My Friend

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
Chords-intro([G7] [D7] [G7] [C] [G7] [D7]), ([G] [C] [F] [F#] [G])2X, [B] [Em] [Em/D] [C]
[G] [Bb/F] [C/E] [C#dim] [Edim] [Gdim] [Bbdim]  [G] [B] [Em] [Em/D] [C] [F] [G]

(SPOKEN): "You all pass me that bottle. I'll sing
you a real song."

Well I'm [G]looking through [C7]Harlem, my stomach [F]squeals just a [F#]little [G]more.
The s[G]tagecoach full of [C/E]feathers and footprints rolls [F]up to my [F#]soapbox [G]door.
Now a [B]lady with a pearl handled necktie ti[Em]ed to t[Em/D]he driver[C]'s fence
[G]breathes in my [Bb/F]face [C/E]bourbon and coke possessed words, [C#dim]       [Edim]            [Gdim]                 [Bbdim]
"Haven't I [G]seen you some[B]where [Em]in hell, [Em/D]or was [C]it just [F]an a[G]ccident?"

(play first two measures of intro and say)
"You know how I felt then"

{section: Chorus}
And [B]sometimes it's not so easy 'special[Em]ly wh[Em/D]en your on[C]ly friend
[G]talks, [B]sees, looks a[Em]nd feels l[Em/D]ike you. Y[C]ou do just t[F]he same [G]as him.

(play intro and say)
"It gets very lonely out here in this room baby"

{section: Intro}
{sot}  [G7]     [D7]    [C7]          [G7]   [C7]  [G7]  [D7]
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{sot}-6/7~--6\5~---------------3/4---3--3/4--5-|
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