Chords for Benjamin

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[E] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] Benjamin [C#m] rode out [D] of Montana [Bm] on [C#] a Palomino [A]
pony.
_ Told [C#] me he was all [F#m]
alone, he lost [B] his family in [E] 49.
_ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] Benjamin [C#m] took me to [D] San Diego, [Bm] guess we [C#] caused quite [F#m] a commotion.
_ [Bm] Selling [C#] Pacific [F#m] _
Ocean water [B] and calling it [F#] seaweed wine.
Oh, I never [G#m] had as good [F#m] a friend as [C#m] Benjamin.
_ [F#m] _ [Bm] He loved to [A] travel [D#] deep in every place [F#m] I've been.
And [C#m] back again, _ [Bm]
[G] that boy could [C#] unravel [F#m] _ stories [C#m] that would make you [F#m] act.
He could [D] blackberry pies and [A] tell me life could be [Bm]
[C#m] fun for [D] anyone.
Who had a good [Bm] friend like [A] Benjamin, [D] had a [C#m] good friend like [A] Benjamin.
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[E] _ _ [A] Well, me and [Bm] Ben [C#m] Thunder, [D] out of [Bm] Alabama, spent [C#] the summer picking [F#m]
cotton.
_ [Bm] Now it [C#] was a doggone [F#m]
hot, we bought us [B] a three-speed electric [E] _
_ [G#m] van.
[A] Then [Bm] at night [C#m] we'd drink a Coca [Bm]-Cola, listen [C#] to the rain [F#m]
falling.
_ _ _ [C#] Hearing Bob [F#m] White calling as though [B] he'd know we'd _ [E]
[F#] understand.
_ [A] Oh, I never [G#m] had as good [F#m] a friend as [C#m] Benjamin.
_ [F#m] _ [Bm] He loved [E] to travel [A] deep [G#m] in every place [F#m] I've been.
And back [C#m] _ [F#m] again, [Bm] that boy [F] could [F#m] unravel _ stories [C#m] that would make you act.
[F#m] He could [D] blackberry pies [E] and tell me [A] life [Bm] could be fun [C#m] for _ [D] anyone.
Who had a good [C#] friend like [A] Benjamin, _ [D] had a good [B] friend like Benjamin.
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_ [A] Well, Ben [Bm] and me [C#m] spent some time [D] in Oklahoma, [Bm] living on a _ [F#m] reservation.
_ _ [Bm] Working [C#] at a service [F#m] station, pumping [B] _ gas and [E] passing [F#] time.
_ _ [E] Caught a [C#m] train down [D] to Harlan [Bm] County, thinking we [C#] were all so [F#m]
lucky.
_ _ [Bm] Just to [C#] walk along the [F#m]
Kentucky back [B] road without no reason [F#] or rhyme.
_ [A] Oh, I never [G#] had as good [F#m] a friend as Benjamin.
[C#m] _ _ [F#m] _ [Bm] He loved [E] to travel [A] deep [G#m] in every place [F#m] I've been.
And back [C#m] _ [F#m] again, [Bm] that boy [C#] could unravel [F#m] _ _ stories [C#m] that would make you act.
[F#m] He could blackberry [D] pies [E] and tell me [A] life could be [C] fun [C#m] for [D] anyone.
Who had a good [B] friend like [A] Benjamin, _ [D] had a good [Bm] friend like [A] Benjamin.
_ [D] Had a good [Bm] friend like [A] Benjamin.
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