Ben Franklin Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Old Ben [G]Franklin,
I [A]think we [D]should [A]thank him
[D]Was a poet and [G]a diplomat
[D]He put[A] a key out on [D]a k[G]ite
Till [A]he saw [D]the lighten' strike
But what's shocking is
He [A]did way more than [D]that

[Verse 2]
[G]He put bifocals on our nose
He made a [D]better wood stove
Made [A]lightning rods for all
the homes [Bm]in Philly[A]
He helped the De[G]claration pass
He made [D]music out of glass
Fought the [A]British
And said lots of things [Bm]that were silly[G]

[Verse 3]
[D]Old Ben [G]Franklin,
I [D]think we should [A]thank him
He was the world's most
in[G]dustrious [D]guy
[A]He said, [D]"Early to [G]bed,
early [A]to rise,[Bm]
makes [D]a man healthy [G]wealthy [A]and [D]wise"

[Verse 4]
[G]He was a fire[D]man, [A]a patriot,
[Bm]he w[A]as a[G] k[D]ite flyer,
[A]He [Bm]was a[G] p[D]rint[G]er,[D]
[A]he [D]was[G] a wri[D]ter,
[A]He was[D] Postmaster Genera[A]l,
an ambassad[G]or
He was a musi[D]cian, a revolu[Bm]tionary,
[D]A h[G]umo[A]rist,
[D][G][D][A]
[G]he [D]was [A]a philosopher

[Verse 5]
[Bm]"He [G]that[D] is good for making excu[G]ses,
is [A]seldom good for anything [D]else"
[G]"An investment in knowledge
[D]pays the [A]best [D]interest"
[G]"Fish and guests go bad
after [D]three [Bm]days"
[D]"A man wrapped up in [G]himself
[A]makes a [D]very small bundle"

[Verse 6]
[A]Say, hey [G]Benny they didn't
put you [D]on
[A]The penny
Though you [D]wrote this with
your [G]mighty [D]quill
[A]You said, "A [D]penny saved
[G]is a pen[Bm]ny earned"
So they [D]put you on the hundred
[A]dollar [D]bill[G][D][A]
[G][D][A]
That's lots of [Bm]pennies!

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