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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This is a fairly simple song embellished by chord voicings. Sometimes the
subtlety in the voicing is difficult to make out in the recording. What I've
listed as an Asus could be a Dsus2, for example, or the other way around. In
addition, the songwriter keeps it fresh by changing up the patterns so
they're not consistent throughout. That's most evident in the bass line,
which moves on different measures from verse to verse.?
Capo: 1
Song starts with a Bb chord on the keys. Chart begins at the Mandolin entrance . . .
| A | Dmaj7 | A | Amaj7 | A | D Dmaj7 D6 A |
It's been
|A |Asus |A |Asus
Ten years on this pavement and I finally caught a dream
|D2 |D2/B D2/E |A . . A2 A | Asus |
If I'm honest it's a terrifying thing
|A |Asus |A/F# |Asus/E
'Cause I feel crazy taking pictures, hear a thousand people scream
|D2 |D2/B D2/E |A . . A2 A | Asus |
This is a lot for an Oklahoma kid like me
|A |Asus |A/F# |Asus/E
Chase me down outside of Georgia. I was sure that I was done
|D2 |D2/B D2/E |A . . A2 A | Asus |
Something in me would not turn around and run
|A |D2 |A/F# |Asus/E
I heard the Lord in California. I remembered who I was and I
|D2 |D2/B (punch on one, then off)
Learned to dance with the fear that I'd been running from
| A . . A2 A | Asus | A . . A2 A | Asus |
|A |Asus |A/F# |Asus/E
And I've been scared to death of failing. Scared that I'd look like a fool
|D2 |D2/B D2/E |A . . A2 A | Asus |
And I'd rather quit than risk that I could lose
|A |Asus/F# |A/E |D2
Now I'm not proud of that position, but it's the hand that I've been dealt
|D2 |D2/B D2/E |A . . A2 A | A |
And as far as I'm concerned that hand can go to hell
|A |Asus |A/F# |Asus/E
Chase me down outside of Georgia. I was sure that I was done
|D2 |D2/B D2/E |A . . A2 A | Asus |
Something in me would not turn around and run
|A |Asus |A/F# |Asus/E
Heard the Lord in California. I remembered who I was and I
|D2 |D2/B D2/E |
Learned to dance with the fear that I'd been running from
| A . . A2 A | Asus | A . . A2 A | Asus |
|A |Asus |A |Asus |
No, I won't run away. (Oh oh, oh oh)
|A |Asus |A |Asus |
No, I am not afraid. (Oh oh, oh oh)
|A |Asus |A/F# |Asus/E
I was down outside of Georgia, so sure that I was done
|D2 |D2/B D2/E |A . . A2 A | Asus |
But something in me would not turn around and run
|A |Asus |A/F# |Asus/E
Heard the Lord in California. I remembered who I was and I
|D2 |D2/B D2/E |
Learned to dance — with the fear that I'd been
| A . . A2 A | Asus | A . . A2 A | Asus |
. Running from
|D2 |D2/B D2/E |A <> |
Learned to dance with the fear that I'd been running from
Charted for my daughter by Dexex
I write chord charts to show how, as a rhythm guitarist, I play songs.
I don't claim they are the "right" way. They're not intended to be taken
as tabs - which notate exactly how a song was played on a recording.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A = 002220 D = xx0232
Amaj7 = 002120 Dmaj7 = xx0222
Asus = 002230 (aka: Asus4) D6 = xx0202
A2 = 002200 (aka: Asus2) D2 = xx0230 (aka: Dsus2)
A/F# = 202220 D2/B = x20230
D2/E = 0x0230
subtlety in the voicing is difficult to make out in the recording. What I've
listed as an Asus could be a Dsus2, for example, or the other way around. In
addition, the songwriter keeps it fresh by changing up the patterns so
they're not consistent throughout. That's most evident in the bass line,
which moves on different measures from verse to verse.?
Capo: 1
Song starts with a Bb chord on the keys. Chart begins at the Mandolin entrance . . .
| A | Dmaj7 | A | Amaj7 | A | D Dmaj7 D6 A |
It's been
|A |Asus |A |Asus
Ten years on this pavement and I finally caught a dream
|D2 |D2/B D2/E |A . . A2 A | Asus |
If I'm honest it's a terrifying thing
|A |Asus |A/F# |Asus/E
'Cause I feel crazy taking pictures, hear a thousand people scream
|D2 |D2/B D2/E |A . . A2 A | Asus |
This is a lot for an Oklahoma kid like me
|A |Asus |A/F# |Asus/E
Chase me down outside of Georgia. I was sure that I was done
|D2 |D2/B D2/E |A . . A2 A | Asus |
Something in me would not turn around and run
|A |D2 |A/F# |Asus/E
I heard the Lord in California. I remembered who I was and I
|D2 |D2/B (punch on one, then off)
Learned to dance with the fear that I'd been running from
| A . . A2 A | Asus | A . . A2 A | Asus |
|A |Asus |A/F# |Asus/E
And I've been scared to death of failing. Scared that I'd look like a fool
|D2 |D2/B D2/E |A . . A2 A | Asus |
And I'd rather quit than risk that I could lose
|A |Asus/F# |A/E |D2
Now I'm not proud of that position, but it's the hand that I've been dealt
|D2 |D2/B D2/E |A . . A2 A | A |
And as far as I'm concerned that hand can go to hell
|A |Asus |A/F# |Asus/E
Chase me down outside of Georgia. I was sure that I was done
|D2 |D2/B D2/E |A . . A2 A | Asus |
Something in me would not turn around and run
|A |Asus |A/F# |Asus/E
Heard the Lord in California. I remembered who I was and I
|D2 |D2/B D2/E |
Learned to dance with the fear that I'd been running from
| A . . A2 A | Asus | A . . A2 A | Asus |
|A |Asus |A |Asus |
No, I won't run away. (Oh oh, oh oh)
|A |Asus |A |Asus |
No, I am not afraid. (Oh oh, oh oh)
|A |Asus |A/F# |Asus/E
I was down outside of Georgia, so sure that I was done
|D2 |D2/B D2/E |A . . A2 A | Asus |
But something in me would not turn around and run
|A |Asus |A/F# |Asus/E
Heard the Lord in California. I remembered who I was and I
|D2 |D2/B D2/E |
Learned to dance — with the fear that I'd been
| A . . A2 A | Asus | A . . A2 A | Asus |
. Running from
|D2 |D2/B D2/E |A <> |
Learned to dance with the fear that I'd been running from
Charted for my daughter by Dexex
I write chord charts to show how, as a rhythm guitarist, I play songs.
I don't claim they are the "right" way. They're not intended to be taken
as tabs - which notate exactly how a song was played on a recording.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A = 002220 D = xx0232
Amaj7 = 002120 Dmaj7 = xx0222
Asus = 002230 (aka: Asus4) D6 = xx0202
A2 = 002200 (aka: Asus2) D2 = xx0230 (aka: Dsus2)
A/F# = 202220 D2/B = x20230
D2/E = 0x0230
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