SONG: BEN'S MY FRIEND ARTIST: SUN KIL MOON TAB BY: DON CZARSKI EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM BEN'S MY FRIEND SUN KIL MOON INTRO: Fm Eb VERSE:

^Gm7 I woke up this morning, August ^Ab3rd It's been a pretty slow and uneventful su^Ebmmer

Went to visit a friend in Santa Fe

W^Cment to New Orleans and went to see my fa^Ebmily Woke up this morning and it occu^Abrred I needed one more track to finish up my re^Cmcord I was feeling out of fuel and unins^Ebpired Laid on my bed, too hung, a little down, a little t^Cmired Met my girl and we walked down Union S^Ebtreet

I was scared and my head was in a bunch of places

Bought a $350 pair of lamps^Gm7hades And we ate at Perry's and I ordered c^Abrab cakes

Blue crab c^Gm7akes Blue crab c^Abakes Blue crab c^Gm7akes

VERSE:

She said I seemed distr^Cmacted and asked what was going on with ^Ebme I said I can't explain it and it's a middle age thing She said okay and ate her eggs Bene^Bbdict And I looked at the walls cluttered with sports bar s^Abhit

Sports bar s^Gm7hit Sports bar s^Abhit Sports bar s^Gm7hit ^Bbm7

Ba ba ^Gm7ba Ba ba ^Abba Ba ba ^Gm7ba ^Fm ^Eb ^Fm ^Eb

VERSE:

^FmGot on the phone and I called my mother And called my father, talked a little bit with my ^Ebsister

She's got a new boyfriend, he's a deer hunter And she's getting used to venison

^CmAnd my dad's still fighting with his girlfriend A^Gmbout his flirting with the girls in Panera Bread My ^Ebmom is good but sounded out of breath I w^Gmorry so much about her,^Fm7 I worry to d^Abeath ^Fm7 I worry to d^Gm7eath I worry about her to d^Abeath ^Fm7 I worry to d^Gm7eath

VERSE:

^FmThe other night I went and saw The Postal Service Ben's my friend but getting there was the w^Eborst

Trying to park and getting up the hill

And find a spot amongst the drunk kids staring at their c^Fmells Standing at the back with the crowd of eight thousand I thought of Ben when I met him in 2^Eb000

At a festival in Spain

He was on the small stage then and I didn't know his n^Cmame Now he's singing at the Greek and he's busting moves And my l^Bbegs were hurting and my feet were ^Ebtoo I called him after, said I'll skip the backstage hi/^Gmbye But thanks for the nice music and ^Fmall the exerc^Abise ^FmAnd we laughed and it was al^Gm7right And we laughed and it was al^Abright And ^Fm7it was alri^Gm7ght

VERSE:

There's a fine l^Gmine between a middle-aged guy with a backstage pass And a guy with a gut hanging around like a j^Ebackass

Everybody there was twenty years younger than me I'll leave with this, not my fondest memory

I c^Gmarried my legs b^Aback down and then I gave My backstage passes to two c^Ebute asian girls

I drove to my place near Tahoe

G^Cmot in my hot tub and I thought well that's how it g^Fmoes And it was quiet and I was listening to the crickets

And Ben's still out there, selling lots of tickets

And th^Ebough I’m contented, there’s a tinge of competitiveness But Ben's my friend and I know he gets it T^Cmhen in a couple of days my meltdown passed B^Bback to the studio doing twelve hours s^Ebhifts

Singing a song about one thing or another

An^Gmother day behind the microphone this su^Abmmer

OUTRO:

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Sun Kil Moon - Bens my friend