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Benny's On The Rooftop
Mark Wilkinson (2012)
Capo 7th
Standard tuning
Chords used:
Em C G B7 C#dim Bm
e|--0---|--0---|--3---|--2---|--0---|--2---|
B|--0---|--1---|--3---|--0---|--2---|--3---|
G|--0---|--0---|--0---|--2---|--0---|--4---|
D|--2---|--2---|--0---|--1---|--2---|--4---|
A|--2---|--3---|--2---|--2---|--4---|--2---|
E|--0---|------|--3---|------|------|------|
INTRO
Em C G B7
Em C G B7
VERSE
Em
Man us kids, we can be so cruel
C
Teen armies never suffered no fools
G
But Benny was a sucker
B7
Man he never really fit in
Em
Poor Benny had to do his time
C
Just breathing was a capital crime
G
Man we made him suffer
B7
Benny never really knew why
PRE CHORUS
Em C
This time I think we've pushed too far
G Bm
This time we've opened up a scar
Em C
This time we've pushed him to the edge
C#dim B7
This time it's really gone straight to his head
CHORUS
Em
Benny's on the rooftop man
C
I think he might've jumped this time
G
You didn't see the look in his eye
B7
I think we've pushed him way too far
Em
Benny's on the rooftop man
C
I think he might've jumped this time
G
You didn't see the look in his eye
B7
I think we've pushed him way too far
B7
Way too far
VERSE
Em
So come on Benny step on back from that ledge
C
'Cause we didn't mean a word that we said
G
Yeah we thought your skin was thicker
B7
Than the lines that we fed
PRE CHORUS
Em C
I saw him rocking on the edge
G
With the years of anger, isolation
Bm
Running through his head
Em C
Nah, Benny don't step off that ledge
C#dim B7
For the world will drown in your river running red
CHORUS
Em
Benny's on the rooftop man
C
I think he might've jumped this time
G
You didn't see the look in his eye
B7
I think we've pushed him way too far, no no
Em
Benny's on the rooftop man
C
I think he might've jumped this time
G
You didn't see the look in his eye
B7
I think we've pushed him way too far
BRIDGE
Em
Yeah, he might've jumped this time
C
He might've jumped this time
C#dim
He might've jumped this time
B7
Benny might've jumped this time
Em
Yeah, he might've jumped this time
C
He might've jumped this time
C#dim
Benny might've jumped this time
B7
I think he might've jumped
B7
this time
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
Em C G B7
CHORUS
Em
Benny's on the rooftop man
C
I think he really jumped this time
G
You didn't see the look in his eye
B7
I think we've pushed him way too far
OUTRO
Em
Benny's on the rooftop man
C
I think he really jumped this time
C#dim
I think he really jumped this time
B7
He really jumped this time
B7
He really jumped this time
END ON Em
Enjoy. :)
