Chords for Bobbie Gentry - "I Want You Back" and "Benjamin" - live 1970

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[F] _ Oh, I'm glad you let you go, glad to go, baby, now I'm glad to see you in his arms.
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[Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ And all I need, all I _ need is [F] one [C] joy of loving, baby, baby, baby, [F] baby.
What happened then, let me live again.
Oh, I'm glad you let you go, glad to go, [Dm] baby, now [Bb] I'm glad [F] to see you [F] in his arms.
Take me at this call, get me back where I belong.
Oh, I'm glad you [G] let you go, glad to go, [Dm] baby, now I'm glad [G] to see [Am] you in his arms.
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[E] You know, Mr.
Sullivan mentioned earlier in the show that I was [A] born in Chickasaw County.
I was raised [E] on a farm there with my grandparents.
[Bb] There weren't any children around, so I didn't really have any playmates.
[Bm] I had an old upright piano [E] and an old dog named Sergeant.
[A] Well, I did have one make-believe [Dbm] friend, and I used to pretend that we [B] would go all over the country
and [E] travel about and get into all kinds of adventures.
And then I grew [Gbm] up and forgot all about him until [F] recently.
And I heard his name mentioned in a conversation, and it rang a bell.
It brought back so many memories that I [Abm] sat down and wrote a song about the best friend I ever [E] had.
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[A] _ Benjamin rode out of [Bm] Montana on a Palomino [Gbm] pony.
Toby was all alone, he lost [B] his family at [Dbm] 49.
_ [A] Benjamin took [Bm] me to San Diego, guess what caused [Gbm] quite a commotion.
[Bm] Set lit Pacific Ocean [B] water and calling it [E] seaweed wine.
Oh, I never ever [Dbm] stood a friend as Benjamin.
He [E] loved to travel, [A] he lived at the place [Gbm] I've been.
And back [Dbm]
[Gbm] again, that boy could unravel stories that would make your eyes big as blackberry pies.
And telling you lies could [Bm] be fun for [D] anyone.
[Gbm] Had a good friend like Benjamin, had a good friend like Benjamin.
_ _ _ [A] Me and [B] Ben Thumbed arrived to [D] Alabama, [Bm] spent the summer picking [Gbm] cotton.
It was so doggone hot that we [B] bought us a three-speed electric van.
[Bm] Then at night [Dbm] we'd drink a [D] Coca-Cola, listen to the rain [Gbm] a-falling.
Hearing the bobwhite callings, [B] though he'd know we'd understand.
[Bb] [Cm] Me and Ben spent [Dm] some time in [Cm] Oklahoma, living on a [Gm] reservation.
Working at a service station, pumping [C] gas and passing [Dm] time.
[Bb] Caught a [Cm] train down to Harlan County, thinking we were [Gm] awful lucky.
Just to walk along the Kentucky [C] back road without no [F] reason or rhyme.
[Eb]
[Bb] Oh, I never ever stood a friend as Benjamin.
[Gm] He [Cm] loved to travel, [Am] he lived at the place [Dm] I've been.
And back [Dm] again, [Cm] that boy [D] could [Gm] unravel stories [Dm] that would make your eyes [Gm] big as blackberry pies.
And telling you lies could be fun for [Eb] anyone.
[Gm] Had a good [Cm] friend [Gm] like Benjamin, had a good friend like Benjamin.
[G]
Had a good friend like Benjamin.
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