{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1833241,"song":"Old Friends","artist":"Stuart A. Staples","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11405070-old-friends-chords-by-stuart-a-staples/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1833241?type=chord","rating":0.16926,"votes":0,"content":"Artist: Stuart A. Staples\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro (0:00)\r\n\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse (0:07)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIt's not that I don't love you[/tab]\r\nOr are tired of your ways\r\n[tab]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI want you to know[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThat's I'm always thinking of you[/tab]\r\nYou know I'd take you with me\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWherever I go[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse (0:36)\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBut I catch myself in the mirror[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I remember I gotta do something about my life[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nFor I'm as empty as the clothes that I laid[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCrumpled where they fell to the floor[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse (1:04)\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI'm as empty as the ten green bottles[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHanging in my mind from the night before[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd an ashtray full of moments[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSpent thinking about the things I should have done[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus (1:30)\r\n\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI say goodbye to another old friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYeah they stayed through thick and thin[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThrough the laughter and the tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThrough every state that I've been in[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd I know they don't wanna hurt me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut I can see it in their eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThat they're killing me so gently[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHow can I ever say goodbye[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse (2:26)\r\n \r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nFor as young me we clattered through these streets[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd how we hit this town running[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd we were so sure of being us[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe flattened everything that stood in our path[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nNow I wake up and I have to find myself[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThrough all the shit that once told me who I was[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus (3:04)\r\n\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI say goodbye to so many old friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHere I left them to the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd there ain't much point in chasing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe things you can never get back again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBut there's still some life in this one[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nGive me a match and I'll reminisce[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOf a time when we were younger[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd we were stealing our first crack[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse (3:58)\r\n\r\n[tab]                               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd our thoughts had turned to dying[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd we were unaware at the time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThat this ride it could ever fall...[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCould ever slow down to this time...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse (4:24)\r\n\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nFor I've been drunk and stoned and feeling mellow[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd that's how I've been getting through[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nLooking at the blurry shapes around me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThinking I knew more than I knew[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse (4:52)\r\n\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd it's not that I don't love you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOr are tired of your ways[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIf I could only take you with me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf I could only ease this pain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nOutro (5:20)\r\n\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]","plain_text":"Artist: Stuart A. Staples\n\n\nIntro (0:00)\n\nF#m\n\n\nVerse (0:07)\n\n\nOr are tired of your ways\n\n\n\nYou know I'd take you with me\n\n\n\nVerse (0:36)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse (1:04)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus (1:30)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse (2:26)\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus (3:04)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse (3:58)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse (4:24)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse (4:52)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOutro (5:20)\n\nF#m F#m E E\nF#m F#m E E\nF#m F#m E E\nF#m F#m E E","chords":["A","F#m","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}