Belinda
Ben Folds
RockAdvanced for beginners20 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
BbDiagram coming soon
Bbm7Diagram coming soon
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F
D
C
F#Diagram coming soon
Gm7Diagram coming soon
C7
CmDiagram coming soon
A
Eb9Diagram coming soon
G
Dm
Abm7Diagram coming soon
C#Diagram coming soon
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AbDiagram coming soon
Ebm7Diagram coming soon
Bb9Diagram coming soon
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
Bb Bbm7 Every night around this time he has to sing 'Belinda' Eb Eb/F "Belinda, I love you, don't leave me, I need you" Bb Bbm7 He tried to stop a while back but what is he without her? Eb Eb/F Eb Eb/D A one hit wonder with no hits is what he is F/C D/F# And anyway, He always hears how much it means to people Gm7 C7 There's a lot of forty somethings who wouldn't be in the world without it Bb/F F So now he does it with this lyric in his head Cm Eb/Bb Belinda, I loved you F/A Eb9/G I'm sorry that i left you Bb Dm/A Gm7 Bb/F I met somebody younger on a plane Cm/Eb Eb/Bb F/A She had big breasts a nice smile no kids either Abm7 Bb/F She gave me complimentary champagne Eb9 C# Bb Bbm7 No-one ever wants to hear the song he wrote for Cindy Eb Eb Eb/F "Cindy, I love you, I need you, don't leave me" Bb Bbm7 And he can't blame them, they can tell his heart was never in it Eb Eb/F Eb Eb/D And Cindy never liked it but she never much liked him Cm Eb/Bb F/A Eb9/G Belinda, I loved you I'm sorry that I left you Bb Dm/A Gm7 Bb/F I met somebody younger on a plane Cm/Eb Eb/Bb F/A She had big breasts a nice smile no kids either Abm7 Bb/F She gave me complimentary champagne Eb9 C#9 F Eb9/G Ab Bb C# Eb F Eb9/G Ab Bb C# Eb F Eb9/G Ab Bb C# Eb Bb Bbm7 So every night about this time he feels the old self loathing Eb Eb/F While the old folks in the audience sing along Bb Bbm7 And he smiles and waves the mic at them so they can do the Chorus Ebm7 Eb/F Eb Eb/D But he's not there, he's somewhere else Cm/Eb Eb/Bb F/A He's with Belinda Bb Dm/A Gm7 Bb/F In the days before he made it all go wrong Cm/Eb Eb/Bb F/A Belinda, I love you Abm7 Bb/F She gave me complimentary champagne Abm7 Bb/F She gave me complimentary champagne Eb9 C#9 F Eb9/G Ab Bb C# Eb F Eb9/G Ab Bb C# Eb F Eb9/G Ab Bb C# Eb Bb9
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Chord set
Bb · Bbm7 · Eb · F · D · C · F# · Gm7 · C7 · Cm · A · Eb9 · G · Dm · Abm7 · C# · C#9 · Ab · Ebm7 · Bb9
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.