A        B     C#m   D
Benjamin rode out of Montana
Bm        C#m  F#m
On a Palomino pony
E                C#m
Told me he was all alone
F#m                B    E
He lost his family in '49
A         B   C#m     D
Benjamin took me to San Diego
B                C#m         F#m
Guess we caused quite a commotion
B       C#m       F#m
Sellin' Pacific Ocean water
    B                   E
And callin' it seaweed wine
       A           E      F#m           C#m
Oh, I never had as good a friend as Benjamin
  F#m    Bm      E
He loved to travel
A                  E         F#m         C#m F#m
He'd been ever' place I'd been and back again
     Bm            F
That boy could unravel
F#m                C#m
Stories that would make your eyes
F#m               D            E
Big as blackberry pies, I'm tellin' you
    A          Bm     C#m D
Life could be fun for anyone
                           E   A
Who had a good friend like Benjamin
D           A         B
Had a good friend like Benjamin

A E A E

      A      Bm            C#m        D
Well, me and Ben thumbed a ride to Alabama
B                C#m       F#m
Spent the summer pickin' cotton
     Bm         C#m    F#m
Now, it was so doggone hot
               B                     E
We bought us a three-speed electric fan
A          Bm       C#m         D
Then at night we'd drink a Coca-Cola
Bm            C#m     F#m
Listen to the rain a-fallin'
Bm          C#m        F#m
Hearin' the bob white callin'
B                             E
As though he'd know we'd understand
A                  G#m            F#m   C#m
Oh, I never had as good a friend as Benjamin
F#m      Bm       E
He loved to travel
A          G#m            F#m            C#m
He'd been ever' place I'd been and back again
F#m      Bm       C#m
That boy could unravel
F#m                 C#m
Stories that would make your eyes
F#m                      D          E
Big as blackberry pies, I'm tellin' you
A             Bm      C#m D
Life could be fun for anyone
                           E   A  E
Who had a good friend like Benjamin
D                      E  A   E
Had a good friend like Benjamin
A                 Bm         C#m      D
Well, Ben and me spent some time in Oklahoma
Bm           C#m    F#m
Livin' on a reservation
Bm           C#m      F#m
Workin' at a service station
         B               E
Pumpin' gas and passin' time
 A            B    C#m     D
We caught a train down to Harlan County
Bm                C#m   F#m
Thinkin' we were awful lucky
Bm             C#m         F#m
Just to walk along a Kentucky backroad
B                      E
Without no reason nor rhyme
F#m    A           G#m     F#m          C#m
Oh, I never had as good a friend as Benjamin
F#m      Bm  E
He loved to travel
A                G#m        F#m         C#m
He'd been ever' place I'd been and back again
F#m  Bm           C#m
That boy could unravel
F#m                C#m
Stories that would make your eyes
F#m               D         E
Big as blackberry pies, I'm tellin' you
A               Bm    C#m   D
Life could be fun for anyone
                           E       A
Who had a good friend like Benjamin
D                  E        A
Had a good friend like Benjamin
D                         Bm
Had a good friend like Benjamin