He Was A Friend Of Mine tab by Dave Van Ronk

Dave van Ronk - He was a friend of mine


Capo II
Std. Tuning



intro/verse

A                                E
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-----2-----------2-----0^2-0---.-0---------0-----0-----0^2-0---.
-----2---------2-2-------2-2---.-1-------------1-1-------1-----.
-----2------2--------2-------2-.-----2-------2-------2-------2-.
-0---------------0-------------.-------------------------------.
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A
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chorus:

D                A               C#              f#    f#dim7
                                1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
-2---------0-------------------.-------------------------------.
-3---------3-----2-----0^2-0---.-2-----2---1-----2---x-1---1-x-.
-----2-----------2-------2-----.-1-----1---4-----2---x-2---2-x-.
-0-----------0-------2-------2-.-----3-------3---4---x-1---1-x-.
---------0-------0-------------.-4-------4---------------------.
-------------------------0-----.-----------------2-------------.


A                E
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-2---------0-----0-----0^2-0---.
-2---------2-----1-------1-1---.
-----2-------2-------2-------2-.
-0-----------------------------.
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E                  A
he was a friend of mine
E                    A
  he was a friend of mine
D             A
 never had no money
C#               f#   f#dim7
  to pay for his fine
A  E                    A
  he was a friend of mine



E                                A
  he never done he never done no wrong
E                  A
  he never done no wrong
D               A
  he was just a poor boy
C#              f#   f#dim7
  long way from home
A  E                 A
  he was a friend of mine



E              A
he died on the road
E               A
 he died on the road
D             A
 never had no money
C#             f#      f#dim7
for sufficient clothes
A  E                  A
   he was a friend of mine



E                A
 i stole i stole away
E                A
i stole away and cried
D             A
 never had no money
C#                f#    f#dim7
and can't be satisfied
A   E                 A
   he was a friend of mine



E                  A
he was a friend of mine
E                A
he was friend of mine
D               A
when i hear his name
C#                    f#     f#dim7
 just can't keep from crying
A   E              A