Chords with lyrics
A(add2), E/A, G(add2)/A, D/A, A(add2), E/A, G(add2)/A D/ED/E
Verse 1
A augmentedA E/A
A augmentedA friend?s not a cheap little phony creep
G/AG/A D/AD/A
Or a jerk trying to make a deal
A augmentedA E/A
A augmentedA friend is a person who, most of all,
G(add2)/A D/AD/A
Cares about what you feel;
A/C#A/C# D(add2)
And nothing is harder
A/C#A/C# D(add2) D(add2)/E
Than learning a friend isn?t real
A augmentedA E/A
A augmentedA friend sends notes back and forth all day
Em7/A D(add2)/A
And doesn?t care that you can?t spell
A augmentedA E/A
A augmentedA friend knows you?ve got a crush on your teacher,
Em7/A D(add2)/A
But a friend would never tell
A/C#A/C# D(add2)
A augmentedA friend?s outside waiting
A/C#A/C# D(add2)
The minute you both hear the bell
Chorus
E/G# E/D A/C#A/C#
And if your heart is always breaking
A augmentedA E/G# E/D A/C#A/C#
Cause the world is just not fair
A augmentedA C#m7C#m7
When you?re at your worst
F#m7F#m7 D MajorD
Your friend?s the first one there
A/C#A/C# CdimCdim Bm7b5 Bm7b5
Giving you something to lean on
E7sus
And that?s what it means to be a friend
A(add2), E/A, G(add2)/A, D/A, A(add2), E/A, G(add2)/A D/ED/E
Verse 2
A augmentedA E/A
A augmentedA friend won?t smoke when she?s in your room
G/AG/A D/AD/A
Or laugh at the poems you write
A augmentedA E/A
A augmentedA friend won?t go start kissing your brother
G/AG/A D/AD/A
The minute that you?re out of sight
A/C#A/C# D(add2)
A augmentedA friend is the person
A(add2)/C# D(add2)
You call sixteen times every night
Chorus
E/G# E/D A/C#A/C# A augmentedA
And if your heart is always breaking
E/G# E/D A/C#A/C# A augmentedA
And you want to run and hide
C#m7C#m7
When your hope is gone
F#m7F#m7 D MajorD
Your friend is on your side
A/C#A/C# CdimCdim Bm7b5 Bm7b5
If someone moves in ?round the corner
A/C#A/C# CdimCdim Bm7b5 Bm7b5
And you want to show him you care
A/C#A/C# CdimCdim Bm7b5 Bm7b5 A augmentedA
So you give him all your last month of vacation
B7sus E9#5
And all of the time you can spare
A/EA/E B7/D# B7B7
But then, on the first day of classes
A augmentedA FF
He acts like you?re not even there,
D(add2) A/D
Then he doesn?t know?
D(add2) A/D
He doesn?t know!
A/C#A/C# A augmentedA Bm7(add4)
He?ll never know what it means
E7sus
To be
A augmentedA E/A , G/AG/A , D/AD/A , F/A, Dsus2/E , A(add2)
a friend