Chords for George Benson Signature Guitar -LGB300-

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[Em] My name is [C] George Benson [E] _ _ _
and of course this is an [F] Ibanez guitar, _ [Em] but it's something new _ _
[Cm] It's something that's been in my mind for quite a while [F] as you know I've _ [Bbm] always
[G] dibbled and dabbled in
_ _ designs and
_ Anything that had to do with guitars always been of interest to me and one day I had the [D] idea
_ _ _ _ Why [Em] not _ go back [A] _ _
to [Dm] the beginning?
_ The _ first [Em] guitars that I [C] came in contact [E] with that were electric
_ _ Were _ electric [G] f-hole full-body guitars such as the one you're [F] looking at here
And we were nitpicking and _ [Eb] trying to give the [Em] best guitar that we could for today's
[G] _ _ _ _ player
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_ [Em] _ Let's talk about this particular [F] one a
_ _ _ [Em] full-size f-hole
Electric guitar [C] as you notice this is a what we call a [Em] Florentine cutaway, [Am] _ and it was popular
_ _ [C] In the early [Em] days of jazz I was trying to bring that [Am] back _ because it has such a great feel
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It never gets in the way.
It's really comfortable now this being a prototype the first of its kind
_ _ _ We [Em] had a little _ thick binding here on the end of the Florentine
The one that will be introduced to the public will [D] not have that
_ _ This [G] thick _ ivory here [C] we flattened out the fingerboard a bit for guys who like to play at lightning [Bm] speeds
_ _ [Eb] And I guess I'm I'm guilty of that too trying [Bb] to play at lightning speeds
_ [G] _ This is fast becoming my favorite instrument to play on the road _
I've done a couple of gigs with it now, and I am very very pleased at _ what happens
[Am] We had an extra [G] thing that happened
_ _ When we built this guitar something [Am] that we hadn't [G] expected
But _ [Em] the clarity and the separation [F] of notes is quite amazing
[G] _ And of course we've added [Bbm] you know it has some bell tones [F] because of the way the guitars made [Ab] it has a nice little belly
And it's not too [B] overdone
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Easy to play _ you got to get you one [Bbm] of these
_ [F] _ _ You want to be in the party?
_ [Em] _ Get you an _ LGB
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_ _ _ _ _ _ That [D] means a little Georgie Benson
[Em] It's just a _ little quirk _ something that [F] I made up
[C] But it reminds me of some good times in my life, and it reminds me of the long road
We came [Am] _ _
since little Georgie Benson first picked up the guitar at nine years [A] old
_ [C] _ I'm very proud of this instrument
[G] _ _ And I hope that you _ will have the same kind of fun that I have every time I pick it up
_ I'm not selling it to you what I'm trying to do to get you to understand that this guitar was made
for persons who are [B] in today's world
_ We designed it specifically for [Bm] people like you [Em] and myself
_ _ _ So I hope you enjoy _ [Eb] it
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