Biography:
Ben Kweller is a singer-songwriter playing a mix of indie rock and power pop influenced songs that was born in San Francisco, CA in 1981, being a part of the group The Bens as well as having a critically praised solo career. In 1982, his family relocated to Emory, TX; his father, Howard Kweller, became the town's first doctor. In 1986, the Kwellers moved to the much larger city of Greenville, TX. Ben himself was exposed to music at a very early age.
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Other songs:
- Believer
- Down
- Falling
- Hospital Bed
- How It Should Be Sha Sha
- I Gotta Move
- In Other Words
- Nothing Happening
- On My Way
- Penny On The Train Track
- Sundress
- Thirteen
- Walk On Me
- 200 Am
- Ann Disaster
- Balad Of Wendy Baker
- Better With You
- Commerce Tx
- Family Tree
- Fight
- Full Circle
- Hear Me Out
- Homeward Bound
- I Dont Know Why
- I Miss You
- I Need You Back
- Its Not Fair
- Living Life
- Lizzy
- Make It Up
- My Apartment
- Old Hat
- Out The Door
- Problems
- Red Eye
- Rules
- Run
- Sawdust Man
- Sorry Signs On Cash Machines
- Things I Like To Do
- Today
- Until I Die
- Wantin Her Again
- Wasted And Ready
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Artist: Ben Kweller
Song: Family Tree
Album: Sha Sha
Tabbed by: Don Tago
Email: [email protected]
Standard Tuning
Chords Used:
EADGBe
Am: 002210
Asus4:002230
B7: -21202
C: 032010
D: 000232
Em: 022000
G: 320033
Intro chords:
Bop bop... ba......Ha..ha..ha
[Em Am Asus4 Am] x6, then Em Am C D
Verse 1 chords:
Em Am Asus4 Am Em Am Asus4 Am Em
Care about the moonlight and hol...ding you tight
Am Asus4 Am Em Am
And a...sking my questions
C G B7
Everyone loves a situation.
Verse 2: (use verse 1 chords)
Long walks on the beach the press will impeach.
Lately I'm finding
I am the book and you are the binding
Chorus 1 Chords:
Em G C Em
I guess they'll read... everything about you
Am C D
Though the press might shoot me down I'm still true...ue
C Em D C Em D
I sell my book for free, that's what you do to me
C G C G C [intro chords]
Oh, you are my family tree..ee, be good to me, take care of me.
Interlude:
[intro chords]
Bop bop.
Verse 3: (use verse 1 chords)
There's hotels in the sea, trash in the sky
The net-dustry's growing.
Stick to love songs kid, that's all you're knowing.
Verse 3: (use verse 1 chords)
They push you away or tie you up
It don't really matter.
But if your head is up you won't get much sadder.
Chorus 2: (use chorus 1 chords) (some variation)
But who am I to preach a word or two
when I can't lift my own head without you?
If my mental state kept you from coming around
I hope the world would shoot me down for losing you.
A broken branch I'd be if you weren't grown to me.
Oh, you are my family tree, be good to me, be good to me, be good to me.
Take care of me.
Outro:
[intro chords]
Bop bop.
Song: Family Tree
Album: Sha Sha
Tabbed by: Don Tago
Email: [email protected]
Standard Tuning
Chords Used:
EADGBe
Am: 002210
Asus4:002230
B7: -21202
C: 032010
D: 000232
Em: 022000
G: 320033
Intro chords:
Bop bop... ba......Ha..ha..ha
[Em Am Asus4 Am] x6, then Em Am C D
Verse 1 chords:
Em Am Asus4 Am Em Am Asus4 Am Em
Care about the moonlight and hol...ding you tight
Am Asus4 Am Em Am
And a...sking my questions
C G B7
Everyone loves a situation.
Verse 2: (use verse 1 chords)
Long walks on the beach the press will impeach.
Lately I'm finding
I am the book and you are the binding
Chorus 1 Chords:
Em G C Em
I guess they'll read... everything about you
Am C D
Though the press might shoot me down I'm still true...ue
C Em D C Em D
I sell my book for free, that's what you do to me
C G C G C [intro chords]
Oh, you are my family tree..ee, be good to me, take care of me.
Interlude:
[intro chords]
Bop bop.
Verse 3: (use verse 1 chords)
There's hotels in the sea, trash in the sky
The net-dustry's growing.
Stick to love songs kid, that's all you're knowing.
Verse 3: (use verse 1 chords)
They push you away or tie you up
It don't really matter.
But if your head is up you won't get much sadder.
Chorus 2: (use chorus 1 chords) (some variation)
But who am I to preach a word or two
when I can't lift my own head without you?
If my mental state kept you from coming around
I hope the world would shoot me down for losing you.
A broken branch I'd be if you weren't grown to me.
Oh, you are my family tree, be good to me, be good to me, be good to me.
Take care of me.
Outro:
[intro chords]
Bop bop.
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