Friends chords by Glen Campbell

• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Friends
Glen Campbell
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(recitation, no singing)
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               Friends are never earned

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They`re a gift from the loving God

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And they`re precious beyond human valuation

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But you dare not take them for granted
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Or they`ll drift away like smoke
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And the warmth of their caring will vanish
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Like the chill of the endless nights
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Most of my friends are unknowns
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And they probably won`t rate an obituary
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Unless they live and die in small towns
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Where nothing much ever happens
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But a few of my friends are big people
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They`d made the world ring with laughter
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Down to it`s gaseous burning core
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They`re famous, sensitive,   talented

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And their names are household words

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Yet they are no more precious in God`s eyes    or in mine

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Than those wonderful nobodys who live and die in small towns

                    Gm  Cm
Who is your friend?

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He`s someone who warms you with a nod

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Or with the unspoken word in hard times

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When you`re hurting beyond words

            Gm       Bb
Who is your friend?

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She`s someone who holds you to her breast

D#7                        G#
And sighs softly into your hair

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When no other medicine can stop the pain

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A friend is someone who clinks his glass against yours


Or answers the phone

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At three in the morning when you`re lost

               Fm                     D#7
And with a few words of encouragement and concern

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Makes you realize you aren`t really lost at all

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Friends come in both sexes and in all shapes and sizes

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The most important thing they have in common

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Is the ability to share with you your most sky splitting joys

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Or your deepest, most awesome sorrows

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For they are your friends