Exhausting Lover chords by 
Ben Folds 
N/A
Key: E major•
Verse 1
E
I woke up in a truck stop parking lot
A
A girl in a red white and blue
E
halter top was staring
A
E
Thick glasses like mine
A
E
And a low bored monotone vocal
A
fry (I like that)
Verse 2
E
She said, who's the band on the bus?
What bus?
That one, nerd, the one that you got off of
A
E
A
Oh, probably no one
E
you've heard of
Verse 3
C#m
Don't know what came over me
G#m
As I awkwardly dropped my room key
A
I said I think that's yours
Bm
And three hours later,
C
I was banging this verse out
E
A
Oh no, head meet floor
E
I don't wanna do this no more
A
Every kiss is a jam band solo
D
Never gonna say YOLO no mo'
E
My mind says no
A
My body says hell no
Let this be over
E
Exhausting lover
B
Verse 4
E
Not sure if she couldn't stop
Or if she wouldn't stop
As the motel carpet gave
A
me five more raw spots
E
What's that stabbing my back?
A
E
Ah, that's a wire from her halter top
There was an hour where
her head kept banging
Against the bottom of a table top
I saw my life in a split screen
A
E
But life's just one shot
Verse 5
C#m
What the hell would I tell my girlfriend
G#m
But the thing is she's not
A
my girlfriend anymore
Bm
A
I traded it all for some third
C
A
degree carpet burn
Verse 6
E
A
Oh no, head meet floor
E
I don't wanna do this no more
A
Every kiss is a jam band solo
Never gonna say YOLO no mo'
D
E
My mind says no
D
A
My body says hell no
E
Let this be over
Interlude 1
Exhausting lover
E
A
B
A
B
Asus4
A
F
Dm
D
Esus4
E
F#
A
Verse 7
E
Then she handed me
a Hot Wheels track
I said, girl that's pretty weird
Where did you get that?
A
She said never mind that
E
Here nerd, beat my ass in the
A
bath like my dad did
E
When I was a bad kid
I said, nah what's this
Let me up out of the Motel Six
Esus4
And tell me where my pants went
E
That's when I heard
the door breaking
Esus4
It wasn't housekeeping
Verse 8
It was her boyfriend
C#m
Don't know what came over me
G#m
A
Out the door in my boxer briefs
Some dude live tweeted
G
A
As I ran half-naked past
Bbdim
C
past a Cracker Barrel
Verse 9
E
A
Oh no, head meet floor
E
I don't wanna do this no more
A
Every kiss is a jam band solo
Never gonna say YOLO no mo'
D
My mind says no
A
My body says hell no
E
Let this be over
Interlude 2
Exhausting lover
B
E
A
Verse 10
E
I don't wanna do this no more
A
E
A
Exhausting lover
I don't wanna do this no more
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A C#m G#m Bm...
E
A
C#m
G#m
Bm
C
D
B
Asus4
F
Dm
Esus4
F#
G
Bbdim
Capo: 2
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