Brick – Ben Folds Five
Tab by Tim Fisher  buster1230@earthlink.net

Chords
  D    Dsus2/G   D/B   Dsus2/E    E7   G    A   Bm   F#m
 -2-    -0-      -2-     -0-     -0-  -3-  -0-  -2-  -2-
 -3-    -3-      -3-     -3-     -3-  -0-  -2-  -3-  -2-
 -2-    -2-      -2-     -2-     -1-  -0-  -2-  -4-  -2-
 -0-    -0-      -2-     -X-     -X-  -0-  -2-  -4-  -4-
 -X-    -X-      -2-     -X-     -X-  -2-  -0-  -2-  -4-
 -X-    -3-      -X-     -0-     -0-  -3-  -X-  -X-  -2-

Intro
D                            Dsus2/G
-2---------2-----0-----------0----------0--------------0--
--------3---------------3------------3------3------3------
----2----------------------------2-------------2----------     X  3
-0---------0-----0----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------3----------3-----------------

D/B            Dsus2/B             Dsus2/E      E7
-2-------------2------0-------------------0------------0------
---------3--------------------3--------3------------3------3--
-----2-----------------------------2------------1-------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
-2-------------2------2---------------------------------------
-----------------------------------0------------0-------------

Play each pattern for each chord when chord name appears

Verse
D       Dsus2/G              D                     Dsus2/G
Six am, day after christmas, throw some clothes on in the dark.
D              Dsus2/G               D                       Dsus2/G
Smell of cold, car seat is freezing, the world is sleeping,  I am
D        Dsus2/G
Numb
D             Dsus2/G           D                Dsus2/G
Up the stairs to her apartment, she is balled up on the couch
D               Dsus2/G                  D
Her mom and dad drove down to Charlotte, they’re not home to find us out
D/B          Dsus2/G D/B      Dsus2/G
And we drive         Now that I have found someone
    D                 Dsus2/G  D/B    Dsus2/E    E7
I’m feeling more alone         Than i ever have before

CHORUS   (strum chords or pick similar patterns)
G                     A        D
She’s a brick and I’m drowning slowly
G                     A      Bm
Off the coast and I’m headed nowhere
G                     A        D
She’s a brick and I’m drowning slowly


VERSE
They call her name at seven thirty
I pace around the parking lot
And I walk down to buy her flowers
And sell some gifts that I got
Can’t you see it’s not me you’re dying for
Now she’s feeling more alone than she ever has before

CHORUS

BRIDGE
D/B           Dsus2/G           D
As weeks went by it showed that she was not fine
D/B           Dsus2/G          D
They told me ‘Son it’s time to tell the truth’ and
D/B             Dsus2/G          D          D/B    Dsus2/G
She broke down, and i broke down cause i was tired          of lying

VERSE
Driving back to her apartment
For the moment we’re alone
And she’s alone
And I’m alone
And now I know it

CHORUS