{"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":81734,"song":"Best Old Friend","artist":"Bonnie Raitt","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/81734-best-old-friend-chords-by-bonnie-raitt/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/81734?type=chord","rating":0.09183,"votes":0,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#\r\n#\r\n\r\n\r\nFrom marten@sky.net Sun May 4 10:19:58 1997\r\nDate: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 11:40:59 -0800\r\nFrom: Otto Marten \r\nReply-To: mail.sky.net@sky.net\r\nTo: guitar@olga.net\r\nSubject: CRD: Bonnie Raitt\r\n\r\n [The following text is in the \"iso-8859-1\" character set]\r\n [Your display is set for the \"US-ASCII\" character set]\r\n [Some characters may be displayed incorrectly]\r\n\r\nBest Old Friend\r\nTracy Nelson / Andy McMahon / The Glow 1979\r\n\r\nAs recorded by Bonnie Raitt on the album The Glow 1979\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]- [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]- [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]-7\r\nFate is mighty cruel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhere true love is concerned[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]-7\r\nIt seems you give out more[/tab]\r\n /\r\nThan you ever have returned\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nLately I have tried[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]-7\r\nTo make it on my own[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnother nite has passed[/tab]\r\n[tab] |[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLooks like I^?m bound to be alone[/tab]\r\n[tab] |[ch]C[/ch]-7\r\nBound to be alone[/tab]\r\n\r\nNow solitude is fine\r\nWhen you really need it\r\nWhen your soul is dry\r\nSometimes loneliness can feed it\r\nWhen you need a lover\r\nYou know there^?s nothin^? else will do\r\nWhen you need love most\r\nYou know it turns it^?s back on you\r\n\r\n[tab] |[ch]A[/ch]- [ch]F[/ch] |[ch]C[/ch] |\r\nOh, I can make it thru without your company[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] |[ch]C[/ch] |\r\nI only wish I knew why you won^?t comfort me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI thot that I could count on you[/tab]\r\n[tab] |[ch]A[/ch]- [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo hear me cryin^? out[/tab]\r\n[tab] |[ch]F[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI guess that^?s one comfort[/tab]\r\n[tab] |2/4 [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] |[ch]C[/ch]- |[ch]F[/ch] |[ch]C[/ch]- |[ch]F[/ch] |\r\nI will learn to do without[/tab]\r\n\r\nFallin love too easily\r\nBut never quite so fast\r\nso you are not the first and, lord\r\nYou sure won^?t be the last\r\nThe thing about the situation\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]- [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat makes me feel so sad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]- [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI could^?ve been the best old friend[/tab]\r\n[tab] |[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]- [ch]F[/ch] |[ch]C[/ch]- / |\r\nThat you have ever had[/tab]\r\nI could^?ve been the best old friend\r\nThat you have ever had\r\n\r\n| = bar line; / = play same as previous chord\r\nNo bar line = chord gets entire measure's time\r\nWithin bar lines chords divide measure accordingly\r\n\r\ntranscribed by OtMan Otto Marten marten@sky.net","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#\n#\n\n\nFrom marten@sky.net Sun May 4 10:19:58 1997\nDate: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 11:40:59 -0800\nFrom: Otto Marten \nReply-To: mail.sky.net@sky.net\nTo: guitar@olga.net\nSubject: CRD: Bonnie Raitt\n\n [The following text is in the \"iso-8859-1\" character set]\n [Your display is set for the \"US-ASCII\" character set]\n [Some characters may be displayed incorrectly]\n\nBest Old Friend\nTracy Nelson / Andy McMahon / The Glow 1979\n\nAs recorded by Bonnie Raitt on the album The Glow 1979\n\nC- F C- F\n\n\n\n /\nThan you ever have returned\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNow solitude is fine\nWhen you really need it\nWhen your soul is dry\nSometimes loneliness can feed it\nWhen you need a lover\nYou know there^?s nothin^? else will do\nWhen you need love most\nYou know it turns it^?s back on you\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFallin love too easily\nBut never quite so fast\nso you are not the first and, lord\nYou sure won^?t be the last\nThe thing about the situation\n\n\n\nI could^?ve been the best old friend\nThat you have ever had\n\n| = bar line; / = play same as previous chord\nNo bar line = chord gets entire measure's time\nWithin bar lines chords divide measure accordingly\n\ntranscribed by OtMan Otto Marten marten@sky.net","chords":["C","F","D","G","A","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}