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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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MY OLD FRIEND
8ight Past Nine
Am.....x02210
G......320033
F/C....x33210
Em.....022000
F......133211
C/B....x20010
~ = slide
` = pull-off
[INTRO]
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------6-5---------------------------|
G|--------5-----7-----5-7--------7--------5-----7`5----4---|
D|---5~7-----7-----7------7------------7-----7------7--5---|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
AmSame old story every dGay
I take the cAmall
And we will not Grelate
F/CSomethin' Cisn't feelin' Emright
The words won't come tonFight
The words won't come tonGight
[INTRO]
AmI guess it's safe for me to Gsay
I'm moving Amon
With no reason to sGtay
F/CBut I never tCold you why I've Emgone
Why everything's gone wFrong
Why I'm saying "so lGong"
[PRE CHORUS]
FThere's no need to Gshout when
AmThe truth is screaming outF  
And all of this is Gbearing down
[CHORUS]
CYou're lacking C/Bpassion in your Ameyes
FWhen we're eye to eye
CI wonder C/Bif you even Amknow whyG  
CI turned my C/Bback to you Amagain
It was Fhard to help it wChen
You weren't the C/Bsame as you Amwere thenG  
My old Friend
MUSICAL BREAK
Start with the INTRO
Then the piano plays a series of notes over these chords:
Am, C, G, Am, F, G, F/ (hit the F once sing "There's no need to shout") G//
Continue with: PRE CHORUS
CHORUS

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My Old Friend

by 8IGHT PAST NINE

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F/C

C/B

MY OLD FRIEND

8ight Past Nine

Am.....x02210

G......320033

F/C....x33210

Em.....022000

F......133211

C/B....x20010

~ = slide

` = pull-off

[INTRO]

e|---------------------------------------------------------|

B|---------------------------6-5---------------------------|

G|--------5-----7-----5-7--------7--------5-----7`5----4---|

D|---5~7-----7-----7------7------------7-----7------7--5---|

A|---------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------|

Am G

Same old story every day

I take the call

And we will not relate

F/C C Em

Somethin' isn't feelin' right

The words won't come tonight

[INTRO]

Am G

I guess it's safe for me to say

I'm moving on

With no reason to stay

F/C C Em

But I never told you why I've gone

Why everything's gone wrong

Why I'm saying "so long"

[PRE CHORUS]

F G

There's no need to shout when

Am F

The truth is screaming out

And all of this is bearing down

[CHORUS]

C C/B Am

You're lacking passion in your eyes

When we're eye to eye

C C/B Am G

I wonder if you even know why

C C/B Am

I turned my back to you again

F C

It was hard to help it when

C/B Am G

You weren't the same as you were then

My old Friend

MUSICAL BREAK

Start with the INTRO

Then the piano plays a series of notes over these chords:

Am, C, G, Am, F, G, F/ (hit the F once sing "There's no need to shout") G//

Continue with: PRE CHORUS

CHORUS

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