Ben Folds Five – One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces

Article by Maarten Tromp | Published .
Album cover for Ben Folds Five – Whatever And Ever Amen
Album cover for Ben Folds Five – Whatever And Ever Amen (source)

This is the bass tab for One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces by Ben Folds Five, from the album Whatever And Ever Amen (1997), played by Robert Sledge.

This song is played with Big Muff type distortion / fuzz.

The ending of this tab is incomplete. There is also a very well written bass tab over at Big bass tabs, written by Andy Schacht.

Music

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Bass tab

Intro

    B7                                D                B7
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
D  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
A  |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------||
E  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||

1st verse

    D9                                Gmaj7
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A  |5---5-----------|5---5-----------|----------------|----------------|
E  |----------------|----------------|3---3-----------|3---3-----------|

    Em7                               B7
                                      __________________________________
                                     | 1.                               |
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ||
D  |2---2-----------|2---2-----------|----------------|----------------*||
A  |----------------|----------------|2---2-----------|2---3---4---4---*||
E  |----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ||

    F♯7
    ________________
   | 2.
G  |----------------|----------------||
D  |4---4-----------|4---------------||
A  |----------------|----------------||
E  |----------------|------------5-6-||

1st chorus

    Bm7             E9               Am7               D9
G  |---------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D  |---------------|------------5-6-|7----------------|--------3---4---|
A  |-----------5-6-|7---------------|-------------3-4-|5---------------|
E  |7--------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|

    Gmaj7                            F♯7
G  |---------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------- ||
D  |5---5----------|------------5---|4---4--------4---|----------------*||
A  |--------5------|----------------|-----------------|----------------*||
E  |---------------|3---3-----------|-----------------|------------5-6- ||

2nd intro

    B7                                D                B7
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A  |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|2-2-2-2-2-------|
E  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------4-5-6-|

    B7                                D                B7
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
D  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
A  |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------||
E  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||

2nd verse

    D9                                Gmaj7
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A  |5---5-----------|5---5-----------|----------------|----------------|
E  |----------------|----------------|3---3-----------|3---3-----------|

    ____________________________________________________________________
   |1. Em7                            B7                                |
G  |----------------|----------------|--------4-------|---------------- ||
D  |2---2-----------|2---2-----------|----------------|----------------*||
A  |----------------|----------------|2---2-----------|2---3---4---4---*||
E  |----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ||

    ________________
   | 2. Em7                           F♯7
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
A  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
E  |0---0-----------|0---0-----------|2---2-----------|2-----------5-6-||

2nd chorus

    Bm7             E9               Am7               D9
G  |---------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D  |---------------|------------5-6-|7----------------|--------3---4---|
A  |-----------5-6-|7---------------|-------------3-4-|5---------------|
E  |7--------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|

    ____________________________________________________________________
   | 1. Gmaj7                        F♯7                                |
G  |---------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------- ||
D  |5---5----------|----------------|-----------------|----------------*||
A  |--------5------|----------------|-----------------|----------------*||
E  |---------------|3---3-------0---|2---2--------2---|------------5-6- ||

    _______________
   | 2. Gmaj7                        F♯7
G  |---------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
D  |5---5----------|------------5---|4---4--------4---|----------------||
A  |--------5------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
E  |---------------|3---3-----------|-----------------|----------------||

3rd intro

    B7                                D                B7
G  |----------------|----------------|--7---7---7---7-|----------------|
D  |----------------|----------------|----------------|--9---9---------|
A  |----------------|----------------|5---5---5---5---|----------------|
E  |----------------|----------------|----------------|7---7-----445566|

    B7                                D                B7
G  |----------------|--------------7-|--7---7---7---7-|4-4-4-4-4-4-2---||
D  |--9---9---9---9-|--9---9---9-----|----------------|--------------4-||
A  |----------------|------------5---|5---5---5---5---|----------------||
E  |7---7---7---7---|7---7---7-------|----------------|----------------||

Bass solo (3rd verse)

    D9                                Gmaj7
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D  |----------------|----------------|--------5-------|----------------|
A  |5---5-----------|5---5-----------|----------------|----------------|
E  |--------7---5---|----------------|3---3-----------|3---3-----------|

    Em7                               B7
G  |----------------|----------------|--------4-------|----------------|
D  |2---0-----------|2---2-----------|----------------|----------------|
A  |--------------2-|--2-------------|2---2-----------|2---3---4---4---|
E  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

    D9                                Gmaj7
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D  |----------------|----------------|--------5-------|----------------|
A  |5---5-----------|5---5-----------|----------------|--------2---5---|
E  |--------7---5---|--------7---5---|3---3-----------|3---3-----------|

    Em7                               B7
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D  |2---2-----------|2---2-----------|4---4---4---4---|----------------||
A  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
E  |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------5-6-||

Grand piano solo (3rd chorus)

G  |---------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D  |---------------|------------5-6-|7----------------|--------3---4---|
A  |-----------5-6-|7---------------|-------------3-4-|5---------------|
E  |7--------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|

G  |---------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D  |5---5----------|------------5---|-------------4---|----------------|
A  |--------5------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
E  |---------------|3---3-----------|2---2------------|------------5-6-|

G  |---------------|----------7-----|-----------------|----------------|
D  |---------------|------------9-8-|7----------------|--------3---4---|
A  |-----------5-6-|7---------------|-------------7-6-|5---------------|
E  |7--------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|

G  |---------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
D  |5---5----------|------------5---|4---4--------4---|----------------||
A  |--------5------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
E  |---------------|3---3-----------|-----------------|------------5-6-||

"You'll be sorry one day..." (4th intro)

G || 4---------------|----------------|7---------------|4--------------- ||
D ||*----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------*||
A ||*----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------*||
E || ----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ||

G || ----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ||
D ||*9966778899667788|9966778899667788|9999aabbcc99aabb|ccccbbaa99667788*||
A ||*----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------*||
E || ----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ||
a=10, b=11, c=12

4th chorus

Play as 1st chorus.

5th intro

G || ----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ||
D ||*----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------*||
A ||*2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-*||
E || ----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ||

"Kiss my ass, kiss my ass goodbye now." (ending)

FIXME