8 Chords used in the song: G, D, B7, F, E, Am, C, D7

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1. Ben, the two of us need look no more,
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we both found what we were looking for.
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B7
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With a friend to call my own, I'll never be alone.
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And you my friend will see, you've got a friend in me.
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2. Ben, you're always running here and there,
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you feel you're not wanted anywhere.
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If you ever look behind, and don't like what you find,
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there's something you should know, you've got a place to go.
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I used to say : I and me. Now it's us, now it's we.
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I used to say : I and me. Now it's us, now it's we.
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3. Ben, most people would turn you away,
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I don't listen to a word they say.
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They don't see you as I do, I wish they would try to,
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I'm sure they'd think again, if they had a friend like Ben,
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like Ben, like Ben
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About this song: Ben
"Ben" is a number-one hit song written by Don Black and Walter Scharf and recorded by the teenaged Michael Jackson for the Motown label in 1972. The song, the theme of a 1972 film of the same name (the sequel to the 1971 killer rat movie Willard), spent one week at the top of the U.S. pop chart. It also reached number-one on the Australian pop chart, spending eight weeks at the top spot. The song also later reached a peak of number seven on the British pop chart. The song became the first of 13 number-one pop hits for Jackson in the United States and his first number-one as a solo artist.