...KATE... by Ben Folds Five
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*from 'Whatever And Ever Amen' (1997)*
(modified from Brent Ritchey's original tab)
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: F)
Intro:
D
Verse 1:
D
She plays 'Wipeout' on the drums,
Dmaj7
The squirrels and the birds come,
Em
Gather round to sing the guitar.
Gmaj7D
Oh I, have you got nothing to say?
Verse 2:
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When all words fail she speaks,
Dmaj7
Her mix tapes a masterpiece,
Em
Walks through the garden,
So the roses can see,
Gmaj7D
Oh I, have you got nothing to say?
Chorus 1:
F#m7
And you can see,
F7Em7
The daisies in her footsteps.
G6Edim
Dande-lions, butter-flies,
I wanna be:
D
Kate, Kate, Kate, Kate.
Verse 3:
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Every-day she wears the same thing,
Dmaj7
I think she smokes pot,
Em
She's everything I want,
She's everything I'm not.
Gmaj7D
Oh I, have you got nothing to say?
Chorus 1:
F#m7
She never gets wet,
F7Em7
She smiles and it's a rainbow,
G6Edim
And she speaks and she breathes,
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I wanna be Kate.
Middle 8:
Am7Gmaj7
Down by the Rosemary and Cameron,
Gm7Fmaj7
She hands out The Bhagavad Gita.
Fm7Bb7
I see her around every couple days,
Em7Edim
I wanna meet her so I can say;
DGm
Hey Kate.
Interlude:
DDmaj7
Ooh la la la, ooh la la la,
EmDmaj7
Ooh la la la, la.
DDmaj7
Ooh la la la, ooh la la la,
EmDmaj7
Ooh la la la, la.
Chorus 2:
F#m7
She never gets wet,
F7Em7
She smiles and it's a rainbow,
G6
You can see,
Edim
I wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna be...
Coda:
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Kate, Kate, Kate,
Gm
Na na,
D
Kate, Kate,
Kate, Kate,
Gm
Na na na na na na.
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)