Ben Folds Five's "Cigarette," fingerstyle guitar arrangement

[1234magicman4321]

so I noticed your comment of there not being tabs. A friend of mine and I are staring a band. For now we are doing covers and we both play piano (a tiny bit) and a guitar. we were wanting to do this song but cant find a guitar tab for it. obviously yours is beautiful and I was wondering if you could personal message me with some tabs? they don't have to be anything nice and if it helps, we would be able to make a nice video of the two of us singing this with your tabs.

[cjay1019]

I learned your arrangement by watching this video, and then played it as a solo in my High School's Spring Show

[mommytiller26]

6/5 stars!

[JoinTheDanceBreak]

Is there any future chance you can make anymore Ben Folds arrangements?

[MikeCaprarola]

Great arrangement and performed spectacularly.

[mccauley90]

that was gorgeous.

[Trace9924]

Amazing

[dand456789]

NIce job

Magnificent Guitar......what manufacture?

Sounds like a nylon string.....very sweet sounding

Keep up the fine work

[naah]

This is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing it. <3

[fillXinXblankXstares]

This is gorgeous! Great job.

[tridgit91]

sweet, I just jearned it. takes only about 20 minutes to get it memorized. BUT, i can tell this is gonna take alotta effort to master and sound like this guy. so props to him!

[pfmf03]

Brilliant!

[AlexJM85]

....................wow...

[couragethecowardly]

i love this song. great cover. a totally unappreciated album. seriously though. this is brilliant

[bogs714]

I love this arrangement!

i couldn't find tabs, but through trial and error, you can pick up this piece, it's not as hard as it looks

i've got most of it down in 25-30 min by replaying parts of the video

amazing job once again, this was a beautiful piece

[Brainofjnc]

That was incredible. I Always thought this was an underrated BFF song. Tabs would be awesome if you wanna share.

[Bobeo]

Dude AWESOME cover!! I want to learn how to play that song on my guitar. Got tabs?

[Avenger130]

it's absolutely amazing...

really it touched my heart.

[ilciclone]

amazing, beautiful, etc.

i love it.

[brothercjj]

Loved it dude. Inspiring!

I'm a huge Ben Folds fan. Anything he does is gold. I used to play guitar a bunch. Started to get into classical music, started to get good, and then stopped.... Moved city, changed life. This makes me want to drive "home" and pick up my classical. Very nice mate, loved it.

[seanarrative]

oh cool Julia Nanes sang along with you playing.

5/5

[DannyHale09]

How amazing do you feel that The Julia Nunes (Jaaaaaaaa) responded to this video? I think i'd faint.

But she's right you play beautifully i'd love to play like that unfortunately i'm new and the only single string thing i can do is the end of 'I shot the sheriff'

Anyway Gratz on Julia and Your Skills

[bethbeefbeff]

I absolutely adore this.

[erinwebb]

Love, love, love this.

[LennyBound]

Simply Fantastic...

[nadinot]

just can say 3 words :awesome awesome awesome!

[Zentach7]

haha the sound of this version of the song reminds me of, in Zelda: Ocarina of Time, when Link first meets Zelda and she's telling the story of Ganondorf.

I'm a loser i know :p

[chazzout]

Haha I fully agree and never noticed before!

[cspring08]

i really wish i could finger pick at all, let alone like you

did you take lessons or are you self taught?

do you know of any good references for learning this style of music?

[danielc0307]

NICE! Thank you.

[hayleyhoot]

From what I've heard, it sounds better on the guitar... to me at least!

It's just more haunting in a way, and so pretty at the same time! Very well done! You have some cool fingers! lol

[roymoberg]

amazing...well done

[Crueak]

i just spent like an hour learning this version. Nearly broke my fingers with all those ridiculous barre chords. very well done, hopefully i can put up a video of me playing it

[LaFro88]

absolutely beautiful! bravo!

[Crueak]

tabs?

