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Well, Benjamin

Shearwater
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Well, Ben  -  jamin,
 you crashed your plane again  -
  a beautiful  tailspin.
 It was going  to happen  soon  enough,
 the only question  was when,
  because  I could smell the flames
  sleeping  on your skin.
I  love you for the things  you do,
  and I don't  care who you do  them to.
  You can wrap your stupid suffering  around me.
 'cause I thought  it out, in the time  I've got,
  and I don't  care if I drown  or not:
 I just want to crash into  that same cold sea.
 it's pretty much the same throughout the rest of the song... except:
 on the G when he sings " beauiful tailspin" and "question was when" and "sleeping on
 skin" (get my drift?), the g chord is played like this:
e-3-3-3-3----------.)
b-3-3-3-3----------.)
g-0-0-0-0-------------------.) then the Em chord.
d-0-0-0-0-------------------.) (regular g twice, then two times with the 2 fret on the
 a-2-2-2-2 6th string-.)
e-3-3-2-2----------.)
 i hope i didnt explain that part too confusing. you can always just use a regular G
  well it sounds really good, have fun with this!

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Readable chord sheet for Well, Benjamin by Shearwater

[G]We[D]ll[C], [Em]Ben[G]  [D]   - [C]    jamin,
[C] you crashed your plane a[D]gain -
 a [G]beautiful tailsp[Em]in.
It was go[G]ing to ha[D]ppen s[C]oon en[Em]ough,
the only ques[G]tion was w[Em]hen,
 because[C] I could smell the f[D]lames
 sle[G]eping on your sk[Em]in.

[C]I love you for the [G]things you do,
 and I d[Em]on't care who you [C]do them to.
 You can wrap your stupid suf[G]fering around [D]me.
'cause I th[C]ought it out, in the ti[G]me I've got,
 and I do[Em]n't care if I dr[C]own or not:
I just want to crash in[G]to that same cold s[D]ea.

it's pretty much the same throughout the rest of the song... except:

on the G when he sings " beauiful tailspin" and "question was when" and "sleeping on
skin" (get my drift?), the g chord is played like this:

e-3-3-3-3----------.)
b-3-3-3-3----------.)
g-0-0-0-0-------------------.)    then the Em chord.
d-0-0-0-0-------------------.)          (regular g twice, then two times with the 2 fret on the
a-2-2-2-2        6th string-.)
e-3-3-2-2----------.)

i hope i didnt explain that part too confusing. you can always just use a regular G
 well it sounds really good, have fun with this!

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