Biography:
Benny Tipene (born 1990) is a 23-year-old music retail assistant from Palmerston North. He auditioned with a sung version of Outkast's "Hey Ya!". Tipene is a self-taught singer-songwriter who describes his genre as "acoustic folk pop". He previously played with popular Palmsterton North indie rock band the Nerines. In week nine, Tipene performed his self-penned song "Boxes", the first contestant to perform an original song outside of auditions or a sing-off.
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Make You Mine – Benny Tipene
(Two options for this song: for Capo 1: play G in the verse, C, G, D, Em in Chorus
and Em, C, G in Bridge)
Or to get the high notes as Benny plays:
Capo 8
[Verse 1]
C
If you were mine I'd make you smile with all my foolish ways
C
Like light to dark would make a start If only you'd notice me
[Chorus]
F C G Am
Cause there's a thousand ways and a thousand times
F C G Am
That I could try to say I will make you mine
F C G Am
And if it's not today I'm gonna keep on trying
F C G Am
I'm gonna get there I'm gonna get there I'm gonna make you mine
F C G C
I'm gonna get there I'm gonna get there I'm gonna make you mine
[Verse 2]
C
We could lie on a field of grass And watch the birds fly by
C
If only you'd come talk to me I'd show you that it all was right
[Chorus] (he substitutes F Maj7 for F in the chorus when playing live)
[Bridge – finger picked – detailed below]
Am FMaj7 C C
We could live in love entranced
Am FMaj7 C C
If only you'd consider rhymes
Am Fmaj7 C C/B Am Am7/G FMaj7
Cause there's a world out there for us to see and love
G
You will believe
[Chorus – single strums on first two lines, substitute Fmaj7 for F and don’t play last line]
[Chorus – don’t play last line]
F C G Am
I'm gonna get there I'm gonna get there I'm gonna make you mine x2
[Outro]
N.C.
I'm gonna make you mine (rpt x 8)
[Finger Picking for Bridge]
|1st3 times :|
Am FMaj7 C C (rpt)
e|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0----------|------|
B|---------1---|---------1---|--------1---|------|
G|-----2-------|-----2-------|-----0------|------|
D|---2-------2-|---3-------3-|---2-----2--|------|
A|-0-----------|-------------|-3----------|------|
E|-------0-----|-1-----1-----|-------3----|------|
(Two options for this song: for Capo 1: play G in the verse, C, G, D, Em in Chorus
and Em, C, G in Bridge)
Or to get the high notes as Benny plays:
Capo 8
[Verse 1]
C
If you were mine I'd make you smile with all my foolish ways
C
Like light to dark would make a start If only you'd notice me
[Chorus]
F C G Am
Cause there's a thousand ways and a thousand times
F C G Am
That I could try to say I will make you mine
F C G Am
And if it's not today I'm gonna keep on trying
F C G Am
I'm gonna get there I'm gonna get there I'm gonna make you mine
F C G C
I'm gonna get there I'm gonna get there I'm gonna make you mine
[Verse 2]
C
We could lie on a field of grass And watch the birds fly by
C
If only you'd come talk to me I'd show you that it all was right
[Chorus] (he substitutes F Maj7 for F in the chorus when playing live)
[Bridge – finger picked – detailed below]
Am FMaj7 C C
We could live in love entranced
Am FMaj7 C C
If only you'd consider rhymes
Am Fmaj7 C C/B Am Am7/G FMaj7
Cause there's a world out there for us to see and love
G
You will believe
[Chorus – single strums on first two lines, substitute Fmaj7 for F and don’t play last line]
[Chorus – don’t play last line]
F C G Am
I'm gonna get there I'm gonna get there I'm gonna make you mine x2
[Outro]
N.C.
I'm gonna make you mine (rpt x 8)
[Finger Picking for Bridge]
|1st3 times :|
Am FMaj7 C C (rpt)
e|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0----------|------|
B|---------1---|---------1---|--------1---|------|
G|-----2-------|-----2-------|-----0------|------|
D|---2-------2-|---3-------3-|---2-----2--|------|
A|-0-----------|-------------|-3----------|------|
E|-------0-----|-1-----1-----|-------3----|------|
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