Chords for Ben's My Friend

[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
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[Fm] I woke up this morning, August 3rd.
It's been a pretty slow [Eb] lot of emphasis.
I went to visit a friend in Santa Fe.
Went to New Orleans and [Fm] went to see my family.
I woke up this morning, it [C] occurred.
I needed one more track to [Eb] finish up.
I reckoned I was feeling out of fuel [Cm] and uninspired.
I laid in my bed too long, a little down, a little tired.
Met my girl, then we walked down Union Street.
I was scared, my head was in a bunch of [Eb] places.
I bought a $350 pair of [Bb] lamp shades.
We ate at Perry's and I ordered [Ab] crab cakes.
_ _ _ Blue [Gm] crab cakes.
_ _ _ Blue [Ab]
crab cakes.
_ _ _ Blue [Gm] crab cakes.
_ _ _ She [Cm] said I seemed distracted and asked what was going on with me.
I said I can't explain it, it's the middle [Eb] ages.
She said okay and ate her eggs [Bb] Benedict.
I looked at the walls cluttered [Ab] with sports bar shit.
_ _ Sports [Gm] bar shit.
_ _ _ _ Sports [Ab]
bar shit.
_ _ _ Sports [Gm] bar shit. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ Ba [Cm]-ba-ba.
[Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ Ba [Eb]-ba.
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [G] Ba-ba [Cm]-ba.
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_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [D] _ [Gm] _ _
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Got on the phone and called my mother and called my father.
Talked a little bit [Eb] with my sister.
She's got a new boyfriend, he's a deer hunter.
She's getting used to [C] medicine.
And my dad's still fighting with his [Bb] girlfriend.
About us flirting with [Eb] the girls at Panera Bread.
My mama's good but sounded out [Gm] of breath.
I worry so much about her.
[Ab] I worry to death.
_ _ I worry [Gm] to death.
_ _ I worry about [Ab] her to death.
_ _ _ [Fm] I worry [Gm] to death.
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The other night I went and saw the postal service.
Ben's my friend but getting there [Eb] was the worst.
Trying to park and getting up the hill.
And find a spot amongst the drunk kids [Fm] staring at themselves.
Stand at the back with a crowd of 8,000.
[Cm] But I ought to have been when I [Eb] met him in 2000.
At a festival in Spain.
He was on the small stage then and I [Cm] didn't know it.
[C] And I was singing at the Greek and he's [Bb] busting me.
And my legs were hurting and my [Eb] feet were too.
And I said I'll skip the [Gm] backstage high five.
But thanks to the nice [Fm] music and all the [Ab] exercise.
_ _ [Fm] And we [Ab] laughed and [Gm] it was all right.
_ _ And we laughed and [Ab] it was all right.
_ _ [Fm] And it was [Bb] all right.
_ _ [Gm] _ There's a [Fm] line between a middle aged guy with a backstage cast.
A guy with a gut hanging [Eb] around like a jacket.
I said I was 20 years younger than this.
And I found [Fm] this moment.
I leered my legs back down the hill.
Gave my backstage passage [Eb] to Q-Digital.
I drove to my place near the guy hole.
[Cm] Got my hot tub and I thought well [Fm] that's how it goes.
And it was quiet and I was listening to the crickets.
And Ben's still out there selling lots of [Eb] tickets.
And there's a tension, but Ben's my friend.
And [C] oh yeah.
In a couple of days my [Bb] meltdown passed.
Back to the studio doing [Eb] 12 hour shifts.
Singing a song about [Gm] one thing or another.
Another day behind [Fm] the [Gm] microphone.
This [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] tenderloin summer.
_ _ This _ [Ab]
tenderloin summer.
_ _ This _ [Gm]
tenderloin summer.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] Da [Cm] da da.
_ _ _ _ Da [Eb] da.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ Da [Cm] da da. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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