Ben Uke tab by Michael Jackson

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

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Year:  1972
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3.75
(Intermediate)
Key: EmChords
G G                       D D
1. Ben, the two of us need look no more,
G G D D
we both found what we were looking for.
G G B7 B7 F F
With a friend to call my own, I'll never be alone.
E E Am Am D D G G C C G G C C
And you my friend will see, you've got a friend in me.
G G D D
2. Ben, you're always running here and there,
G G D D
you feel you're not wanted anywhere.
G G B7 B7 F F
If you ever look behind, and don't like what you find,
E E Am Am D D G G C C G G C C
there's something you should know, you've got a place to go.
Am Am D7 D7 G G Am Am D7 D7 G G
I used to say : I and me. Now it's us, now it's we.
Am Am D7 D7 G G Am Am D7 D7 G G C C
I used to say : I and me. Now it's us, now it's we.
G G D D
3. Ben, most people would turn you away,
G G D D
I don't listen to a word they say.
G G D D F F
They don't see you as I do, I wish they would try to,
E E Am Am D D G G C C
I'm sure they'd think again, if they had a friend like Ben,
G G C C G G C C G G
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.

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