The Story Of Benjamin Darling Part 1 Chords

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Verse 1

C♯mOn a brig loaded with timber headed for the north Maine coast,

 They took on some roG♯mugh seas.

C♯mThe captain and his slave fought back the heavy waves,

 But they were threateG♯mning to break her Aup so badEly. B

C♯mSee two days before they left the outer banks,

 And made good time up to BosG♯mton.

C♯mBut just north of Essex the sky grew dark,

 He missed his mark he was makG♯ming,

 And lifBe can change so fasEt.

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 The caBptain had seen many a dAay,

 When tBhe winds blew and the waters raAged.

 But itB was just a part of the life he mAade for himself,

 RunninAg the coast of New EnglaEnd.

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 The shC♯mip heaved and cracked,

 Threw the men on their backs as the water came ruG♯mshing in.

 The capC♯mtain fought hard yet.

 He yelled above the splintering wreck, I have done you G♯mwrong son.

AI should be forsaken fEor what I have dBone.

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ABut Ben reached a timber to stay aC♯mfloat.

AHe grabbed the captain's braided C♯mcoat.

AHe swam him to the nearest shore.

ADragged him up 'til he couldn't pull no more,

AAnd left him breathin', yeah lefC♯mt him breathBin' Edry.

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BThe captain said in aAll my days,

BI have never seen anybody sAave the very Bperson who kept him Aenslaved.

AGod damn it Ben, you should have your fEreedom

 For what you have doBne.

Verse 3

C♯mHeyyyyG♯my C♯m HeyyyyG♯my

 And I sAhould be foErsaken for what I have Bdone.

C♯mSomewhere off the Maine coast,

 At the mouth of the New Meadows River there's an iG♯msland,

 Where a maroonC♯med man lived out his life quietly under tied and sky.

 Never forgettiG♯mng when the seBa rose up so Ehigh.

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BThe captain said in all my daAys,

 I have never sBeen anybody sAave the very pBerson who kept him enAslaved.

AGod damn it Ben, you should have your freEedom

 For what you have done.B

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