Amen For My Friends chords by Crystal Bowersox

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
|  C  |  C  |  Em |  Em |  F  |  F  |  G# |  G  |  C  |

Verse 1:
          C                    Em         Em               Am
I don't deserve your kindness; don't know why you care for me
          Am                        Fm          G            C
Taking it all in stride and this is building up inside of me
               C                  Em
'Cause tragedy comes in waves and tides
      G                  Am
Climb upon this boat and ride
         Am                     Fm         G
Saying a prayer tonight for the good in my life

Chorus:
           C  C          Em
And I said a--a--men for my friends
Em       F           F            G#  G   C    C
Amen for my friends. . . oh I say a---a---men

Verse 2:
          C     Em            G               Am
I've been down. . . I've been out in the wind
          Am          Fm               G             C
I've been on my knees begging for some kind of peace
       C             Em   G                 Am
People come, (people go), People go (people go)
       Am                         Fm                  G
Though things fall short, if I'll need you, you'll be there, I know

Chorus:
    C  C          Em
Say a--a--men for my friends
Em       F           F         F   G#
Amen for my friends. . . I say a---men

Bridge:
Dm                 Am         G    Dm           Am            G
I don't know where I'd be now; somewhere in the lost and found
Dm               Dm             F                    F
Simple kindness, we have some, 'cause now I found it fully grown
C               C             G            G
Past the seas, upon the wind, rising tides again

Interlude:
|  E  |  Am |  Am |  Fm |  Fm |  C  |  C  |  G  |  E7 |
|  Am |  AM |  Fm |  Fm |  C  |  C  |  G  |  G  |  G  |

Verse 3:
C                C                  Em                  Em
   I know you're out there somewhere, even though we're far apart
Am         Am                  Fm          G
Yes, I can feel you with me; I carry you inside my heart
C         C            Em            Em           Am
   Like a moment in my light, you're never really gone
    Am                          Fm            G              C
And everything I do, you're the melody when I sing this song

Outro:
       C  C          Em
I said a--a--men for my friends
Em       F          F      G#  G
Amen for my friends, I say a---men
      C   C   Em   Em       F         F
I say a---a---men, amen for my friends
       G# G        C
I said a--a--men, amen

Instrumental:
|  C  |  Em |  Em |  F  |  F  |  G# |  G  |
|  C  |  C  |  Em |  Em |  F  |  F  |  G# |  G  |