ballad of benjamin chords by
Louis Dunford

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Key: G major

Intro 1

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D

Em

Am

D

C

D

G

D

G

Verse 1
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There he was on a
blood stained road
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D D 
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In the freezing cold, 16 years old
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His name was Ben
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He was just a boy, walking home
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Verse 2
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Ben was young, his life was on the way
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And now school is finally done,
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and he would easily get the grades
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So Ben was just a boy, walking home
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Verse 3
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But then, they came running
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through the night
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Three boys in the dark wearing hoods,
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holding knives and they see Ben
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On his own, walking home
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Verse 4
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And so a 16- year- old boy
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lays down in the dark
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Far too young to fight, to run,
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he stood no chance
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Ben will feel the cold of steel inside
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his lungs  and his heart

Interlude 1

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Verse 5
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There I was on a blood stained road
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D D 
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In the freezing cold, 16 years old
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D D 
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Then I saw you on your own,
walking home
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Verse 6
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And I was there when you
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fell to your knees
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And I held you in my arms,
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and we collapsed upon the street
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And I said, "Ben, don't you worry son,
I'm gonna take you home"
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Verse 7
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D D 
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And I was there, I swear I tried my best
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D D 
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To stop the bleeding from
the holes in your chest
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And I screamed, "Ben, please just stay awake,
I gotta get you home"
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Verse 8
C C 
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D D 
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And so two 16- year- old boys
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laid down on the road
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And I was scared, I screamed, "Ben,
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don't you dare leave me here on my own"
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D D 
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You and I were side by side when your
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eyes finally closed

Interlude 2

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D

G

Verse 9

D

There we were on a blood stained road

Em

D

In the freezing cold, 16 years old

C

D

Ben and I, we were only boys, walking home

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