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Song title:      Gone
Original Album:  Rockin' The Suburbs

Words and Music by Ben Folds
Copyright © 2001 Epic Records
Published by Sony Music Entertainment

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Timing is 6/8.



INTRO:
Notes:
Play chords as quavers (8th notes).

Chords:
F   x33211 or xx756x
Am  x02210 or x 10 9 10 x
Bb  x887xx or xx876x
C   x32010 or xx555x


[play: 6/8| F | Am | Bb | C |]  [x2]



VERSE1:
Notes:
Play chords as quavers (8th notes).

Chords:
F   x33211 or xx756x
Am  x02210 or x 10 9 10 x
Bb  x887xx or xx876x
C   x32010 or xx555x


| F                  | Am                | Bb  | C
I thought I'd write, I thought I'd let you know

     | F                    | Am               | Bb       | C
In the year since you've been gone, I've finally let you go

    | F                | Am           | Bb  | C
And I hope you find some time to drop a note



CHORUS1:
Chords:
Am  xx755x [and x02210 (2nd time)]
C   xxx010 [and x3555x (2nd time)]
F   xx756x
Bb  x887xx or xx876x


         | Am | %        | C | % 
But if you won't, then you won't

  | F | Am | Bb    | C       | F | Am | Bb | C |
And I_______ will consider you gone



VERSE2:
Notes:
Play chords as quavers (8th notes).

Chords:
F   x33211 or xx756x
Am  x02210 or x 10 9 10 x
Bb  x887xx or xx876x
C   x32010 or xx555x


| F                | Am                | Bb  | C
I know that you went straight to someone else

      | F                     | Am           | Bb  | C
While I worked through all this shit here by myself

    | F                   | Am             | Bb  | C
And I think that you should spend some time alone



CHORUS2:
Chords:
Am  xx755x [and x02210 (2nd time)]
C   xxx010 [and x3555x (2nd time)]
F   xx756x
Bb  x887xx or xx876x


         | Am | %        | C | % 
But if you won't, then you won't

  | F | Am | Bb   | C
And I_______ will...

  | F | Am | Bb    | C       | Dm |* [start of piano interlude]
And I_______ will consider you gone



PIANO INTERLUDE:

  Dm*
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-10------6---8---6---3---|
|---------10----------10--|-----7-------------------|
|-----10----------10------|-------------------------|
|-12----------12----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |

  gone



  Gm                        Bb
|-3---------------3-------|-1-----------1-------3---|
|-3---3---------------3---|-3-----------------------|
|-3-------3---3-----------|-3-------3---------------|
|-------------------------|-----3-----------3-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |


  C#                        F
|-4-------1---4---3---1---|-5-----------5-----------|
|-6---2-------------------|---------6-----------6---|
|-6-----------------------|-----5-----------5-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |


  Gm                        
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------8-----------|-6---3-------8-----------|
|-----7-----------7-------|---------3-------7-------|
|-8-------8-----------8---|---------------------8---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |

  Gone,       gone,         gone,       gone,


  Gm                        
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------8-----------|-6---3-------6---3-------|
|-----7-----------7-------|---------3-----------3---|
|-8-------8-----------8---|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |

  Gone,       gone,         gone,       gone,


  F                         C           Bb
|-5-----------1-----------|-3-----------------------|
|-6-----------------------|-5-------5---6-----------|
|-5-----------14----------|-5---5-------7-------7---|
|-------------10----------|-------------8---8-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |


  F                         C           Bb
|-5-----------1-----------|-3-----------------------|
|-6-----------------------|-5-------5---6-----------|
|-5-----------14----------|-5---5-------7-------7---|
|-------------10----------|-------------8---8-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |


  F                         C
|-------------1-----------|-------------3-----------|
|-6-------1-----------1---|-5-------1-----------1---|
|-5---3-----------3-------|-5---0-----------0-------|
|-7-----------------------|-5-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |


  C                         F
|-3-------3---0---3-------|-------------1-------1---|
|-5---------------1-------|-1-------1-------1-------|
|-5-------5-----------0---|-------------2-------2---|
|-5---5-------------------|-----3-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |


  C
|-0-----------3-----------|-0-----------------------|
|---------1-----------1---|-------------------------|
|-----0-----------0-------|-----0________-----------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |



BRIDGE:
Chords:
F   x33211    C       x3555x
Dm  x57765    G       355433
Bb  688766    C#maj7  x46564


     | F | %   | Dm | %    | Bb | %        | C
I wake up in the night, all alone and it's alright

       | Dm | %         | G | %          | Bb | % | C#maj7 | % | % |
The chemicals are wearing off since you've gone,    go__o__o__one



VERSE3:
Notes:
Play chords as quavers (8th notes).

Chords:
F   x33211 or xx756x
Am  x02210 or x 10 9 10 x
Bb  x887xx or xx876x
C   x32010 or xx555x


  | F             | Am              | Bb | C
The days go on, the lights go off and on

  | F            | Am                | Bb | C
And nothing really matters when you're gone

     | F            | Am       | Bb | C
If you think you feel nothing at all



CHORUS3:
Chords:
Am  xx755x [and x02210 (2nd time)]    Dm      x57765
C   xxx010 [and x3555x (2nd time)]    Bbm     688666
F   xx756x                            C#maj7  x46564
Bb  x887xx or xx876x


     | Am | %        | C | % 
If you don't, then you don't

     | Am | %        | C | %
If you won't, then you won't

  | F | Am | Bb   | C
And I_______ will...

  | F | Am | Bb   | C
And I_______ will...


        | F | Am | Bb    | C       | Dm | Bbm | C#maj7 |
Yeah, and I_______ will consider you gone

[end on F]