Forever My Friend chords by Ray Lamontagne

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Intermediate

Chord Shapes

  D* Em* F# minorF#m D MajorD  Bm/G C majorC  B minorBm A augmentedA  Dmaj7Dmaj7 D7D7 G+G  G* F#* E minorEm  F#m** Em**
e|-5---7---9----2---7----3---2---0----2----2---3-----------0----12----10-|
BB|-7---8---10---3---7----5---3---2----2----1---0-----------0----10----8--|
G+G|-7---9---11---2---7----5---4---2----2----2---0---0---0---0----x-----x--|
D MajorD|-0---9---11---0---9----0---4---2----0----0---0---0---0---2----11----9--|
A augmentedA|------------------10-----------0-------------x---x---x---2-------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------3---3---2---0-------------|

Intro:
D* Em* F# minorF#m D MajorD

D* Em* F# minorF#m Bm/G

Bm/G D* C majorC D*

B minorBm Bm A augmentedA D MajorD B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD

Verse 1:
D* Em* F# minorF#m    D MajorD
Who am I to tell her
D* Em* F# minorF#m    Bm/G
Who am I to play god
    D* C majorC       B minorBm
Who am I to think I can go it alone
                A augmentedA      D MajorD
Something tells me girl this is bringing you down
B minorBm               A augmentedA      D MajorD
Something tells me girl this is bringing you down

D* Em* F# minorF#m D MajorD

D* Em* F# minorF#m Bm/G

Bm/G D* C majorC D*

B minorBm Bm A augmentedA D MajorD B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD

Verse 2:
D*  Em* F# minorF#m        D MajorD
We've been through some changes
D* Em* F# minorF#m     Bm/G
Always seem to hold on
     D MajorD   C majorC       B minorBm
Lately it feels like you can't take anymore
                A augmentedA      D MajorD
Something tells me girl this is bringing you down
B minorBm               A augmentedA      D MajorD
Something tells me girl this is bringing you down

Chorus:
D MajorD
Forever my friend
Dmaj7Dmaj7
Forever my love
D7D7     G+G       G*  F#*
Forever the woman that I'm thinking of
E minorEm         D MajorD
I just think if we keep our hearts together
E minorEm         D MajorD
I Just think if we build on this trust that we have for one another
E minorEm     D MajorD
Baby we can make this last a lifetime

D* Em* F# minorF#m D MajorD

D* Em* F# minorF#m Bm/G

Bm/G D* C majorC D*

B minorBm Bm A augmentedA D MajorD B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD

Verse 3:
D* Em* F# minorF#m   D MajorD
Who am I to tell her
D* Em* F# minorF#m Bm/G
Who am I to play god
    D*  C majorC        B minorBm
I don't know just what's for real anymore
                A augmentedA      D MajorD
Something tells me girl this is bringing you down
B minorBm               A augmentedA      D MajorD
Something tells me girl this is bringing you down

Pre-Chorus:
D MajorD       Dmaj7Dmaj7
Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm right
D7D7       G+G       G*      F#F#
Maybe it's the last thing you want to hear me say
E minorEm         D MajorD
I just think if we keep our hearts together
E minorEm         D MajorD
I just think if we build on this trust that we have for one another
E minorEm      D MajorD
Maybe we can make this last a lifetime

Chorus:
D MajorD
Forever my friend
Dmaj7Dmaj7
Forever my love
D7D7     G+G       G*  F#*
Forever the woman that I'm thinking of
E minorEm         D MajorD
I just think if we keep our hearts together
E minorEm         D MajorD
I Just think if we build on this trust that we have for one another
E minorEm     D MajorD
Baby we can make this last a lifetime

D* Em* F# minorF#m D MajorD

D* Em* F# minorF#m Bm/G

Bm/G D* C majorC D*

B minorBm Bm A augmentedA D MajorD B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD

Outro:

F#m* F#m** Em* Em** x12

(Fade out)