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[Intro]
Amaj7
AAnd I am all Gmaj7alone
There is C#mno one here beGmaj7side me
And my F#m7problems have all C#m7gone
DThere is no one to Bmderide Bm7me
[Chorus]
But yah got to have Gmaj7friendsA  
The Em7feeling's oh so Astrong
DYah got to have Dmaj7friendsC#m7  
To D7make that Bm7day last Elong
[Verse]
I had some firends but they're Gmaj7goneA  
Em7Somethin' came and took them Aaway
And from the dusk 'til the Dmaj7dawnC#m  
DHere is Bmwhere I'll Estay
[Verse]
Gmaj7Standing at the end of the Aroad, boys
DWaiting for my new friends to C#come
I don't Dcare if I'm Ehungry or ApoorF#m  
Bm7I'm gonna get Eme some of Athem
[Chorus]
'Cause you got to have Gmaj7friendsA  
Em7La, la, la, la, la, Ala, la, la, la, Em7friendsA  
That's right you, oh you, Bm7yeah you
Em7I said you gotta have some Gmaj7friendsA  
I'm talkin' about Em7friendsA, that's right, Em7friendsA  
DFriends, Bm7friends, Emfriends
[Verse]
I had some firends, Em7oh, but they're all Agone, gone
Somethin' Em7came and snatched them Aaway
And from the Amaj7dusk unDmaj7til the red red C#m7dawn, you F#m7know
Here is where I gotta Bm7stay, here is Ewhere I gotta stay
[Verse]
GAnd I'm standing at the end of a Areal long road
And I'm Dwaiting for my new friends to Acome
I don't Acare if I'm C#7hungry or F#mfreezin' cold
I'm Dgonna get me Esome of Dthem
[Chorus]
'Cause you gotta have Em7friendsA  
That's Gright, Efriends, Afriends
EI gotta Em7get my, I gotta get my, I gotta get my
ELook around and see all of my DfriendsA  
DOh, Afriends, that's right, Em7friends, friends
AFriends, friends, Em7friends, friends, Aoh
Em7FriendsA, you gotta have Emfriends A...

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Friends

by Bette Midler

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Amaj7

Gmaj7

C#m

F#m7

C#m7

Bm7

Em7

Dmaj7

F#m

C#7

[Intro]

Amaj7

A Gmaj7

And I am all alone

C#m Gmaj7

There is no one here beside me

F#m7 C#m7

And my problems have all gone

D Bm Bm7

There is no one to deride me

[Chorus]

Gmaj7 A

But yah got to have friends

Em7 A

The feeling's oh so strong

D Dmaj7 C#m7

Yah got to have friends

D7 Bm7 E

To make that day last long

[Verse]

Gmaj7 A

I had some firends but they're gone

Em7 A

Somethin' came and took them away

Dmaj7 C#m

And from the dusk 'til the dawn

D Bm E

Here is where I'll stay

[Verse]

Gmaj7 A

Standing at the end of the road, boys

D C#

Waiting for my new friends to come

D E A F#m

I don't care if I'm hungry or poor

Bm7 E A

I'm gonna get me some of them

[Chorus]

Gmaj7 A

'Cause you got to have friends

Em7 A Em7 A

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, friends

Bm7

That's right you, oh you, yeah you

Em7 Gmaj7 A

I said you gotta have some friends

Em7 A Em7 A

I'm talkin' about friends, that's right, friends

D Bm7 Em

Friends, friends, friends

[Verse]

Em7 A

I had some firends, oh, but they're all gone, gone

Em7 A

Somethin' came and snatched them away

Amaj7 Dmaj7 C#m7 F#m7

And from the dusk until the red red dawn, you know

Bm7 E

Here is where I gotta stay, here is where I gotta stay

[Verse]

G A

And I'm standing at the end of a real long road

D A

And I'm waiting for my new friends to come

A C#7 F#m

I don't care if I'm hungry or freezin' cold

D E D

I'm gonna get me some of them

[Chorus]

Em7 A

'Cause you gotta have friends

G E A

That's right, friends, friends

E Em7

I gotta get my, I gotta get my, I gotta get my

E D A

Look around and see all of my friends

D A Em7

Oh, friends, that's right, friends, friends

A Em7 A

Friends, friends, friends, friends, oh

Em7 A Em A

Friends, you gotta have friends ...

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