Intro: G C G C
verse 1
G
Electricity, yeah you can all thank me
C Am
Took some lightning, a kite, and a fat brass key
Bm C
And they’re putting up street lights in gay Paris
Am D G C
You’re welcome from our young nation
G
I’m the only American the French wanna see
C Am
They call me a genius, I can’t disagree
Bm C
They have guns, they have funds, they can set us free
Am D G
Invest in my reputation
Am
And do you know who the fuck I am?
C
Yeah do you know who the fuck I am?
Am
Do you know who the fuck I am?
C G C
I am Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writing Benjamin fucking Franklin
verse 2
G
I said early to bed, bitches, early to rise
C Am
They make a man healthy, wealthy and wise
Bm C
Soldiers are fighting for freedom, they have no supplies
Am D G
So diplomacy happens at night
G
John Adams debates at the gates of Versailles
C Am
Ay, he whines and parades and awaits a reply
Bm C
As I stay up late with a succulent breast or a thigh
Am D G
Alright, diplomacy happens at night
Am
And do you know who the fuck I am?
C
Yeah do you know who the fuck I am?
Am
Do you know who the fuck I am?
C G
I am seventy-six-and-I’ll-still-kick-your-ass fucking Franklin
Bridge
Em C
One pain that lingers, the hitch in my stride
Em C
Is my son back at home who I could not guide
Bm C
Who sits alone in a prison cell on the wrong side
Am D G C
Stands against our young nation
verse 3
G
So I play my ambassador part with pride
C Am
I am known in the world, and the world is wide
Bm
To my children, my sins may be magnified
C Am D G
But I’d do it all again, no hesitation
Am
And do you know who the fuck I am?
C
Yeah do you know who the fuck I am?
Am
Do you know who the fuck I am?
C (Am)
I am Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writing Benjamin fucking Franklin
Outro
Am
(Do you know who the fuck I am?) who the fuck I am?
C
(Do you know who the fuck I am?) who the fuck I am?
Am
(Do you know who the fuck I am?)
C Am
I am Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writing, polymath, bifocal-wearing
Em Bb G
Hardened glass harmonica-playing Benjamin fucking Franklin