Ben Folds
Cavaco chords Intermediate level Intermediate
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INTRO 
Bm7  Bm7/A  Bm7  E/B  Bm7 
F/G  F      F/G  C/G  Csus2/G 
E9   E4/9  E9 

Bm7  Bm7/A  Bm7  E/B  Bm7 
F/G  F      F/G  C/G  Csus2/G 
E9   E4/9  E9 



 Bm7 
Another guilty white boy 
F/G                   E9  E4/9  E9 
Won't you turn me in? 
Bm7 
Always had it easy 
F/G                  E9  E4/9  E9  Bm7 
Charge me for my sins 



                       E9 
Ain't been through the slavery 
                       C/D 
Ain't been through the cotton fields 
            Em7/A 
Through the back of a bus, oh 
           B9 
'Cause I'm guilty 
                       E9 
Ain't been through the slavery 
                       C/D 
Ain't been through the cotton fields 
            Em7/A 
Through the back of a bus, oh 
           B9 
'Cause I'm, ooh, guilty 

Instrumental BREAK 

Bm7  Bm7/A   Bm7  E/B  Bm7 
F/G  F       F/G  C/G  Csus2/G 
E9   E4/9  E9 


 
Bm7 
Broken bones and bruises 
F/G                             E9  E4/9  E9 
Daddy brought the ball this far 
    Bm7 
But living on his shoulders 
   F/G                    E9  E4/9  E9  Bm7 
He passed it with his car 



                      E9 
I've been through the little league 
                        C/D 
A nine years old in the social arena 
               Em7/A 
Oh baby, gonna beat, beat, beat em 
           B9 
'Cause I'm guilty 
                      E9 
I've been through the little league 
                        C/D 
A nine years old in the social arena 
               Em7/A 
Oh baby, gonna beat, beat, beat em 
           B9 
'Cause I'm guilty 

BRIDGE 
D7/#9  C9    G7 
Bm7   E/B   Bm7 
D7/#9  C9    G7 
Bm7   E/B   Bm7 

E9  C/D  Em7/A  B9 
E9  C/D  Em7/A  G7 


 
Bm7                    F/G 
Always had it easy, my future's in the mail 
E9              E4/9   E9 
Every reason to succeed, every chance to fail 
          Bm7                F/G 
Ain't got nothing on nobody, no, no, no, no, no, no, no 
     E9              E4/9    Bm7 
If I found that opportunity, I lost my soul 



            E9 
Grandpa saw World War II 
            C/D 
Old man saw Vietnam 
                     Em7/A 
I spent my allowance to see Mauthausen 
           B9 
'Cause I'm guilty 

                      E9 
I've been through the little league 
                        C/D 
A nine years old in the social arena 
               Em7/A 
Oh baby, gonna beat, beat, beat em 
           B9 
'Cause I'm guilty 

OUTRO 

                       E9 
Ain't been through the slavery 
                       C/D 
Ain't been through the cotton fields 
            Em7/A 
Through the back of a bus, oh 
           B9 
'Cause I'm guilty 
           E9 
You wonder why we fall 
          C/D 
On top of everyone 
           Em7/A 
You wonder why we're no fun 
             B9 
'Cause we're guilty
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