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[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
 GI can still find WDiley's housEmeC  
 GRiding Don my bike with eEmyes closed
 I can nGame every girl that Dhe took ouEmtC  
 GAnd from my mDemory, dial his hoEmuse phone
[Chorus]
Can you tGake me back whBmen wEme were just kCids
Who weren't scGared of getting oldBmer? (yeah yEmeah)Cm7/Eb  
'Cause no one G/Dknows you like they know yAmou
And no one prEmobably ever wilCl
You can grGow up, make nAmew ones
But trEmuth is there's nothing like Cold friends G(oDooh)
  Em'Cause you can't make Cold friends G(ooDoh) (Emmmm yeah)
[Verse 2]
 GI can still feel the wDindows downEm  C  
 Listening to JGimmy Eat World riding D3-wide on Blake's bEmench seat (yeah)
 GMy God, it's been tAmen years nowEm  C  
 I would hGave his back toAmmorrow
 And he'd still fEmight anyone who tried to toCuch me
[Chorus]
Can you tGake me back whBmen wEme were just kCids
Who weren't scGared of getting oldBmer? (yeah yEmeah oCm7/Ebooh)
'Cause no one G/Dknows you like they know yAmou
And no one prEmobably ever wilCl
You can grGow up, make nAmew ones
But trEmuth is there's nothing like Cold friends G(oAmooh)
  Em'Cause you can't make Cold friends G(ooAmoh)Em  C  
[Bridge]
 GAnd I've got some goDod friends nowEm  
 G/BBut I've never seD/F#en their parents' baCck porch
 GI wouldn't change how thDings turned ouEmtC  
 But there's nGo one in this tDime zone
 Who knows what Eminline skates that CI wore
[Chorus 2]
Can you tGake me back whBmen wEme were just kCids
Who weren't scGared of getting oldBmer? (yeah yEmeah oooCm7/Ebh)
'Cause no one G/Dknows you like they know yAmou
And no one prEmobably ever wilCl
You can grGow up, make nAmew ones
But the trEmuth is
That we grG/Dow up, then wisAmh we could go bacEmk then
There's nothing like Cold friends G(oDoohEm)
'Cause you can't make Cold friends G(DooEmoh)C  G  

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Old Friends

by Ben Rector

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cm7/Eb

G/D

G/B

D/F#

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

G D Em C

I can still find Wiley's house

G D Em

Riding on my bike with eyes closed

G D Em C

I can name every girl that he took out

G D Em

And from my memory, dial his house phone

[Chorus]

G Bm Em C

Can you take me back when we were just kids

G Bm Em Cm7/Eb

Who weren't scared of getting older? (yeah yeah)

G/D Am

'Cause no one knows you like they know you

Em C

And no one probably ever will

G Am

You can grow up, make new ones

Em C G D

But truth is there's nothing like old friends (oooh)

Em C G D Em

'Cause you can't make old friends (oooh) (mmm yeah)

[Verse 2]

G D Em C

I can still feel the windows down

G D Em

Listening to Jimmy Eat World riding 3-wide on Blake's bench seat (yeah)

G Am Em C

My God, it's been ten years now

G Am

I would have his back tomorrow

Em C

And he'd still fight anyone who tried to touch me

[Chorus]

G Bm Em C

Can you take me back when we were just kids

G Bm Em Cm7/Eb

Who weren't scared of getting older? (yeah yeah oooh)

G/D Am

'Cause no one knows you like they know you

Em C

And no one probably ever will

G Am

You can grow up, make new ones

Em C G Am

But truth is there's nothing like old friends (oooh)

Em C G Am Em C

'Cause you can't make old friends (oooh)

[Bridge]

G D Em

And I've got some good friends now

G/B D/F# C

But I've never seen their parents' back porch

G D Em C

I wouldn't change how things turned out

G D

But there's no one in this time zone

Em C

Who knows what inline skates that I wore

[Chorus 2]

G Bm Em C

Can you take me back when we were just kids

G Bm Em Cm7/Eb

Who weren't scared of getting older? (yeah yeah oooh)

G/D Am

'Cause no one knows you like they know you

Em C

And no one probably ever will

G Am

You can grow up, make new ones

But the truth is

G/D Am Em

That we grow up, then wish we could go back then

C G D Em

There's nothing like old friends (oooh)

C G D Em C G

'Cause you can't make old friends (oooh)

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