Fred Jones, Pt. 2 chords by Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Fred sits alone at his desk in the dark
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There's an awkward,
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young shadow that waits in the hall
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He has cleared all his things and
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he's put them in boxes
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Things that remind him that life
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has been good
Verse 2
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25 years he's worked at the paper
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A man's here to take him
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downstairs
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And I'm sorry, Mr. Jones,
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it's time
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Verse 3
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There was no party,
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there were no songs
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'Cause today's just a day
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like the day that he started
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No one has left here that
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knows his first name
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Yeah, and life barrels on
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like a runaway train
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Where the passengers change,
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they don't change anything
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You get off, someone else can get on
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Verse 4
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And I'm sorry, Mr. Jones,
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it's time
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Verse 5
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Streetlight,
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it shines through the shades
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Casting lines on the floor
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and lines on his face
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He reflects on the day
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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Fred gets his paints out and
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goes to the basement
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Projecting some slides onto a plain,
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white canvas
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And traces it, fills in the spaces
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He turns off the slides and
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it doesn't look right yet
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And all of these bastards
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have taken his place
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He's forgotten and not yet gone
Verse 7
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And I'm sorry, Mr. Jones
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And I'm sorry, Mr. Jones
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And I'm sorry, Mr. Jones, it's time
Fred Jones, Pt. 2
Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five
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