verse 1
C F
They call me Ben here in the pen
C G
Where ya take the guff and ya suffer
C F
But I'll be free when I'm 53
G C G C
And I bet I'll be a whole lot tougher, I'll bet I'll be a whole lot tougher
C F
When I was a lad I was really bad
C G
It wasn't smart to be good
C F
I beat up my dog, choked my frog
G C
I acted just as mean as I could
C F
I hit all the girls and put gum in her curls
C G
Cause I liked to hear 'em cry and plea
C F
I'd punch a little boys and steal all their toys
C C
Cause I knew they wern't smarter than me
C F
Yeh, They call me Ben here in the pen
C G
Where ya take the guff and ya suffer
C F
But I'll be free when I'm 53
G C G C
And I bet I'll be a whole lot tougher, I'll bet I'll be a whole lot tougher
verse 2
C F
When I was 16 I was really mean
C G
I could scrap at the toss of a coin
C F
I was leader of a gang, Rough 'Rangitangs
G C
Ya had to be a good theif to join
C F
Yeah we had the black jackets and the motorbikes
C G
And we forced all the girls to... Skip school
C F
And the cops they'd all tried to sympathize
G C
An' we told them how our parents were so cruel
C F
Yeh, They call me Ben here in the pen
C G
Where ya take the guff and ya suffer
C F
But I'll be free when I'm 53
G C G C
And I bet I'll be a lot tougher, I'll bet I'll be a lot tougher
verse 3
C F
When I turned 21 I had to have a gun
C G
Cause I planned me a robbery one day
C F
And the girlfriend said that she'd rather be dead
G C
Than to hang around with a guy like me
C F
Well I granted her wish and dumped her in with the fish
C G
Then I went to meet Frank
C F
Yeah, that's the same day that I shot and killed me the cop
G C
He didn't want to let me into the bank
C F
Yeh, They call me Ben here in the pen
C G
Where ya take the guff and ya suffer
C F
But I'll be free when I'm 53
G C G C
And I bet I'll be a whole lot tougher, I hope I'll be a whole lot tougher
Ah, what's the use
G
I guess I'm not a very good bluffer
Aah, back to that hammer man.