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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There's an Eb chord fingerpicked in the background for most of the song, with some variation.
Here's the main idea:
e|--------------|
B|-------4------|
G|-----3---3----|
D|---5-------5--|
A|-6------------|
E|--------------|
[Verse 1]
Eb Cm
We took a flight to the Pacific Northwest
Ab
I've had a longing to go there deep in my chest
Like a dream
[Verse 2]
Eb Cm
Left Portland in the mornin' headed for the coast
Ab
Feels like middle of nowhere, windin' down this road
Ab
And then I see it
This can't be real
[Chorus]
Eb Bb Ab
I've never seen a greener green than that
Eb Bb Ab
The sea salt air I'm breathin' brings life back
Eb Cm
Together, we're alive and free, holdin' hands on the beach
Ab
And I remember what it is to be
Eb Cm Ab
So green
Eb Cm Ab
It was so green
[Verse 3]
Eb Cm
Take a lighthouse tour, we saw the octopus tree
Ab Fm
Feels like some Wes Anderson movie scene
Ab
In the breeze
[Verse 4]
Eb Cm
Made a bonfire on the beach, talked late into the night
Ab Fm
We made love after bottles of cheap red wine
Ab Fm
It was way too sweet (mmm, yeah)
Ab Bb
You taste so swee-eet
[Chorus]
Eb Bb Ab
I've never seen a greener green than that
Eb Bb Ab
The sea salt air I'm breathin' brings life back
Eb Cm
Together, we're alive and free, holdin' hands on the beach
Ab
And I remember what it is to be
Eb Cm Ab Fm
So green
Eb Cm
Yeah, it was so green
[Interlude]
Ab Fm Eb Cm Ab Fm Eb Cm Ab Fm
Yeah-eah-eah-e - a - h, yeah, yeah, oh
[Chorus]
Eb Bb Ab
I've never seen a greener green than that
Eb Bb Ab
The sea salt air I'm breathin' brings life back
Eb Cm
Together, we're alive and free, holdin' hands on the beach
Ab
And I remember what it is to be
You and I rememberin' what it is to be
Eb Cm Ab Bb
So green
Eb Cm Ab
It was so green
Here's the main idea:
e|--------------|
B|-------4------|
G|-----3---3----|
D|---5-------5--|
A|-6------------|
E|--------------|
[Verse 1]
Eb Cm
We took a flight to the Pacific Northwest
Ab
I've had a longing to go there deep in my chest
Like a dream
[Verse 2]
Eb Cm
Left Portland in the mornin' headed for the coast
Ab
Feels like middle of nowhere, windin' down this road
Ab
And then I see it
This can't be real
[Chorus]
Eb Bb Ab
I've never seen a greener green than that
Eb Bb Ab
The sea salt air I'm breathin' brings life back
Eb Cm
Together, we're alive and free, holdin' hands on the beach
Ab
And I remember what it is to be
Eb Cm Ab
So green
Eb Cm Ab
It was so green
[Verse 3]
Eb Cm
Take a lighthouse tour, we saw the octopus tree
Ab Fm
Feels like some Wes Anderson movie scene
Ab
In the breeze
[Verse 4]
Eb Cm
Made a bonfire on the beach, talked late into the night
Ab Fm
We made love after bottles of cheap red wine
Ab Fm
It was way too sweet (mmm, yeah)
Ab Bb
You taste so swee-eet
[Chorus]
Eb Bb Ab
I've never seen a greener green than that
Eb Bb Ab
The sea salt air I'm breathin' brings life back
Eb Cm
Together, we're alive and free, holdin' hands on the beach
Ab
And I remember what it is to be
Eb Cm Ab Fm
So green
Eb Cm
Yeah, it was so green
[Interlude]
Ab Fm Eb Cm Ab Fm Eb Cm Ab Fm
Yeah-eah-eah-e - a - h, yeah, yeah, oh
[Chorus]
Eb Bb Ab
I've never seen a greener green than that
Eb Bb Ab
The sea salt air I'm breathin' brings life back
Eb Cm
Together, we're alive and free, holdin' hands on the beach
Ab
And I remember what it is to be
You and I rememberin' what it is to be
Eb Cm Ab Bb
So green
Eb Cm Ab
It was so green
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