Your Redneck Past Chords
Your Redneck Past by Ben Folds Five is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, D, G, C, A, E/B, Amaj7, Gmaj9 and C/F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
F D G C C C C x3 C D -
Post-Intro Bass notes: AAEAAAAA
verse 1:
A G
Choose from any number of magazines
A
Who do you want to be?
G
Billy Idol or Kool Moe Dee?
F D
If you're afraid they might discover
G C
Your redneck past
F D G C
There are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past
C D E/B
They'll never send you home
verse 2:
A
Roots
G
The funny limbs that grow underground
A
That keep you from fallin' down
G
Don't you think that you need 'em now?
F D
Just find a place where no one knows of
G C
Your redneck past
F D G C
Yeah, you can easily dispose of your redneck past
C D E/B
You'll show them all back home
Bridge:
Amaj7
Desole
Gmaj9
Je suis American
Amaj7
Please cook my steak again
Gmaj9
Je suis American
C/F
Desole
Amaj7
Je ne parle pas francais
- F D -
(Yelled Yo! Yeah? Yo! Break em off! Break em off!)
verse 3:
A G
Laws- vary from state to state
A
Getcha some books on tape
G
To learn about holes in space
F D
If you're afraid they might uncover
G C
Your redneck ass
F D G C
There are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past
F D G C
Ohohoh, oh oh oh oh ohohoh ohhh
C D E/B
It's good to be back home