{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2257745,"song":"Ben Franklins Song","artist":"The Decemberists","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11475381-ben-franklins-song-chords-by-the-decemberists/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2257745?type=chord","rating":4.97727,"votes":85,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nElectricity, yeah you can all thank me[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTook some lightning, a kite, and a fat brass key[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]                          \r\nAnd they’re putting up street lights in gay Paris[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nYou’re welcome from our young nation[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’m the only American the French wanna see[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey call me a genius, I can’t disagree[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]                \r\nThey have guns, they have funds, they can set us free[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      \r\nInvest in my reputation[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd do you know who the fuck I am?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah do you know who the fuck I am?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDo you know who the fuck I am?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                                     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI am Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writing Benjamin fucking Franklin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI said early to bed, bitches, early to rise[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey make a man healthy, wealthy and wise[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd soldiers are fighting for freedom, they have no supplies[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo diplomacy happens at night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJohn Adams debates at the gates of Versailles[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAy, he whines and berates and awaits a reply[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs I stay up late with a succulent breast or a thigh[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAlright, diplomacy happens at night[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd do you know who the fuck I am?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah do you know who the fuck I am?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDo you know who the fuck I am?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                                     [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nI am seventy-six-and-I’ll-still-kick-your-ass fucking Franklin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne pain that lingers, the hitch in my stride[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIs my son back at home who I could not guide[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWho sits alone in a prison cell on the wrong side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStands against our young nation[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I play my ambassador part with pride[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI am known in the world, and the world is wide[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo my children, my sins may be magnified, but I'd[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDo it all again, no hesitation[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd do you know who the fuck I am?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah do you know who the fuck I am?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDo you know who the fuck I am?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                                    ([ch]Am[/ch])\r\nI am Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writing Benjamin fucking Franklin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n(Do you know who the fuck I am?) who the fuck I am?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n(Do you know who the fuck I am?) who the fuck I am?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n(Do you know who the fuck I am?)[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]                        \r\nI am Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writing, polymath, bifocal-wearing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHarp and glass harmonica-playing Benjamin fucking Franklin[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG  C  G  C\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G","C","Am","Bm","D","Em","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}