Sun Kil Moon – Bens My Friend (Ukulele)
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Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Chords
Chords taken from lilstin's version for guitar, but now for ukulele.
[Intro]
Fm9 Ebmaj7
[Verse]
Fm9 I woke up this morning, August 3rd Fm9 Ebmaj7 It's been a pretty slow and uneventful summer Ebmaj7 Went to visit a friend in Santa Fe Fm9 Went to New Orleans and went to see my family Fm9 Woke up this morning and it occurred Fm9 Ebmaj7 I needed one more track to finish up my record Ebmaj7 I was feeling out of fuel and uninspired Ebmaj7 Laid on my bed too long, a little down, a little tired
[Chorus]
Cm7 Cm7/Bb Met my girl and we walked down Union Street Abmaj7 I was scattered and my head was in a bunch of places Gm7 Bought a $350 pair of lampshades Fm7 And we ate at Perry's and I ordered crab cakes Gm7 Blue crab cakes Fm7 Blue crab cakes Gm7 Blue crab cakes
[Chorus]
Cm7 Cm7/Bb She said I seemed distracted and asked what was going on with me Abmaj7 I said, "I can't explain it, it's a middle age thing" Gm7 She said okay and ate her eggs Benedict Fm7 And I looked at the walls cluttered with sports bar shit Gm7 Sports bar shit Fm7 Sports bar shit Gm7 Sports bar shit
Ba ba ba Ba ba ba
Bbm7 Cm7 Ba ba ba
Bbm7 Cm7
[Sax Break]
Fm9 Ebmaj7
Fm9 Ebmaj7
[Verse]
Fm9 Got on the phone and I called my mother Ebmaj7 And called my father, talked a little bit with my sister Ebmaj7 She's got a new boyfriend, he's a deer hunter Ebmaj7 And she's getting used to venison
[Chorus]
Cm7 Cm7/Bb And my dad's still fighting with his girlfriend Abmaj7 About his flirting with the girls in Panera Bread
My mom is good but sounded out of breath
Gm7 Fm7 I worry so much about her, I worry to death Gm7 I worry to death Fm7 I worry about her to death Gm7 I worry to death
[Verse]
Fm9 The other night I went and saw The Postal Service Ebmaj7 Ben's my friend but getting there was the worst Ebmaj7 Trying to park and getting up the hill Ebmaj7 And find a spot amongst the drunk kids staring at their cells Fm9 Standing at the back with the crowd of eight thousand Ebmaj7 I thought of Ben when I met him in 2000 Ebmaj7 At a festival in Spain Ebmaj7 He was on the small stage then and I didn't know his name
[Chorus]
Cm7 Cm7/Bb Now he's singing at the Greek and he's busting moves Abmaj7 And my legs were hurting and my feet were too Gm7 I called him after, said I'll skip the backstage hi/bye Fm7 But thanks for the nice music and all the exercise Gm7 And we laughed and it was alright Fm7 And we laughed and it was alright Gm7 And it was alright
[Verse]
Fm9 There's a fine line between a middle-aged guy with a backstage pass Ebmaj7 And a guy with a gut hanging around like a jackass Ebmaj7 Everybody there was twenty years younger than me Fm9 I'll leave with this, not my fondest memory Fm9 I carried my legs back down and then I gave Ebmaj7 My backstage passes to two cute asian girls Ebmaj7 I drove to my place near Tahoe Fm9 Got in my hot tub and I thought well that's how it goes Fm9 And it was quiet and I was listening to the crickets Fm9 And Ben's still out there, selling lots of tickets Ebmaj7 And though I’m contented, there’s a tinge of competitiveness Ebmaj7 But Ben's my friend and I know he gets it
[Chorus]
Cm7 Cm7/Bb Then in a couple of days my meltdown passed Abmaj7 Back to the studio doing twelve hours shifts Gm7 Singing a song about one thing or another Fm7 Another day behind the microphone this summer Gm7 This Tenderloin summer Fm7 This Tenderloin summer Gm7 This Tenderloin summer
Ba ba ba
Bbm7 Cm7
Ba ba ba Ba ba ba
Bbm7 Abmaj7