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/ Ben Folds Five / Rockin' the Suburbs (2001) / Rockin' the Suburbs guitar tab

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.


Ben Folds Five albums
2001 Rockin' the Suburbs
1999 The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
1998 Naked Baby Photos
1997 Whatever and Ever Amen
1995 Ben Folds Five
Rockin' the Suburbs tabs
01Annie Waits tabbass tab
02Zak and Sara tabbass tab
03Still Fighting It tabbass tab
04Gone tabbass tab
05Fred Jones, Pt. 2 tabbass tab
07Losing Lisa tabbass tab
09Not the Same tabbass tab
10Rockin' the Suburbs tabbass tab
11Fired tabbass tab
12The Luckiest tabbass tab

 

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