YOU GOT A FRIEND

James Taylor

Sol/Do Do/Sol4 Sol/Fa#m7 Si7

 

                Mim      Si7             Mim     Si7          Mim7

When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand,

    Lam7          Re7sus4           Sol     Solsus4   Sol

and nothing, oh, nothing is going right,

Fa#m7                    Si7          Mim        Si7         Mim7

close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there

   Lam7         Sim7                    Re7sus4

to brighten up even your darkest night.

 

             Sol          Sol7+       Do7+             Lam7

You just call out my name,  and you know wherever I am,

Re7sus4       Sol7+                 Re7sus4

I'll come running to see you again.

Sol                          Sol7+  Do7+                   Mim7     

Winter, spring, summer, or fall,  all you got to do is call

         Do7+    Sim7              Lam7  Re7sus4

and I'll be there,     yeah, yeah, yeah. 

Re7sus4             Sol/Do Do/Solsus4 Sol/Fa#m7

You've got a friend.

 

Si7              Mim      Si7             Mim     Si7          Mim7

If the sky above you should turn dark and full of clouds,

    Lam7          Re7sus4           Sol     Solsus4   Sol

and that old north wind should begin to blow,

Fa#m7                    Si7          Mim        Si7         Mim7

keep your head together and call my name out loud.

   Lam7         Sim7                    Re7sus4

Soon I'll be knocking upon your door. 

 

         Do         Fa           Do      

Hey ain't it good to know that you've got a friend when

Sol           Solsus4    Sol7+         Do                  Fa7

people can be so cold.     They'll hurt you and desert you.

              Mim7                       La7

Well, they'll take your soul if you let them.

                  Re7sus4         Re13

Oh yeah, but don't you let them.

 

             Sol          Sol7+       Do7+             Lam7

You just call out my name,  and you know wherever I am,

Re7sus4       Sol7+                 Re7sus4

I'll come running to see you again.

Sol                          Sol7+  Do7+                   Mim7    

Winter, spring, summer, or fall,  all you got to do is call

         Do7+    Sim7      Lam7  Re7sus4

and I'll be there, yes I will.

                  Sol  Do             Sol

You've got a friend.  You've got a friend.

C                            Sol

Ain't it good to know you've got a friend?

              Do                           Sol

Ain't it good to know you've got a friend?

         Do                           Solsus4  Sol

Oh, yeah, yeah.  You've got a friend.

 
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