Ben Franklins Song chords by The Decemberists Guitar Chords

[Intro]
F Bb F Bb

[Verse 1]
F
Electricity, yeah you can all thank me
Bb Gm
Took some lightning, a kite, and a fat brass key
Am Bb
And they’re putting up street lights in gay Paris
Gm C F Bb
You’re welcome from our young nation

F
I’m the only American the French wanna see
Bb Gm
They call me a genius, I can’t disagree
Am Bb
They have guns, they have funds, they can set us free
Gm C F
Invest in my reputation

[Chorus 1]
Gm
And do you know who the fuck I am?
Bb
Yeah do you know who the fuck I am?
Gm
Do you know who the fuck I am?
Bb F Bb
I am Poor-Richard’s-Almanack-writing Benjamin fucking Franklin

[Verse 2]
F
I said early to bed, bitches, early to rise
Bb Gm
They make a man healthy, wealthy and wise
Am Bb
Soldiers are fighting for freedom, they have no supplies
Gm C F
So diplomacy happens at night

F
John Adams debates at the gates of Versailles
Bb Gm
Ay, he whines and parades and awaits a reply
Am Bb
As I stay up late with a succulent breast or a thigh
Gm C F
Alright, diplomacy happens at night

[Chorus 2]
Gm
And do you know who the fuck I am?
Bb
Yeah do you know who the fuck I am?
Gm
Do you know who the fuck I am?
Bb F
I am seventy-six-and-I’ll-still-kick-your-ass fucking Franklin

[Bridge]
Dm Bb
One pain that lingers, the hitch in my stride
Dm Bb
Is my son back at home who I could not guide
Am Bb
Who sits alone in a prison cell on the wrong side
Gm C F Bb
Stands against our young nation

[Verse 3]
F
So I play my ambassador part with pride
Bb Gm
I am known in the world, and the world is wide
Am
To my children, my sins may be magnified
Bb Gm C F
But I’d do it all again, no hesitation

[Chorus 3]
Gm
And do you know who the fuck I am?
Bb
Yeah do you know who the fuck I am?
Gm
Do you know who the fuck I am?
C (Am)
I am Poor-Richard’s-Almanack-writing Benjamin fucking Franklin

[Outro]
Gm
(Do you know who the fuck I am?) who the fuck I am?
Bb
(Do you know who the fuck I am?) who the fuck I am?
Gm
(Do you know who the fuck I am?)
Bb Gm
I am Poor-Richard’s-Almanack-writing, polymath, bifocal-wearing
Dm Ab F
Hardened glass harmonica-playing Benjamin fucking Franklin