Benjamin Cifras

"Benjamin"
Tyler McLaughlin
 
[Intro]
G G C C
 
[Verse 1]
G                                 C
When I was ten, I met a boy named Benjamin
G                                C
He was my age and I wanted to be just like him
D             G     D                   G
Cause he was cool, he broke all the rules
D                  Em
And he never got caught
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cause all those fools thought he was blind
 
[Verse 2]
G                                  C
So I went down to the barber and I cut my hair
G
Walked like Ben talked like him
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pierced my ear man I was almost there
D                        G  D           G
And girls they looked at me so differently
D                       Em
And one day I got up the nerve
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to say sweet thing come dance with me
 
[Chorus]
C                  D
But those days are in the past
C               D
and I'm still here
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And it seemed it went by so fast in this 21st year
C          D
this 21st year
 
[Verse 3]
G                                        C
Well it's been ten years since I've seen Benjamin
G                                             C
Last I heard from him he was catching fish in Ireland
        D                   G
He said the beer it costs a lot
D                         G
but they grow some killer pot
D                        Em               C
And I sure wish you were here drinking a beer
         D                      G
Smok'n a bone, fish’n off the pier
 
[Verse 4]
G                                     C
So I quit my job and bought a 70 foot sailboat
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I packed my fishing rod, the next thing knew I was afloat.
D               G    D                  G
Man times are good, my boats Norwegian wood
D                       Em
and my sails are big and wide
C                       D       G
and atop this ocean is where I reside.
 
[Chorus]
C               D
And these days I watch my mast,
C               D
while drink'n a beer.
C                           D
I grab my fishing pole and take a cast,
C           D      C        D
but I still steer, so I don't veer.
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