Michael Jackson – Ben

Composed by Year Album Tempo Piano Arrangement

Walter Scharf 1972 Ben 68 Ivan Salnikov
Don Black youtube.com/mrvantyai

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5 Ben, the two of us need look no more We both found what we were

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8 look - ing for With a friend to call my own, I'll nev - er be a-

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11 lone And you my friend will see, you've got a friend in me _ _ (You've got a friend in

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14 me) Ben, you're al - ways run - ning here and there (Here and there)

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You feel you're not want - ed a- ny - where (A - ny - where) If you ev - er look be - hind

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20 and don't like what you find There's some - thing you should

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22 know, you've got a place to go _ _ (You got a place to go) I used to say

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“I” and “me” Now it’s “us”, now it's “we” I used to say

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30 “I” and “me” Now it’s “us”, now it’s “we”

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Ben, most peo - ple would turn you a - way (Turn you a - way) I don’t lis - ten to a

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36 word they say (A word they say) They don’t see you as I do I wish they would try

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39 to I’m sure they’d _ think a - gain If they had a friend like Ben (A

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