Friend To The Friendless

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
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A|------------------6--------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|{eot}

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E|------------------------------------------------------------|{eot}

[This melody leads directly into the verse, which can be achieved almost entirely with
bar chords:]

I'm not a[Gm]bove drink[Dm]ing alone [Eb7]but no good ev[D7]er comes of it,

unl[Ebm]ess you count me talking to you now

So, hav[Gm]e you been hu[Dm]rt? Did y[Eb7]ou hurt som[D7]eone?

Did you get[Ebm] all crashed down upon?

Me, I'm [C#m]a friend to[A] the friend[E]less not t[Abm]hat I chose it

and if I h[C#m]ad well [A]then who k[Ab]nows?

[For the next line two lines you can either repeat  Gm > Dm > Eb7 > D7 > Ebm,
holding out the last chord until "money," or you can sing along to the introductory
melody as shown below]

{sot}But that one guy on the train all talking to himself, shit he's talking to
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E|------------------------------------------------------|{eot}

{sot}          me, he's saying "At school they taught me a prayer for
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E|---------------------------------------------------|{eot}

mon[Gm]ey, a praye[Dm]r for crap j[Eb7]obs right til[D7]l I die

never a pra[Gm]yer fo[Dm]r peop[Eb7]le, the b[F]rokenhearte[G]d the lonely"

Did you [Gm]let the blu[Dm]es make you[Eb7] bad           [D7]

Di[Ebm]d you get all twisted?

Did you get so drunk[Gm] you whispere[Dm]d  "I think I[Eb7]'m gonna die?" [D7]

Did you p[Ebm]ass nights wondering why you never saw it coming?

[C#m]   [A]      [E]     [Abm]    [C#m]    [A]
Nobody[Ab] ever sees it coming, no exceptions at all

  [C#m]   [A]      [E]      [Abm]    [C#m]
[A]I said n[Ab]obody ever sees it coming, no exceptions at all

I'm a fr[A]iend to the [F]friendless and[C] I don't ca[E]re

If I had a c[F]hoice in this it wouldn't be fair

but I do[A]n't so let's [F]not get all c[C]arried away  [E]

with s[F]hit you wouldn't change anyway,

let's [F]make this a prayer for[E]

mon[C#m]ey, a praye[A]r for Sundays t[E]hrough Mondays [Abm]

a[C#m]nd crap job[A]s right ti[Ab]l I die.

Bec[Am]ause where we[C#m] are now we wo[E]n't always be[Abm]

and shit m[A]an that could be me  [Eb]

      [Gm]                   [Dm]                [Eb7]
gett[D7]ing hurt, hurting someone getting all crashed down upon

burning[Ebm] holes in butterfly's

win[Gm]gs, wishing[Dm], wishing,[Eb7] wishing, w[D7]ish for ot[Ebm]her things

[C#m]   [A]          [E]        [Abm]     [C#m]
[A]Nobody ev[Ab]er sees it coming, no exceptions at all

[Am]    [C#m]      [E]        [Abm]        [A]
Nobod[Eb]y ever sees it coming, are you ready for this?

N[Gm]ever wear whit[Dm]e socks with[Eb7] black shoe[D7]s

D[Ebm]on't get all twisted

[Gm]Don't let the[Dm] blues make[Eb7] you bad  [D7]

I[Ebm] know you miss him

Don't[C#m] let your sta[A]ndards [E]fall down [Abm]with your hair

How it f[C#m]elt wh[A]en you kissed [Ab]her

[C#m]Straighten your[A] tie, t[E]uck in your shi[Abm]rt

I'm a fri[A]end to the friendle[F]ss

And[C] I don't know why but[E] come on kids, just[F] walk right on by

I kno[A]w you are lonely[F], you'll not a[C]lways be      [E]

Y[F]ou are so many things you will not always be.         [E]

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A|------------------6--------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|{eot}