Old Ben chords by David Milton

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Verse 1
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 (D major) Old Ben, tell  (A major) me please
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Of the things the  (D major) harbour's seen
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I'm too young  (A major) to know
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Old Ben, he  (D major) tells me so
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Heron and mackerel landed by  (A major) the score
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You can't net them any  (D major) more
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I'm too young  (A major) to know,
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old Ben, he tells  (D major) me so
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And the  (G major) ship sailed in and
out with the tides
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 (D major) They carried watches, skirts with her eye
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 (A major) Ben has seen them fade and die
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He  (D major) asks me and I don't know why
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Dug out iron ore from  (A major) out the hills
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Shipped it off to the  (D major) steel mills
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I'm too young  (A major) to know
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Old Ben, he  (D major) tells me so
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Cut down oak trees to  (A major) make pit props
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Over there the mines  (D major) have stopped
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I'm too young  (A major) to know
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Old Ben, he tells  (D major) me so
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And the  (G major) ship sailed in and
out with the tides
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They  (D major) carried watches, goods with pride
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 (A major) Ben has seen them fade and die
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He  (D major) asked me and I don't
know why
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Stevedore's out  (A major) on the quay
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Load the ship so  (D major) eagerly
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I'm too young  (A major) to know
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Old Ben, he  (D major) tells me so
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Where  (G major) have all the people gone?
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 (D major) They're only here in my song
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I  (A major) do know of long ago,
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 (D major) Old Ben Norman, he told me so,
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And the  (G major) ship sailed in and out with the tides,
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 (D major) They carried watch, it's goods with pride,
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 (A major) Ben has seen them fade and die,
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 (D major) He asked me and I don't know why.
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