Bennys Going Home

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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.

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)

Outro

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: