Ben Franklins Song

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

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


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

     G
John Adams debates at the gates of Versailles
         C                                Am
Ay, he whines and berates and awaits a reply
   Bm                                         C
As I stay up late with a succulent 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?
     C                                                     G
I am seventy-six-and-I’ll-still-kick-your-ass fucking Franklin


[Bridge]
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One pain that lingers, the hitch in my stride
      Em                                C
Is my son back at home who I could not guide
    Bm                                      C
Who sits alone in a prison cell on the wrong side
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Stands against our young nation


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


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