lr-----------------|
E|----------------------|
Same as above chords.

It sounds best if you have a noise gate and crank it up all the way to
cut off most of the attack, so it sounds like the contrabass fading in.

The verse line comes in a bit after. It's easy, also.
I go downtown to her apartment....
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-5---5---5---5----------------------|
E|--------------------3---3---3---3---|
Same verse chords.

You may want to play the G (third fret on the E String) an ocatve higher

( fifth fret on the D String) , it's hard to tell what he's playing.

The prechorus goes like this.

And we drive Now that I have found someone I'm feelin' more alone
than
I ever have before
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|--2-2-2-------------2-2-2-----------------5--5--5---------------2-2-2---------------------------|

E|-----------3-3-3-------------3-3-3--------------------3--3--3-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

Bm7 G6sus Bm7 G6sus D G6sus 
Bm7 E7

The chorus is just a simple G-A-D progression.

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly....
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------5-5-5-5---------|
E|--3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5---------------------|
G A Dmaj9

The bridge is fairly easy, as well.
As weeks went by, it showed that she was not fine.
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------|
E7 G6sus D