Silver Street
Ben Folds FiveVersion1
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Chords in this song
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Now the houses are ghost over Silver Street
Youre got em dressed up like clowns
Married couples slamming doors, bums praising the lord
And you're playing tapes for the town
Now the neighborhood mixed and your college friends
Are getting younger every year
The wind don't blow and the grass don't grow
And you're never leaving Silver Street
You bought some brown wire frames at a joke shop
That was your trademark in school
Now they're barely hanging on
And the styles are moving on
It's hard for a man to stay cool
So the seasons change and the storefronts change
While everything else stays the same
The wind don't blow and the grass don't grow
You're never leaving Silver Street
Well now don't get me wrong cause
Ohhh, I like this neighborhood
Oh is seeing you is good
But now we spend the day so completely uninspired
Asking why oh why would I be tired
They're filling the pot holes in on Silver Street
They're waking the neighbors up at noon
Now you're friends are out on break
And you're out on your brown lawn
Raking the dirt with a broom
Well the seasons change and the storefronts change
When everything else stays the same
The wind don't blow and the grass don't grow
You'll never leave Silver Street
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Readable chord sheet for Silver Street by Ben Folds Five
[F] [Dm7] [Am7] [Dm] [G] [Gm7] [Am] [Dm7] [Gm] [Eb] [F] [F]Now the houses a[Dm7]re ghost over Si[Am7]lver Street [Dm]Youre got em d[F/C]ressed up like c[G/B]lowns [G] [Gm]Married couples slamming doors, [Am]bums pra[Dm7]ising the lord [Gm]And you're playi[Eb]ng tapes for the[F] town [Am]Now the neighborhood mix[Am6]ed and your college friends [Dm]Are getting youn[F/C]ger every year [G/B] [G] [BbM7]The wind don't b[Am7]low and [AbM7]the grass do[Gm7]n't gro[F#M7]w [F]And you're never leaving Silver Street [F]You boug[Dm7]ht some brown wi[Am7]re frames at a joke shop [Dm]That was your tr[F/C]ademark in schoo[G/B]l [G] [Gm]Now they're barely hanging on [Am]And the styles a[Dm7]re moving on [Gm]It's hard for a [Eb]man to stay cool[F] [Am]So the seasons change an[Am6]d the storefronts change [Dm]While everything[F/C] else stays the [G/B]same [G] [BbM7]The wind don't b[Am7]low and [AbM7]the grass d[Gm7]on't grow[F#M7] [F]You're n[Bb/F]ever leaving Sil[C/F]ver Stre[F]et [Bb]Well now don't get me wrong cause [BbM7]Ohhh, I lik[Am7]e this neighborhood [Dm]Oh is seeing you is good [Dm7]But now we spend[C#aug] the day so comp[F/C]letely u[G]ninspired [Gm7]Asking why oh why[C13] would I be tired [F]They're [Dm7]filling the pot [Am7]holes in on Silver Street [Dm]They're waking t[F/C]he neighbors up [G/B]at noon [G] [Gm7]Now you're friends are out on break [Am]And you're out on your b[Dm7]rown lawn [Gm]Raking the dirt [Eb]with a b[F]room [Am]Well the seasons change [Aaug]and the storefronts change [Dm]When everything [F/C]else stays the s[G/B]ame [G] [BbM7]The wind don't bl[Am7]ow and [AbM7]the grass don't [Gm7]grow [F]You'll never leave Silver Street