On Being Frank

	  		On Being Frank by Ben Folds Five 
from the album "The Sound of the Life of the Mind" (2012) 

Intro: 
Gmaj9  C/D 
Gmaj9  C/D 

Verse: 
  G          D/G     Am/G 
I had it all,     or should I say I saw it all? 
           Em                  Bm           Em            Bm 
And it's a long way from the dustbin of New Jersey to the top 
               Am      Fmaj7 
Who would have known? 
               Dsus4  D 
Who would have known 

  G           D/G     Am/G 
I had a dream,    but dreams had other plans for me 
       Em              Bm 
For 30 years I set the thermostat 
      Em            Bm 
Where Frank Sinatra liked it, 
           Am                 Em 
Pulled his girls and hung his hats 
        Am                   Em 
I never knew which ones were mine 
         Bm            D      D7 
Now he's gone, and I'm alone 


      G      
And I don't know where I might be going 
  Bm 
I heard the wind, the wind stopped blowing 
Am 
Set me on the roadside coming home 
    D         Em            C                D 
But home, for me was always someone else you know 
     Em             C              D 
That shadows always fall, when the sun goes down 


Gmaj9  C/D 
Gmaj9  C/D 

Verse: 
  G               D/G   Am/G   
I shook the hands,      mafia dons and presidents 
                Em             Bm 
And though they always smile politely 
       Em         Bm 
With a measure of decorum 
            Am                Em 
Still their eyes would scan beyond me 
      Am                   Em 
For a glimpse of something more 
             Bm 
But now he's gone, 
            D     D7 
Now they're gone 

      G      
And I don't know where I might be going 
  Bm 
I heard the wind, the wind stopped blowing 
Am 
Set me on the roadside coming home 
    D         Em            C                D 
But home, for me was always someone else you know 
     Em             C              D 
That shadows always fall, when the sun goes down 


Gmaj9  C/D 
Gmaj9  C/D 

PIANO Solo: 
G   D/G  Am/G 
Em  Bm  Em  Bm 
Am  Fmaj7   D 

Bridge: 
D          Em          C               D 
Alone, the shadow of a star, don't you know 
     Em             C          D 
That shadows always fall, yeah shadows always fall, 

When the sun goes down 

      G      
And I don't know where I might be going 
  Bm 
I heard the wind, the wind stopped blowing 
Am 
Set me on the roadside coming home 
    D         Em            C                D 
And home, for me was always someone else you know 


OUTRO: 
Em  C  D   
Em  C  D   
Em  C  D   
Em  C  D