Biography:
Ben Rector (born November 6, 1986) is a singer/songwriter from Tulsa, Oklahoma, US now based in Nashville, Tennessee. Rector’s stylistic influences include pop, rock, and folk music.
Rector took piano lessons as a small child but did not begin playing music seriously until he picked up the guitar in high school. He began writing songs in tenth grade and formed a band called Euromart the following year. Euromart made an EP and played club shows in Tulsa, but dissolved when the members left for college.
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Other songs:
- Brand New
- Dance With Me Baby
- Beautiful
- Forever Like That
- Sailboat
- When A Heart Breaks
- 30000 Feet
- After All
- Almost Home
- And Then You Love Someone
- Associated
- Autumn
- Boxes
- Crazy
- Do You Believe In Love
- Drive
- Duo
- Early Morning Riser
- Extraordinary Magic
- Falling In Love
- Favorite Song
- Fear
- Follow You
- Green
- Hank
- Hide Away
- I Like You
- I Thank God I Miss You
- I Wanna Dance With Somebody
- I Will Always Be Yours
- If You Can Hear Me
- Im Okay
- Kids
- Let The Good Times Roll
- Life Keeps Movin On
- Like The World Is Going To End
- Love Like This
- Loving You Is Easy
- Magic
- Making Money
- More Like Love
- Moving Backwards
- Need You Tonight
- Never Gonna Let You Go
- Note To Self
- Old Friends
- Ordinary Love
- Over And Over
- Peace
- She Is
- Sometimes
- Song For The Suburbs
- Summer Candy
- Thank God For The Summertime
- The Beat
- The Feeling
- The Kill
- The Men That Drive Me Places
- The Sophomore
- Twenty Tomorrow
- When Im With You
- When She Comes Around
- Wherever You Are
- White Dress
- Wildfire
- You And Me
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I really like this song off Ben's new album so I gave it a shot. Let me know what you guys think!
For the intro make sure you hammer on the Cadd9 to get the effect at the beginning. I'm not claiming this is
perfect or anything but I think it's really close.
Capo 4
Intro
Cadd9 Em G (x2)
G (x2)
Verse 1
G Em C
I lost my shoes in New York City
G Em C
So I bought some new because that felt fitting, yeah yeah
G
But the pavement underneath them,
Em C G Em C
Walked those city streets and felt alive, yeah
G Em C
I almost quit in Oklahoma
G Em C
10 years out here will take a toll yeah
G
1 million miles of fear and beauty
Em C G
and I could not explain it even if I tried
Em C
Thats all right, uhhh
Chorus 1
G
We're almost, we're almost home
Em C
We're almost, we're almost home
G
We're almost, we're almost home
Em C
yeaahhh
Verse 2
G Em C
I was offered hope, and fear and saviors
G Em C
I was offered sex from total strangers
G
And with all that noise around me
Em C G
I found a peace that I could call my own
Em C
We're almost home oh oh oh yeah
Chorus 2
G
We're almost, we're almost home
Em C
We're almost, we're almost home
G
We're almost, we're almost home
Em C
yeaaah uhhh uhhhh
G
We're almost, we're almost home
Em C
Just another 100 miles and then its done
G
We're almost, we're almost home
Em C
ohhhhhhhh
Bridge
F C
G F C
Seen a lifetime of pain and beauty
G F
Felt fear and joy running through me
C C
You can lose yourself out on this road
Final Chorus
G
We're almost, we're almost home
Em C
We're almost, we're almost home
G
We're almost, we're almost home
Em C
yeah yeah
G
We're almost, we're almost home
Em C
Just another 1000 miles and then its done
G Em C
We're almost, we're almost home
Outro
G Em C (x8) Ends on G
For the intro make sure you hammer on the Cadd9 to get the effect at the beginning. I'm not claiming this is
perfect or anything but I think it's really close.
Capo 4
Intro
Cadd9 Em G (x2)
G (x2)
Verse 1
G Em C
I lost my shoes in New York City
G Em C
So I bought some new because that felt fitting, yeah yeah
G
But the pavement underneath them,
Em C G Em C
Walked those city streets and felt alive, yeah
G Em C
I almost quit in Oklahoma
G Em C
10 years out here will take a toll yeah
G
1 million miles of fear and beauty
Em C G
and I could not explain it even if I tried
Em C
Thats all right, uhhh
Chorus 1
G
We're almost, we're almost home
Em C
We're almost, we're almost home
G
We're almost, we're almost home
Em C
yeaahhh
Verse 2
G Em C
I was offered hope, and fear and saviors
G Em C
I was offered sex from total strangers
G
And with all that noise around me
Em C G
I found a peace that I could call my own
Em C
We're almost home oh oh oh yeah
Chorus 2
G
We're almost, we're almost home
Em C
We're almost, we're almost home
G
We're almost, we're almost home
Em C
yeaaah uhhh uhhhh
G
We're almost, we're almost home
Em C
Just another 100 miles and then its done
G
We're almost, we're almost home
Em C
ohhhhhhhh
Bridge
F C
G F C
Seen a lifetime of pain and beauty
G F
Felt fear and joy running through me
C C
You can lose yourself out on this road
Final Chorus
G
We're almost, we're almost home
Em C
We're almost, we're almost home
G
We're almost, we're almost home
Em C
yeah yeah
G
We're almost, we're almost home
Em C
Just another 1000 miles and then its done
G Em C
We're almost, we're almost home
Outro
G Em C (x8) Ends on G
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