Ben In The Pen

Stompin' Tom Connors

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Ben In The Pen

Written by Stompin' Tom Connors

Key: C

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verse 1 

C                F 
They call me Ben here in the pen 
C                             G 
Where ya take the guff and ya suffer 
    C                     F 
But I'll be free when I'm 53 
      G                       C             G                       C 
And I bet I'll be a whole lot tougher, I'll bet I'll be a whole lot tougher 

C                      F 
When I was a lad I was really bad 
   C                  G 
It wasn't smart to be good 
C                 F 
I beat up my dog, choked my frog 
  G                       C 
I acted just as mean as I could 

  C                         F 
I hit all the girls and put gum in her curls 
C                                 G 
Cause I liked to hear 'em cry and plea 
    C                       F 
I'd punch a little boys and steal all their toys 
C                                     C 
Cause I knew they wern't smarter than me 


     C                F 
Yeh, They call me Ben here in the pen 
C                             G 
Where ya take the guff and ya suffer 
    C                     F 
But I'll be free when I'm 53 
      G                       C             G                       C 
And I bet I'll be a whole lot tougher, I'll bet I'll be a whole lot tougher 



verse 2 

C                   F 
When I was 16 I was really mean 
C                              G 
I could scrap at the toss of a coin 
C                       F 
I was leader of a gang, Rough 'Rangitangs 
   G                         C 
Ya had to be a good theif to join 

C                                     F 
Yeah we had the black jackets and the motorbikes 
    C                                  G 
And we forced all the girls to... Skip school 
C                             F 
And the cops they'd all tried to sympathize 
    G                                    C 
An' we told them how our parents were so cruel 


C                     F 
Yeh, They call me Ben here in the pen 
         C                    G  
Where ya take the guff and ya suffer 
    C                     F 
But I'll be free when I'm 53 
      G                 C             G                 C 
And I bet I'll be a lot tougher, I'll bet I'll be a lot tougher 



verse 3 

C                  F 
When I turned 21 I had to have a gun 
        C                        G 
Cause I planned me a robbery one day 
        C                          F 
And the girlfriend said that she'd rather be dead 
        G                           C 
Than to hang around with a guy like me 

C                                      F 
Well I granted her wish and dumped her in with the fish 
C                   G 
Then I went to meet Frank 
      C                                   F 
Yeah, that's the same day that I shot and killed me the cop 
   G                              C 
He didn't want to let me into the bank 


C                     F 
Yeh, They call me Ben here in the pen 
         C                    G 
Where ya take the guff and ya suffer 
    C                     F 
But I'll be free when I'm 53 
      G                       C          G                        C 
And I bet I'll be a whole lot tougher, I hope I'll be a whole lot tougher 

Ah, what's the use 
  G  
I guess I'm not a very good bluffer 

Aah, back to that hammer man.

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