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Ben Franklins Song

The Decemberists

2 acessos

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   [Chorus 1]            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 And 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 berates 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   [Chorus 2]            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                                        C To my children, my sins may be magnified, but I'd       Am         D      G Do it all again, no hesitation   [Chorus 3]            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 Harp and glass harmonica-playing Benjamin fucking Franklin

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