Luckiest

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                             The Luckiest - Ben Folds Five
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Song: The Luckiest
Artist: Ben Folds
Tabbed by: clemm

Tuning: Standard

**Note** I took the chord version of
 this song and put it into tab so 
its
 a lot easier for beginners to 
understand what their playing.  This
 is for
people who don't know chords.

Chords are labeled under the tab 
version.

x= don't play that string.

**INTRO**
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B|---3---0---3---2---3---2---0---
G|---2---0---2---2---4---2---0---
D|---0---0---0---2---4---4---0---
A|---0---2---0---0---2---4---2---
E|---0---3---0---0---x---2---3---

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     D   G   D   A   Bm  F#m G

   D/A   A

**VERSE 1**
    I don't get many things right 
the first time
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    D       A         D          

     G


    in fact I am told that a lot. 
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          D          Bm       C  

         A          A/C#


    the stumbles and falls brought me here
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           D          G           

    D   Bm  F#m  A

**CHORUS**
    And where was I before the day 
that I first saw your lovely face?
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B|--3--------------0------------3-
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D|--4--------------0------------4-
A|--2--------------2------------3-
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    Bm             G            

Bm                E              

   A


    now I see it every day
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           F#m         G


    And I    know,    that I am,  I  am,  I am,    the luckiest
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B|------3-----2--2---------3--2---
G|------2-----2--0---------2--2---
D|------0-----2--2---------0--2---
A|------0-----0--0---------0--0---
E|------0-----0--0---------0--0---

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B|3---2----0-3/2---2-----3------2-| 
G|4---2----0-2/2---2-----2------2-| 
D|4---4----0-0/2---2-----0------2-| 
A|2---4----2-0/0---0-----0------0-| 
E|x---2----3-0/0---0-----0------0-| 

       D/A    A  A7        D  A 

  Bm F#m   G D/A   A     D      A

**VERSE 2**
    What if I'd been born 50 years 
before you
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             D        A   D      

    G


    in a house on the street where you live?  Maybe I'd be outside
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         D            Bm          

        C           A       A/C#


    as you pass on your bike would I know?
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            D            G        

    D    Bm  F#m A

**CHORUS**
      And in a wide sea of eyes, I'd
 see one pair that I'd recognize
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   Bm            G           Bm  

         E              A      

F#m   G


    And I'd know,   that I am,  I   am,   I  am,    the luckiest
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B|------3----2--2--------3--2---3-
G|------2----2--0--------2--2---4-
D|------0----2--2--------0--2---4-
A|------0----0--0--------0--0---2-
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E|----2----3---0/0--0-----0-------0-

       D/A   A  A7       D  A   

Bm   F#m   G   D/A  A     D       A

**BRIDGE**
      I love you more than I have 
ever found a way to say to you.
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B|-0----------------------------3-
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A|-2----------------------------2-
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   Em                           Bm

            A/C#     D      G    A

**VERSE 3**
    Next door there's an old man who
 lived to his 90's
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          D              A        

    D           G


    and one day passed away in his
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        D               Bm        

   C             A


    she stayed for a couple of day
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       A/C#           D         G

               D   Bm  F#m A

**CHORUS**
    I'm sorry, I know that's a 
strange way to tell you that I know 
we belong.
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    Bm        G                Bm

              E                A  

   F#m   G


    That I know,   that I am,  I  am,  I  am,    the luckiest 
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      D/A   A  A7       D  A   

Bm F#m   G  D/A   A      Bm   

F#m G D/A A  D