Benjamin Guitar Tab

Eight Arms To Hold You Tabs:

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Band        : Veruca Salt
Song        : Benjamin
Taken from  : 8 arms to hold you (1997)
Written by  : Nina Gordon
Chorded by  : Wilbert Huigens with help from R. Ceelen (r.ceelen@hsbos.nl)
Corrections : send to : bb_m25@dds.nl

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Used chords:

Bb    113331
Bb(*) 577655
C     335553
D#    668886
F     133211
F(*)  587565
G     355433

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[Verse:]
C    Bb   F
Take me a-way
  G    C       Bb    F
I know I could use a rest
        C     Bb      F
I wanna clear up this mess
   Bb(*)          F(*)
I need a few days with my good sense
  Bb(*)
I need a few good days

C     D#      Bb(*) F
Benja-min, no,        oh...
C     D#      Bb(*) F
Benja-min, no,        oh...
C     D#      Bb(*) F
Benja-min, no...
C             D# Bb(*) F
Where did you go ?     no, no...

[verse]
When you were falling from my tree
I was not scared
I thought you'd meet me back up there
It never dawned on me you were home free
It never dawned on me, no...

[chorus]
Benjamin, no, oh...
Benjamin, no, oh...
Benjamin, no...
Where did you go?
No, no, no...

[solo on verse]

[chorus]
Benjamin, no, oh...
Benjamin, no, oh...
Benjamin, no...
Where did you go?
No, no...

C D# Bb(*) F

C             D#          Bb(*)     F
You said that I could tie you down,   no...
C             D#          Bb(*)     F
You said that I could tie you down,   no...
C             D#          Bb(*)     F
You said that I could tie you down,   no...
C             D#          Bb(*)     F
You said that I could tie you down,   no...

Take me away
I know I could use the rest

C    Bb   F
Take me a-way
  G    C       Bb    F
I know I could use a rest


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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture rikiscorner Average	#1 by rikiscorner at Jan 27, 1982 at 11:47 AM EST
	vilenin.... Louise didn't write this one. It was Nina who wrote it. I'm pretty sure it's about losing love like everyone else said.

No Picture Justice Wanna Be	#2 by Justice Fish at Nov 18, 1983 at 9:26 PM EST
	Hmmm. Dunno. I think maybe this song is just about losing your first love.

No Picture Abe Lead Player	#3 by Abe Watson at Sep 10, 1993 at 9:18 AM EST
	NINA GORDON!!!! wrote this song and its obviously about someone up and leaving her when she thought it was gonna last. This line explains it perfectly: when you were falling from my tree I was not scared I thought you'd meet me back up there it never dawned on me you were home free it never dawned on me, no... It pretty much sums up the song

No Picture Alexander Wanna Be	#4 by Alexander Taule at Apr 23, 1994 at 12:16 AM EST
	oh whoops someone already talked about that nevermind sorry.

No Picture Tye Musical Genius	#5 by Tye williston at Jun 2, 1994 at 12:08 PM EST
	wow if she got that deep about a bunny!...LOL then again number one blind is about window shades so.........I know that in a concert she said it was about an "older rabbit" but I thought it was a joke. Maybe it was....maybe not

No Picture !Ace Rhythm Player	#6 by !Ace Youngs at Jul 20, 1997 at 5:15 AM EST
	actually I went back and listened and what she says in full is "this song is about forbidden love between a young girl and a much older rabbit"

No Picture taris Average	#7 by taris leoncho at Nov 4, 1997 at 11:21 PM EST
	this is a fantastic song, I think. It was pretty meaningful for me because it was both introduced to me by, and reminiscent of, my first boyfriend: Benjamin. I had no clue that the boy was drifting away from me...

No Picture NICK Wanna Be	#8 by NICK COGHLAN at Mar 19, 2000 at 2:23 PM EST
	Isn't this about Nina's bunny that ran away and that's why the cover for the Benjamin single is a bunny...

No Picture Brian Average	#9 by Brian Dempsey at Feb 17, 2003 at 12:43 AM EST
	this isa beautiful song i love it

No Picture Nick Average	#10 by Nick Vanderstelt at Jun 26, 2004 at 4:48 PM EST
	hey catherineeks, don't mean to freak you out but louise wrote this about her dog who ran away from home.

No Picture Forrest Average	#11 by Forrest at Feb 26, 2007 at 8:15 PM EST
	well, i have a live recording of this were she says in the begining that 'This is a song about forbidden love between a very young girl and a much older rabbit' go figure........