Ben Franklins Song chords by The Decemberists

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC


Verse 1:
  G+G
Electricity, yeah you can all thank me
      C majorC                 A minorAm
Took some lightning, a kite, and a fat brass key
      B minorBm               C majorC
And they’re putting up street lights in gay Paris
    A minorAm      D MajorD     G+G   C majorC
You’re welcome from our young nation

     G+G
I’m the only American the French wanna see
   C majorC               A minorAm
They call me a genius, I can’t disagree
     B minorBm                  C majorC
They have guns, they have funds, they can set us free
 A minorAm    D MajorD   G+G
Invest in my reputation

Chorus 1:
      A minorAm
And do you know who the fuck I am?
      C majorC
Yeah do you know who the fuck I am?
    A minorAm
Do you know who the fuck I am?
   C majorC                           G+G  C majorC
I am Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writing Benjamin fucking Franklin


Verse 2:
    G+G
I said early to bed, bitches, early to rise
   C majorC                A minorAm
They make a man healthy, wealthy and wise
B minorBm                       C majorC
Soldiers are fighting for freedom, they have no supplies
   A minorAm    D MajorD      G+G
So diplomacy happens at night

   G+G
John Adams debates at the gates of Versailles
     C majorC                A minorAm
Ay, he whines and parades and awaits a reply
  B minorBm                      C majorC
As I stay up late with the succulent breast or a thigh
      A minorAm    D MajorD      G+G
Alright, diplomacy happens at night

Chorus 2:
      A minorAm
And do you know who the fuck I am?
      C majorC
Yeah do you know who the fuck I am?
    A minorAm
Do you know who the fuck I am?
   C majorC                           G+G
I am seventy-six-and-I’ll-still-kick-your-ass fucking Franklin


Bridge:
E minorEm                  C majorC
One pain that lingers, the itch in my stride
   E minorEm                C majorC
Is my son back at home who I could not guide
  B minorBm                   C majorC
Who sits alone in a prison cell on the wrong side
A minorAm       D MajorD     G+G   C majorC
Stands against our young nation


Verse 3:
   G+G
So I play my ambassador part with pride
   C majorC                  A minorAm
I am known in the world, and the world is wide
   B minorBm
To my children, my sins may be magnified
   C majorC    A minorAm     D MajorD   G+G
But I’d do it all again, no hesitation


Chorus 3:
      A minorAm
And do you know who the fuck I am?
      C majorC
Yeah do you know who the fuck I am?
    A minorAm
Do you know who the fuck I am?
   C majorC                          (A minorAm)
I am Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writing Benjamin fucking Franklin


Outro:
    A minorAm
Do you know who the fuck I am? (who the fuck I am)
    C majorC
Do you know who the fuck I am? (who the fuck I am)
    A minorAm
Do you know who the fuck I am?
   C majorC                A minorAm
I am Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writing, polymath, bifocal-wearing
E minorEm                Bb majorBb          G+G
Hardened glass, harmonica-playing Benjamin fucking Franklin