Tom: Dm
Benny's Going Home - Michael Marra
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Playing Notes
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I watched a live performance of this where the guitarist (might have been Chris Marra - my memory is hazy now)
played a nice ascending diminished riff in the chorus at the end of the first line - I have included the
chord shapes for this at the end of the song and you can choose to include this to spice things up.
The Dm7 chord is slid up from a 5th fret barre to a 10th fret barre (at the end of the chorus) on the second
bar. I would suggest playing this by pulling off the second and third fingers and sliding the barre finger
up to the tenth fret then hammering on for the minor seventh shape.
Suggested Chords
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Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Gm7 C7 F#dim Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 D#dim Am7 Bb A7 Dm7 Dm7
E|---8-----10-----10---8----8----| e|--3---3----0------2-----5----6---5---5-/-10-| C
B|---10----10-----11---8----7----| V B|--3---5----1------1-----5----6---5---6-/-10-| H
G|---9-----10-----10---9----8----| E G|--3---3----2------2-----5----7---6---5-/-10-| O
D|---10----12-----12---8----7----| R D|--3---5----3------1-----5----8---5---7-/-10-| R
A|---8-----13-----10---10---9----| S A|--5---3----3------X-----7----8---7---5-/-12-| U
E|---x-----x------x----8---------| E E|--3---X----1------X-----5----6---5---X-/-10-| S
[Intro]
Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Fmaj7 Bbmaj7
[Verse]
Fmaj7 Bbmaj7
Through the heat haze to the rolling hills, goes a weary little smiling man
Fmaj7 Bbmaj7
Looking at the world through a goldfish bowl, with a suitcase in his hand
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 F#dim
And he's been, selling diamonds to the destitute, he's been saving all his money all alone
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 F#dim
Lying in winter in his birthday suit, and he be-lieves that it's time to go home
[Chorus]
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 D#dim
Benny's going home (returna casa mi a-migo) Benny's going home (returna casa mi a-migo)
Gm7 Am7 Bb A7 Dm7 Gm7 C7
Goodbye Benny take a seat and rest your wea-ry bones
[Verse]
Fmaj7 Bbmaj7
Now he can sit down easy with a glass of wine, no need to worry about the time of day
Fmaj7 Bbmaj7
Driven ladies will come floating by and he'll pushing up his glasses before they float away
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 F#dim
White buildings in the afternoon, no need to hide him from the eyes of the crowd
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 F#dim
Evening bells will be ringing soon, and I be-lieve they're gonna ring them loud
[Chorus]
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 D#dim
Benny's going home (returna casa mi a-migo) Benny's going home (returna casa mi a-migo)
Gm7 Am7 Bb A7 Dm7 Gm7 C
Goodbye Benny take a seat and rest your wea-ry bones
[Intstrumental]
Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 F#dim Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 F#dim Gm7 C7
[Verse]
Fmaj7 Bbmaj7
People get thinking 'bout times gone by they get wondering about way back when
Fmaj7 Bbmaj7
They let their lives roll down easy street and the blessing in disguise at the end
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 F#dim
No need to worry about the rain clouds coming, no need to worry 'bout the cold
Gm7 C Fmaj7 F#dim
No need to worry 'bout the custom now, no need to worry 'bout growing old
[Outro]
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 D#dim
Benny's going home (returna casa mi a-migo) Benny's going home (returna casa mi a-migo)
Gm7 Am7 Bb A7 Dm7 Gm7 C7
Goodbye Benny take a seat and rest your wea-ry bones
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 D#dim
Benny's going home (returna casa mi a-migo) Benny's going home (returna casa mi a-migo)
Gm7 Am7 Bb A7 Dm7 Gm7 C7
Goodbye Benny take a seat and rest your wea-ry bones
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 F#dim Gm7 Am7 Bb A7 Dm7 Gm7 C7
(returna casa mi a-migo) (returna casa mi a-migo)
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 F#dim Gm7 Am7 Bb A7 Dm7 Gm7 C7
(returna casa mi a-migo) (returna casa mi a-migo) (Repeat last line chord pattern x2 and fade to end)
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To add a flourish to the D#dim in the chorus at the end of the first line
you can play an ascending riff as follows:
D#dim F#dim Adim Cdim
E|--2-----5-----8-----11---|
B|--1-----4-----7-----10---| H R
G|--2-----5-----8-----11---| O I
D|--1-----4-----7-----10---| R F
A|--X-----X-----X-----X----| U F
E|--X-----X-----X-----X----| S
