Ben Franklins Song

The Decemberists

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Ben Franklins Song

Key: G

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Ben Franklins Song Key GG(original key)

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Ben Franklins Song Key C#C#

	  		
Intro: G  C  G  C 


verse 1 
    G 
Electricity, yeah you can all thank me 
            C                                 Am 
Took some lightning, a kite, and a fat brass key 
            Bm                             C                           
And they’re putting up street lights in gay Paris 
       Am            D         G      C   
You’re welcome from our young nation 

         G 
I’m the only American the French wanna see 
      C                             Am 
They call me a genius, I can’t disagree 
          Bm                                    C                 
They have guns, they have funds, they can set us free 
  Am       D      G       
Invest in my reputation 

 
           Am 
And do you know who the fuck I am? 
            C 
Yeah do you know who the fuck I am? 
       Am 
Do you know who the fuck I am? 
     C                                                     G    C 
I am Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writing Benjamin fucking Franklin 



verse 2 
       G 
I said early to bed, bitches, early to rise 
      C                               Am 
They make a man healthy, wealthy and wise 
Bm                                             C 
Soldiers are fighting for freedom, they have no supplies 
     Am       D           G 
So diplomacy happens at night 

     G 
John Adams debates at the gates of Versailles 
         C                                Am 
Ay, he whines and parades and awaits a reply 
   Bm                                         C 
As I stay up late with a succulent breast or a thigh 
           Am       D           G 
Alright, diplomacy happens at night 


           Am 
And do you know who the fuck I am? 
            C 
Yeah do you know who the fuck I am? 
       Am 
Do you know who the fuck I am? 
     C                                                     G     
I am seventy-six-and-I’ll-still-kick-your-ass fucking Franklin 



Bridge 
Em                                     C 
One pain that lingers, the hitch in my stride 
      Em                                C 
Is my son back at home who I could not guide 
    Bm                                      C 
Who sits alone in a prison cell on the wrong side 
Am              D          G     C 
Stands against our young nation 


verse 3 
     G 
So I play my ambassador part with pride 
      C                                    Am 
I am known in the world, and the world is wide 
      Bm              
To my children, my sins may be magnified 
      C        Am         D      G 
But I’d do it all again, no hesitation 



           Am 
And do you know who the fuck I am? 
            C 
Yeah do you know who the fuck I am? 
       Am 
Do you know who the fuck I am? 
     C                                                    (Am) 
I am Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writing Benjamin fucking Franklin 



Outro 
        Am 
(Do you know who the fuck I am?) who the fuck I am? 
        C 
(Do you know who the fuck I am?) who the fuck I am? 
        Am 
(Do you know who the fuck I am?) 
     C                                Am                         
I am Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writing, polymath, bifocal-wearing 
Em                               Bb                    G 
Hardened glass harmonica-playing Benjamin fucking Franklin