Best Imitation Of Myself chords by Ben Folds

Chords with lyrics

Modified from Paul J. Hyun's tab by brandon.bsh.simon
"Best Imitation of Myself" by Ben Folds Five

Tab names and lyrics corrected for easier playability. Thanks to Paul for his work on this tab!

Verse:
       C majorC          C/BC/B
I feel like a quote out of context,
  A minorAm        G+G    FF        G+G      A minorAm D MajorD
Withholding the rest so I can be for you what you wanna see.
     C majorC          C/BC/B   A minorAm
I got the gesture and sounds, got the timing down
G+G   FF        G+G       A minorAm    D MajorD
It's uncanny, yeah, you'd think it was me. Do you think I should
G+G    E7E7   A minorAm   G+G    D MajorD
Take a class to lose my southern accent?
  FF     G+G       FF      G+G
Did I make me up or make the face that is stuck
     FF    G+G      C majorC
I do the best imitation of myself.

Verse:
  C majorC           C/BC/B  A minorAm       G+G
The "problem with you" speech you gave me was fine
      FF     G+G    A minorAm     D MajorD
I liked the theories about my little stage.
   C majorC         C/BC/B   A minorAm
And I swore I was listening till I started drifting
G+G     FF       G+G     A minorAm   D MajorD
Around the part about me acting my age.  Now if it's
G+G    E7E7      A minorAm    G+G  D MajorD
All the same... I've people to entertain.
      FF     G+G        FF      G+G
You know I'll juggle one-handed, do some magic tricks and
  FF    G+G     C majorC
The best imitation of myself.

Bridge:
E7E7          A minorAm
Maybe I'm thinking myself in a hole...
E7E7  A minorAm
Wondering...
   FF     A minorAm
Who I am when I oughta know
      FF   A minorAm     E7E7
Straighten up now time to go fool somebody else...
A minorAm    G+G  D MajorD  G+G E7E7
Fool somebody else.

Verse:
         C majorC       C/BC/B  A minorAm     G+G
Last night I was east with them... and west within...
     FF        G+G     A minorAm  D MajorD
Trying to be for you what you wanna see.
     C majorC            C/BC/B   A minorAm
But I can't help it with you, the good and bad comes through
G+G       FF        G+G      A minorAm D MajorD
Don't want you hanging out with no-one but me.
        G+G    E7E7     A minorAm      G+G   D MajorD
Now that it's all the same... it comes from the same place.
     FF        G+G
And if my mind's somewhere else
       FF    G+G
You won't be able to tell
     FF    G+G      C majorC
I do the best imitation of myself

Outro:
      FF    G+G
Yes it's uncanny to see
       FF      G+G
You'd really think it was me.
     FF    G+G   A minorAm   D MajorD
The best imitation of myself...
     FF    G+G      D MajorD