Piano notes for Uncle Walter by Ben Folds Five free download and read or play online: file .txt, 4.15 kb has 177 views and 0 downloads.
artist: Ben Folds Five
song: Uncle Walter
album: Ben Folds Five
trasc.: Brent Ritchey (mxpx281@hotmail.com)
(I'll warn you, the piano solo and outro are kind
of confusing, and the chords near the end are just
approximations, but they give the idea. Think
gospel music when you play the solos!)
INTRO
[A][G] [D/F#] [Em][D][D/E][D/F] [D/F#] [D/G] [D/G#]
[A][G] [D/F#] [Em][D][D/E][D/F] [D/F#] [D/G] [D/G#]
VERSE 1 (just bass first 6 measures)
/A /[G]
Your Uncle Walter's going on and on
/[F#] /[E] /[D] /[E] /[F] /[F#] /[G] /[G#]
'Bout everything he's seen and done.
/[A] /[G]
The voice of fifty years' experience.
[D/F#] [Em] [D]
He's drunk, watching the television.
PRE-CHORUS
[Em7] [A13]
You know he's been around the world.
[Em7] [A13] [DM7] D6 [DM7]
Last night he flew to Baghdad in his magical armchair.
[D6] [Em7] [A13] [Em7] [A13]
With cigarettes and a six pack, yeah he just got back.
[G] [D] /[E] /[F] /[F#] /[G] /[G#]
His spit's flying everywhere.
CHORUS
[A9] [A9sus4] [A9] [D] /[E] /[F] /[F#] /[G] /[G#]
Your Uncle Wal - ter's going on and on.
[A9] [A9sus4] [A9] [D]
Where did you go that you were gone so long?
[Em] [Dm/F#] [G] [A13]
How could you leave me here so long with Uncle Walter?
[A][G] [D/F#] [Em][D][D/E][D/F] [D/F#] [D/G] [D/G#]
[A][G] [D/F#] [Em][D][D/E][D/F] [D/F#] [D/G] [D/G#]
VERSE 2
Your Uncle Walter saw who fired the shots,
He drove his chair in the cavalcade.
He's flown from South Africa to countries where
they beat themselves on the backs with chains.
PRE-CHORUS
There was a fleet of battleships,
And one reclining chair headed north on the Arabian sea.
Now he's back to tell us what he and his oldest boy Blair.
They're gettin' rich with their mail order scheme.
CHORUS
Your Uncle Walter's going on and on.
Where did you go that you were gone so long?
How could you leave me here so long with Uncle Walter?
BRIDGE
[Am]
Your Uncle Walter told me
[GM7]
everything he'd do if he was president.
[F#] F#7sus4/C# [F#7]
No, what a perfect world this world would be,
[Em] [G]
If he was president now. But he's not!
PIANO SOLO
[Aaug] [A6](no5) [Aaug] [A6](no5) [G]add9 [G] [Gaug] [G6](no5) [G]
[D/F#] [Em7][D][D/E][D/F] [D/F#] [D/G] [D/G#]
D/A [A] D/A [A][G] Am/G [G] [D/F#] [Em][D]
PRE-CHORUS
And he sees the children smoking pot.
He knows that in a moment they'll be shooting up heroin.
Teardrops in his armchair, a fifty minute lecture,
Tobacco juice rolling down his chin, hey, hey, hey, hey.
CHORUS
Your Uncle Walter's going on and on.
Where did you go that you were gone so long?
How could you leave me here so long with Uncle Walter?
PIANO OUTRO (sorry so confusing!)
[Aaug] [A6](no5) [Aaug] [A6](no5) [G]add9 [G] [Gaug] [G6](no5) [G]
[D/F#] [Em7][D][D/E][D/F] [D/F#] [D/G] [D/G#]
[Aaug] [A6](no5) [Aaug] [A6](no5) [G]add9 [G] [Gaug] [G6](no5) [G]
[D/F#] [Em7][D][D/E][D/F] [D/F#] [D/G] [D/G#]
[A] [D/A] [Am][G] [C/G] [D/F#] [Em][D][D/E][D/F] [D/F#] [D/G] [D/G#]
[A] [D/A] [Am7][G] [Em/G] [D/F#] [Em][D]
(Come on!)
[A][G] [D/F#] [Em][D][D/E][D/F] [D/F#] [D/G] [D/G#]
[A][G] [D/F#] [Em][D][D/E][D/F] [D/F#] [D/G] [D/G#]
[A7][G] [D/F#] [Em][D][D/E][D/F] [D/F#] [D/G] [D/G#]
[A][G] [D/F#] [Em][D][D/E][D/F] [D/F#] [D/G] [D/G#]
D/A Em/G [D/F#] [Em][D][D/E][D/F] [D/F#] [D/G] [D/G#]
D/A Em/G [D/F#] [Em][D][D/E][D/F] [D/F#] [D/G] [D/G#]
[Aaug] [A6](no5) [Aaug] [A6](no5) [G]add9 [G] [Gaug] [G6](no5) [G]
[D/F#] [Em7][D] /[A] /[B][D]
This transcription © copyright 1999, Brent Ritchey.