Biography:
In 2003 Ben Abraham decided he never wanted to sing again. The stunning career choice came after years of musical insecurity and tireless efforts to impress people; performing renditions of other people's songs he was told were cool at the time.
Content with leaving the dream of music behind, Ben turned instead to his screenwriting studies and fell in love with the art of film and the power of story.
It was four years before Ben picked up an instrument again, and it took meeting a young girl in hospital with anorexia.
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Other songs:
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Tuning (low to high): D-A-D-F#-A-d
Capo: 3rd fret (tab relative to capo)
[Chords]:
F - 000000
C - 700700
C* - 700800
Dm - 900800
Bb - 500500
Gm - 200100
Am - 400300
Eb - 030030
D* - 020120
[Intro]
d|--0--------4---2---0---0--------|
A|--0--------0---0---0---0--------|
F#|--0--------0---0---0---1--------| (2X)
D|--0--------4---2---0---0--------|
A|--0--------0---0---0---2--------|
D|--0--------0---0---0---0--------|
[Verse 1]
F C Dm Bb F Dm Bb
There are places that I remember you sang in the night
C C*
And it turned into day
F C Dm Bb
Well they're saying that you have gone quiet
F Dm Bb C Bb C C*
They say that you h ide your love away
F C Dm Bb
But they don't know you the way that I know you
F Dm Bb C C*
With your little vices they are fencing you in
F C Dm Bb
And all of the others, those girls in their circles
F Dm Bb C Bb C C*
If you could see in their eyes when you start to sing
[Chorus]
F Bb Dm
You're a songbird and we ain't seen nothing
C F Bb
We ain't seen nothing
Dm C F Bb F
Little songbird don't hide it away
Bb C Dm
Show your heart to the world and never stop singing
C Bb
Don't you ever stop singing
F Gm Am Bb
And one of these days you'll believe when we say
Bb C F
You're a songbird, God made you that way
[Intro]
d|--0--------4---2---0---0--------|
A|--0--------0---0---0---0--------|
F#|--0--------0---0---0---1--------| (2X)
D|--0--------4---2---0---0--------|
A|--0--------0---0---0---2--------|
D|--0--------0---0---0---0--------|
[Verse 2]
F C Dm Bb
Time changes things and moves like a freight train
F Dm Bb C C*
And I know that time hasn't always been kind
F C Dm Bb
And all of these others?? these boys and their circles and circles again
F Dm Bb C Bb C C*
If they could see the fire in your eyes every time that you sing
[Chorus]
F Bb Dm
You're a songbird and we ain't seen nothing
C F Bb
We ain't seen nothing, nothing at all
Dm C F Bb F
Little songbird don't hide it away. No no no no
Bb C Dm
Show your heart to the world and never stop singing
C Bb
Don't you ever stop singing
F Gm Am Bb
And one of these days you'll believe when we say
Bb C F
You're a songbird, God made you that way
[Intro]
d|--0--------4---2---0---0--------|
A|--0--------0---0---0---0--------|
F#|--0--------0---0---0---1--------| (2X)
D|--0--------4---2---0---0--------|
A|--0--------0---0---0---2--------|
D|--0--------0---0---0---0--------|
[Play the intro another two times while singing]
F
Show us what you're made of...
[Outro]
F Eb D*
So show us what you're made of
F Eb D*
Show us what you're made of
F Eb D*
Show us what you're made of
F Eb D*
Show us what you're made of
F Gm Am Bb
And one of these days you'll believe when we say
Bb C F
You're a songbird, God made you that way
Capo: 3rd fret (tab relative to capo)
[Chords]:
F - 000000
C - 700700
C* - 700800
Dm - 900800
Bb - 500500
Gm - 200100
Am - 400300
Eb - 030030
D* - 020120
[Intro]
d|--0--------4---2---0---0--------|
A|--0--------0---0---0---0--------|
F#|--0--------0---0---0---1--------| (2X)
D|--0--------4---2---0---0--------|
A|--0--------0---0---0---2--------|
D|--0--------0---0---0---0--------|
[Verse 1]
F C Dm Bb F Dm Bb
There are places that I remember you sang in the night
C C*
And it turned into day
F C Dm Bb
Well they're saying that you have gone quiet
F Dm Bb C Bb C C*
They say that you h ide your love away
F C Dm Bb
But they don't know you the way that I know you
F Dm Bb C C*
With your little vices they are fencing you in
F C Dm Bb
And all of the others, those girls in their circles
F Dm Bb C Bb C C*
If you could see in their eyes when you start to sing
[Chorus]
F Bb Dm
You're a songbird and we ain't seen nothing
C F Bb
We ain't seen nothing
Dm C F Bb F
Little songbird don't hide it away
Bb C Dm
Show your heart to the world and never stop singing
C Bb
Don't you ever stop singing
F Gm Am Bb
And one of these days you'll believe when we say
Bb C F
You're a songbird, God made you that way
[Intro]
d|--0--------4---2---0---0--------|
A|--0--------0---0---0---0--------|
F#|--0--------0---0---0---1--------| (2X)
D|--0--------4---2---0---0--------|
A|--0--------0---0---0---2--------|
D|--0--------0---0---0---0--------|
[Verse 2]
F C Dm Bb
Time changes things and moves like a freight train
F Dm Bb C C*
And I know that time hasn't always been kind
F C Dm Bb
And all of these others?? these boys and their circles and circles again
F Dm Bb C Bb C C*
If they could see the fire in your eyes every time that you sing
[Chorus]
F Bb Dm
You're a songbird and we ain't seen nothing
C F Bb
We ain't seen nothing, nothing at all
Dm C F Bb F
Little songbird don't hide it away. No no no no
Bb C Dm
Show your heart to the world and never stop singing
C Bb
Don't you ever stop singing
F Gm Am Bb
And one of these days you'll believe when we say
Bb C F
You're a songbird, God made you that way
[Intro]
d|--0--------4---2---0---0--------|
A|--0--------0---0---0---0--------|
F#|--0--------0---0---0---1--------| (2X)
D|--0--------4---2---0---0--------|
A|--0--------0---0---0---2--------|
D|--0--------0---0---0---0--------|
[Play the intro another two times while singing]
F
Show us what you're made of...
[Outro]
F Eb D*
So show us what you're made of
F Eb D*
Show us what you're made of
F Eb D*
Show us what you're made of
F Eb D*
Show us what you're made of
F Gm Am Bb
And one of these days you'll believe when we say
Bb C F
You're a songbird, God made you that way
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