Just putting the chords with the lyrics here.



The Story Of Benjamin Darling, pt. 1

Verse 1:
C#m (x13321@4)                                     
On a brig loaded with timber headed for the north Maine coast,
                    G#mThey (133111@4)took on some rough seas.
C#mThe (x13321@4)captain and his slave fought back the heavy waves,
                     G#m (133111@4)             A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)      BBut (x2444x@1)they were threatening to break her up so badly.

C#mSee (x13321@4)two days before they left the outer banks, 
                            G#mAnd (133111@4)made good time up to Boston.
C#mBut (x13321@4)just north of Essex the sky grew dark, 
                             G#mHe (133111@4)missed his mark he was making, 
       B (x2444x@1)                EAnd (022100@1)life can change so fast.

Chorus:
      B (x2444x@1)                    AThe (x02220@1)captain had seen many a day, 
      B (x2444x@1)                            AWhen (x02220@1)the winds blew and the waters raged. 
      B (x2444x@1)                              ABut (x02220@1)it was just a part of the life he made for himself, 
      A (x02220@1)                     ERunning (022100@1)the coast of New England.

Verse 2:
      C#mThe (x13321@4)ship heaved and cracked, 
                                                 G#mThrew (133111@4)the men on their backs as the water came rushing in. 
       C#mThe (x13321@4)captain fought hard yet.
                                                       G#mHe (133111@4)yelled above the splintering wreck, I have done you wrong son. 
A (x02220@1)                   E (022100@1)             BI (x2444x@1)should be forsaken for what I have done.

Bridge:
A (x02220@1)                               C#mBut (x13321@4)Ben reached a timber to stay afloat.
A (x02220@1)                              C#m (x13321@4)He grabbed the captain's braided coat.
A (x02220@1)He swam him to the nearest shore.
ADragged (x02220@1)him up 'til he couldn't pull no more, 
A (x02220@1)                             C#m (x13321@4)       B (x2444x@1) EAnd (022100@1)left him breathin', yeah left him breathin' dry.
Chorus:
B (x2444x@1)                  AThe (x02220@1)captain said in all my days, 
B (x2444x@1)                        A (x02220@1)          B (x2444x@1)                 AI (x02220@1)have never seen anybody save the very person who kept him enslaved. 
A (x02220@1)                                    E (022100@1)God damn it Ben, you should have your freedom 
                    B (x2444x@1)             
For what you have done.  

Verse 3:
C#m (x13321@4) G#m (133111@4)    C#m (x13321@4)  G#mHeyyyyy (133111@4)        Heyyyyy
       A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)                    BAnd (x2444x@1)I should be forsaken for what I have done.

C#mSomewhere (x13321@4)off the Maine coast, 
                                                  G#mAt (133111@4)the mouth of the New Meadows River there's an island, 
              C#m (x13321@4)                                                    
Where a marooned man lived out his life quietly under tied and sky. 
              G#m (133111@4)         B (x2444x@1)          ENever (022100@1)forgetting when the sea rose up so high.

Chorus:
B (x2444x@1)                          AThe (x02220@1)captain said in all my days, 
              B (x2444x@1)          A (x02220@1)           B (x2444x@1)                  A (x02220@1)
I have never seen anybody save the very person who kept him enslaved. 
A (x02220@1)                                      E (022100@1)God damn it Ben, you should have your freedom 
                       B (x2444x@1)             
For what you have done.  

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