Ben Folds - Kalamazoo

kalamazoo ben folds
transcribed by : mike hejka

riff – Em – A4/E – Em

: : intro : :
Em – A4/E – Em
Em – A4/E – Em

: verse #1 : :
Em A4/E
ran out of time
Em
running my mouth
Em A4/E
ran up a tab and
Em
all the way from
A7/G
kalamazoo

Asus4 A Bsus4 B Gadd2
on my way back home

Asus4 A Bsus4 B Gadd2
i was surely stoned ,

B7 Cm7
now i’m sober in my yard
G
can believe i was there?
B
can believe i’ve been anywhere else?

: : riff : :
Em – A4/E – Em
Em – A4/E – Em

G
but there was a time
D/F#
i almost forgot
Em7 D
we had been drifting all

the way from
F#m7
kalamazoo , and i said that
G
i loved you too

Bm7 G F#
all the way back home

: : riff : :
Em – A4/E – Em
Em – A4/E – Em

: : verse #2 : :
Em A4/E
there’s an old joke
Em
i just made up
Em A4/E
how many of me
Em
would it take to
A7sus4/G
screw up your life?

Asus4 A Bsus4 B Gadd2
one to settle down ,
Asus4 A Bsus4 B Gadd2
one to turn you around

B7 Cm7
now i’m sober in my yard
Gmaj7
i would say you had to be there ,

Gmaj7
i forget that you’re
B7
still there

Cm7
Cm7 Gmaj7
seems like you’d be frozen ,

Gmaj7
frozen there in time
Gmaj7
waving your goodbyes

Gmaj7 Em
up to the sky

: : jam : :

Em – A – Em – D – C
Em – D – C – Em

: : interlude : :
Em – A4/E – Em

G
you place on the map
D/F#
has faded away
Em7
used to be lost in
D
more than one way
F#m7
kalamazoo , don’t you know that
Gm9
i’ve been there too
F#m7
and it’d put your mind more at ease
G
if you’d say these words of release
Bm7 Gm9 F#
all the way back home