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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Standard tuning, no capo. Pretty basic song in 4/4. Key of A with the progression /A Bm/F#m D/
repeating for most of the song.
*When Ben plays it live acoustic he tunes the high e down a whole step to D and also plays it down two steps
in the key of G with the chords played as:
G: x10 9080
Am: x0 10 080
Em: 0 10 9080
C: 8 10 10 080 or 332010
D: 554030
[Intro]
/A Bm/F#m D/
[Verse]
A Bm F#m D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
A Bm F#m D
I feel like new sunglasses, Like a brand new pair of jeans.
A Bm F#m D
I feel like taking chances, I feel a lot like 17.
A Bm F#m D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
A Bm F#m D
I feel like windows rolled down, new city streets and cabs.
A Bm F#m D E Bm D
I feel like anything can happen. Laugh and you take me right back when we were kids.
E Bm D
Never thought, I'd Feel like this
[Chorus]
A Bm F#m D
Like when I close my eyes and don't even care if anyone sees me dancing.
A Bm F#m D
Like I can fly and don't even think I'm touching the ground.
A Bm F#m D
Like a heartbeat skip like an open page. Like a one way trip on an airplane.
A Bm F#m D
Its the way that I feel when I'm with you... Brand New
A Bm F#m D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Brand New
A Bm F#m D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
[Verse 2]
A Bm F#m D
I feel like a young John Cusack, like making big mistakes.
A Bm F#m D E
I feel like for the first time in the long time I am not afraid.
Bm D E Bm D
I feel like a kid. Never thought it'd feel like this.
[Chorus]
A Bm F#m D
Like when I close my eyes and don't even care if anyone sees me dancing.
A Bm F#m D
Like I can fly and don't even think I'm touching the ground.
A Bm F#m D
Like a heartbeat skip like an open page. Like a one way trip on an airplane.
A Bm F#m D
Its the way that I feel when I'm with you... Brand New
A Bm F#m D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Brand New
A Bm F#m D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
[Bridge]
F#m E F#m E
Time will always try to make us old. You remind me what I used to know.
A Bm F#m D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
A Bm F#m D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
[Chorus]
A Bm F#m D
Like when I close my eyes and don't even care if anyone sees me dancing.
A Bm F#m D
Like I can fly and don't even think I'm touching the ground.
A Bm F#m D
Like a heartbeat skip like an open page. Like a one way trip on an airplane.
A Bm F#m D
Its the way that I feel when I'm with you... Brand New
A Bm F#m D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Brand New
A Bm F#m D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
[Ending]
/A Bm/F#m D/ repeat to the end
repeating for most of the song.
*When Ben plays it live acoustic he tunes the high e down a whole step to D and also plays it down two steps
in the key of G with the chords played as:
G: x10 9080
Am: x0 10 080
Em: 0 10 9080
C: 8 10 10 080 or 332010
D: 554030
[Intro]
/A Bm/F#m D/
[Verse]
A Bm F#m D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
A Bm F#m D
I feel like new sunglasses, Like a brand new pair of jeans.
A Bm F#m D
I feel like taking chances, I feel a lot like 17.
A Bm F#m D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
A Bm F#m D
I feel like windows rolled down, new city streets and cabs.
A Bm F#m D E Bm D
I feel like anything can happen. Laugh and you take me right back when we were kids.
E Bm D
Never thought, I'd Feel like this
[Chorus]
A Bm F#m D
Like when I close my eyes and don't even care if anyone sees me dancing.
A Bm F#m D
Like I can fly and don't even think I'm touching the ground.
A Bm F#m D
Like a heartbeat skip like an open page. Like a one way trip on an airplane.
A Bm F#m D
Its the way that I feel when I'm with you... Brand New
A Bm F#m D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Brand New
A Bm F#m D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
[Verse 2]
A Bm F#m D
I feel like a young John Cusack, like making big mistakes.
A Bm F#m D E
I feel like for the first time in the long time I am not afraid.
Bm D E Bm D
I feel like a kid. Never thought it'd feel like this.
[Chorus]
A Bm F#m D
Like when I close my eyes and don't even care if anyone sees me dancing.
A Bm F#m D
Like I can fly and don't even think I'm touching the ground.
A Bm F#m D
Like a heartbeat skip like an open page. Like a one way trip on an airplane.
A Bm F#m D
Its the way that I feel when I'm with you... Brand New
A Bm F#m D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Brand New
A Bm F#m D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
[Bridge]
F#m E F#m E
Time will always try to make us old. You remind me what I used to know.
A Bm F#m D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
A Bm F#m D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
[Chorus]
A Bm F#m D
Like when I close my eyes and don't even care if anyone sees me dancing.
A Bm F#m D
Like I can fly and don't even think I'm touching the ground.
A Bm F#m D
Like a heartbeat skip like an open page. Like a one way trip on an airplane.
A Bm F#m D
Its the way that I feel when I'm with you... Brand New
A Bm F#m D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Brand New
A Bm F#m D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
[Ending]
/A Bm/F#m D/ repeat to the end
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