[RSKueffner]

Interesting, I'm not refuting you, I also can't see the headstock or enough detail of the strings, but it definitely sounds more like a classical guitar.

[gamingsphen]

this is so good thanks for this

[Deadbeat0827]

Wow. He's like the Jimi Hendrix of guitar! (What? Jimi Hendrix actually played guitar? No Way!)

[parkr2]

Wow.

[Jenniferiffic]

Yes. Wow.

[erinwebb]

You're like the Christopher O'Reilly of guitar. That's fantastic.

[pcwarre]

Oh wow... what can you say to something that beautiful. I have subscribed to you through Julia Nunes. What an amazing guitarist you are! Breath taking!

[jeraredforreal]

wow

this video is amazing

[harhargorilla]

pllllssssss make a tab its so awesome!

[Bofhead87]

u wudnt happen to have a tab for this would u? its absolutely brilliant

[adrianholovaty]

Bofhead87: No, I don't have a tab for this. It's my own arrangement.

[SeanWHOA]

You got out as much as you put into it... wonderful.

[johnnyonline]

i hijacked your video and sung over it just like "jaaaaaaa" did.. hope u don't mind.

it's up as a response. your arrangement was just so nice, i couldn't help myself

[johnnyonline]

i hijacked your video and sung over it just like "jaaaaaaa" did.. hope u don't mind.

it's up as a response. your arrangement was just so nice, i couldn't help myself

[jaaaaaaa]

i don't know if you ever watched my video response but you're arrangements are so beautiful

they make my heart hurt

[adrianholovaty]

Thank you! Yes, I watched your response and enjoyed it. :-)

Keep up the great work, and thanks again!

[cjay1019]

@jaaaaaaa Why did you take said video down Julia? It was my favorite video you've ever made.

[bennmorland]

That's a wonderful arrangement.

[neezom]

nice

[neezom]

great playin.

[dannykanoista]

Great playin

[greenyearslam]

It's really good i like it

and Good Luck ;)

[musicstandardspolice]

absolutely beautiful, this guy could do a film score with his guitar version!!

[biggy06605]

wow what a song, it's like the new "blackbird". cool!

[sazzimanazi]

thats was stunning! wow , reli.wow!

[roblifford]

Great song selection, great arrangement, great performance!

[aliensrreal8]

wow! thats great i need a TAB!

[AllieIsBored]

very nice!

[restive123]

Great-sounding guitar well-played

[johnnyonline]

this is absolutely lovely.. it's one of my favourite ben folds songs, and you've beautifully re-imagined it on guitar. thank you so much.

[adrianholovaty]

johnnyonline: Thanks very much, and happy new year to you.

[zebrastreifenhh]

aaawesome play man! i havent managed to figure out a way to play this on guitar so it will sound like the real thing.. propz!!!

[piddypotter]

outstanding . good job man

[aStrimbu]

You're really good. I liked it (:

[eatkarrots]

This is really great.

[sarahmcquillan]

Very nice, very nice indeed.

[caparole]

here's a big fan of the 'Five from Groningen Netherlands with both thumbs in the air!

[vysje]

omg, just got an old guitar from my granddad. Practicing for myself, but this is awesome! very good... :-D

[cartoonage]

excellent. :-) thanks + greetings

[waxpancake]

Lovely.

[bluesrunthegame]

I don't think it counts as your arrangement just because you play it on guitar instead of piano.

[karmapolice8888]

I think he added some notes to his version.

[xxSilverAngelxx]

i find the acoustic guitar a lot more romantic when playing that song.

[chancefavors9]

our introduction to fred jones...

[jeffcroft]

Wow, great one, Adrian. I always loved this song.

[WolfCoalition]

very nice

[j0natan]

Whoo Third, nice work, you dont want to play some more video game tunes or Muse : )

[benstilla]

this is one of my favorite compositions ben folds has ever done and your take on it sounds amazing. such a great tune. sad yea, but great.

[Fourdawgs]

Good job! Sad tune.