Chords with lyrics
Erase Me by Ben Folds Five
Intro:
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G minorGm Gm/A BbmBbm
F/AF/A F/GF/G A minorAm Am/B
C minorCm Cm/D EbmEbm Ebm/F
G minorGm Gm/Bb Gm/C Gm/C# D7b9D7b9
Top: Eb MajorEb Eb-C D MajorD
Bot: C majorC F#F# F#F#
Verse:
Ebm9Ebm9 Gm6Gm6
What was our home
Ebm9Ebm9 Gm6Gm6
Paper not stone
Ebm9Ebm9 Gm6Gm6
A augmentedA lean-to at most
Dm7Dm7 C minorCm Cm/D
And when you pulled your half away
Verse:
Ebm9Ebm9 Gm6Gm6
Gravity won
Ebm9Ebm9 Gm6Gm6
Like it always does
Ebm9Ebm9 Gm6Gm6
Did I weigh a ton?
Dm9Dm9 C minorCm
Would it be easier to just delete
G minorGm D7D7
Our pages and the plans we made?
Chorus:
G minorGm
Erase me
BbmBbm
So you don't have to face me
F/AF/A A minorAm
Put me in the ground and mow the daisies
C minorCm EbmEbm Ebm/F
Ah, the memory
G minorGm D MajorD D/C D/Bb D/AD/A
See how it goes
G minorGm
When you
G minorGm Gm/A Gm/Bb Gm/C D MajorD
Erase me
G minorGm Gm/A Gm/Bb Gm/C D MajorD
Erase me
G minorGm Gm/A Gm/Bb Gm/C D MajorD
Verse:
Ebm9Ebm9 Gm6Gm6
So what will you do
Ebm9Ebm9 Gm6Gm6
With no me for you?
Ebm9Ebm9 Gm6Gm6
I know what we said
Dm7Dm7 C minorCm
But what if I left a thing or two
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
We know that you don't seem
D/AD/A
To think about what you need
D/C D7D7
'til you reach to find that you've
G minorGm
Erased me
BbmBbm
What the fuck is this?
F/AF/A
You're crazy, turned around
A minorAm
In two weeks time replaced me
C minorCm EbmEbm Ebm/F
Ah, the memory
G minorGm D7D7
Everybody knows how it goes, you just
G minorGm
Erase me
BbmBbm
Did me like a bro and tazed me
F/AF/A A minorAm
Fireworks - poof - it's gone, amazing
C minorCm EbmEbm Ebm/F
New bio, you've gone solo
G minorGm D7D7 D/C D/Bb D/AD/A
Drawing mustaches on our wedding photo
G minorGm Gm/A Gm/Bb Gm/C D MajorD
Erase me
G minorGm Gm/A Gm/Bb Gm/C D MajorD
Erase me
G minorGm Gm/A Gm/Bb Gm/C D MajorD
Erase me
Instrumental:
Cm2 Cm2/G C minorCm Cm2/G
Abm2 Abm2/Eb Abm2 Abm2/Eb
G6G6 G6/EG6/E G6/EG6/E G6G6
Fm2/Ab Fm2 Fm2 Fm2/Ab
E MajorE EbmEbm
E MajorE EbmEbm
Cm2 Cm2/G C minorCm Cm2/G
Abm2 Abm2/Eb Abm2 Abm2/Eb
G6G6 G6/EG6/E G6/EG6/E G6G6
Fm2/Ab Fm2 Fm2 Fm2/Ab
E MajorE EbmEbm
E MajorE EbmEbm
E MajorE EbmEbm
Eb MajorEb
G minorGm
Erase me
BbmBbm
This is us shouting, baby
F/AF/A
Erase me
A minorAm
Do we call the cops now, baby?
C minorCm EbmEbm Ebm/F
Ah, the memory
G minorGm D MajorD
Everybody knows about the brand new home
G minorGm
Erase me
BbmBbm
And you'll never have to face me
F/AF/A
Erase me
A minorAm
Option-Command-Escape me
C minorCm Cm/D EbmEbm Ebm/F
And if you feel nothing
G minorGm D MajorD
Guess what I'll wanna be
Instrumental [Outro]:
G minorGm Gm/A BbmBbm
F/AF/A F/GF/G A minorAm Am/B
C minorCm Cm/D EbmEbm Ebm/F
G minorGm Gm/C Gm/C# D MajorD
G minorGm Gm/A BbmBbm
F/AF/A F/GF/G A minorAm Am/B
C minorCm Cm/D EbmEbm Ebm/F
G minorGm Gm/C Gm/C# D MajorD
G minorGm Gm/A BbmBbm
F/AF/A F/GF/G A minorAm Am/B
C minorCm Cm/D EbmEbm Ebm/F
G minorGm Gm/C Gm/C# D MajorD
G minorGm Gm/A BbmBbm
F/AF/A F/GF/G A minorAm Am/B
C minorCm Cm/D EbmEbm Ebm/F
G minorGm Gm/C Gm/C# D MajorD