Ben Franklins Song chords by The Decemberists

Intro:
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
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 parades and awaits a reply
  Bm                      C
As I stay up late with the 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 itch 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
To my children, my sins may be magnified
   C    Am     D   G
But I’d 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
Hardened glass, harmonica-playing Benjamin fucking Franklin