Ben Folds 5 - Rockin' the Suburbs
Tabbed By: Pseudo
Email: acook1@attbi.com

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


I tabbed everything in the song except for the little fill right after
the intro (which they do twice), and the riff-thing at the end. I also
tabbed the lead synth-part.

Guitar 1-Electric Distorted
Guitar 2-Acoustic

Key

x-Mute
~-let note ring
~ above tab-vibrato


Intro Guitar 1
    C5         D5       F5         C5
e------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G---5-xx-5-xxx-7-x-7-xx------------5-x-5---|     x4
D---5-xx-5-xxx-7-x-7-xx-3-xx-3-xxx-5-x-5---|
A---3-xx-3-xxx-5-x-5-xx-3-xx-3-xxx-3-x-3---|
E-----------------------1-xx-1-xxx---------|


Synth arr. for Guitar (0:05)

e--------8---10-----------8---8-0-----|
B---8-10---8----10---8-10---8---------|                                                x3
G-------------------------------------|    x3
D-------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------|


Guitar 2 (0:09)
    C   D         F   C
e---0-0-2--2-2-2--1-1-0--0-0---|
B---1-1-3--3-3-3--1-1-1--1-1---|   x2
G---0-0-2--2-2-2--2-2-0--0-0---|
D---2-2-0--0-0-0--3-3-2--2-2---|
A---3-3---------------3--3-3---|
E------------------------------|


Verse 1 Guitar 1 (octaves) at 0:25

e-------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------| x8
G---5----7----10--------5----7--------------|
D---------------------------------3---------|
A---3----5----8---------3----5--------------|
E---------------------------------1---------|

Verse 1 Guitar 2 at 0:45
    C     D        F
e---0-0---2-2-2-2--1-1-1---|
B---1-1---3-3-3-3--1-1-1---| x4
G---0-0---2-2-2-2--2-2-2---|
D---2-2---0-0-0-0--3-3-3---|
A---3-3--------------------|
E--------------------------|

Guitar 1 Chorus at 1:05 (heavy distortion)
    D5               F5     C5
e-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G---7-x-7-7-x-7-x-7-------x-5-x-5---| x4 (end chorus on 4th F5)
D---7-x-7-7-x-7-x-7--3~~~-x-5-x-5---|
A---5-x-5-5-x-5-x-5--3~~~-x-3-x-3---|
E--------------------1~~~-----------|

Verse 2 Guitar 1 at 1:26
    C5         D5       F5         C5
e------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G---5-xx-5-xxx-7-x-7-xx------------5-x-5---|     x6 (fill included)
D---5-xx-5-xxx-7-x-7-xx-3-xx-3-xxx-5-x-5---|
A---3-xx-3-xxx-5-x-5-xx-3-xx-3-xxx-3-x-3---|
E-----------------------1-xx-1-xxx---------|

Verse Fill at 1:46 ("Don't know how much I can...")
    D5          C5
e-----------------------|
B-----------------------|
G---7~~~--------5-x-5---|
D---7~~~----xxx-5-x-5---|
A---5~~~----xxx-3-x-3---|
E-----------xxx---------|


Chorus 2 at 1:56


Bridge Fill Guitar 1 at 2:16
      4/4
e----------
B---11^----|
G----------|
D----------|
A----------|
E----------|

Bridge Guitar 2

e---------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------| x8
G------------------2-4---------------/5-5-4---|
D----------2-3-3-5-------------2-3-3----------|
A---3--3-5--------------3--3-5----------------|
E---------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 at 2:47
    C5         F5
e------------------------|
B------------------------|
G---5-x-5-5-x------------| x4
D---5-x-5-5-x--3-3-x-3---|
A---3-x-3-3-x--3-3-x-3---|
E--------------1-1-x-1---|

Guitar 1 fill at 2:57 ("just drove to the store...")
    D5
e----------|
B----------|
G---7~~~---|
D---7~~~---|
A---5~~~---|
E----------|

Verse 3 Guitar 1 at 3:02

e-------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------| x2
G---5----7----10--------5----7--------------|
D---------------------------------3---------|
A---3----5----8---------3----5--------------|
E---------------------------------1---------|

Guitar 1 at 3:22
    C5         D5       F5         C5
e------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G---5-xx-5-xxx-7-x-7-xx------------5-x-5---| x4
D---5-xx-5-xxx-7-x-7-xx-3-xx-3-xxx-5-x-5---|
A---3-xx-3-xxx-5-x-5-xx-3-xx-3-xxx-3-x-3---|
E-----------------------1-xx-1-xxx---------|


Chorus 3 at 3:42


Bridge Guitar 1 at 4:02
    F5
e-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------| x3
G---10-x-10-10-x-5-5-x-5-xx-12-x-12-12-x-10-10-x-10---|
D---10-x-10-10-x-5-5-x-5-xx-12-x-12-12-x-10-10-x-10---|
A---8--x-8--8--x-3-3-x-3-xx-10-x-10-10-x-8--8--x-8----|
E-----------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 Fill at 4:17
    D5      F5
e--------------------|
B--------------------|
G---7~~~----10~~~----|
D---7~~~----10~~~----|
A---5~~~----8~~~-----|
E--------------------|

That's all I'm gonna tab, since the rest is just kind of pointless
(even though it is pretty cool).

That's it.