Ben Franklins Song

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

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I’m the only American the French 
wanna see
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They call me a genius, I can’t 
      Am
disagree
          Bm                    
They have guns, they have funds, 
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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                             
I am 
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Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writing 
Benjamin fucking Franklin


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

     G
John Adams debates at the gates of 
Versailles
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Ay, he whines and berates and 
       Am
awaits a reply
   Bm                              
As I stay up late with a succulent 
           C
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?
I am 
C                                 
seventy-six-and-I’ll-still-kick-your-ass fucking Franklin
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[Bridge]
Em                                
One pain that lingers, the hitch 
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in my stride
      Em                           
Is my son back at home who I could 
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not guide
    Bm                             
Who sits alone in a prison cell on 
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the wrong side
Am              D          G     C
Stands against our young nation


[Verse 3]
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So I play my ambassador part with 
pride
      C                         
I am known in the world, and the 
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world is wide
      Bm                      
To my children, my sins may be 
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magnified, but I'd
      Am         D      G
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                             
I am 
                       (Am)
Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writing 
Benjamin fucking Franklin


[Otro]
        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?)
I am 
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Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writing, 
Am
polymath, bifocal-wearing
Em                               
Harp and glass harmonica-playing 
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Benjamin fucking Franklin