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My Friend

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Jimi Hendrix
My Friend
(Jimi Hendrix)
[Intro]
 G7D7G7CG7D7  GCFF#G       BEmEm/DC
(     ), (    ) (x2),    
GBb/FC/EC#dimEdimGdimA#dimGB/F#EmEm/DCFG
      ,       
[Spoken]
"You all pass me that bottle. I'll sing you a real song."
         G               C7                 F              F#     G
Well I'm looking through Harlem, my stomach squeals just a little more.
     G                 C/E                           F        F#      G
The stagecoach full of feathers and footprints rolls up to my soapbox door.
      B/F#                                   Em     Em/D     C
Now a lady with a pearl handled necktie tied to the driver's fence
G             Bb/FC/E                            C#dimEdimGdimA#dim
                                                 *
breathes in my face bourbon and coke possessed words,
           G            B/F#     Em       Em/D   C       F   G
"Haven't I seen you somewhere in hell, or was it just an accident?"
(play first two measures of intro and say)
"You know how I felt then"
[Chorus]
    B/F#                                  Em   Em/D      C
And sometimes it's not so easy 'specially when your only friend
G      B/F#            Em        Em/D      C           F       G
talks, sees, looks and feels like you. You do just the same as him.
(play intro and say)
"It gets very lonely out here in this room baby"
[Intro]
    G7     D7    C7          G7   C7  G7  D7
e|-6/7~--6\5~------0-----------3-------3----|
B|-------------4/5----5-5-4----3--1----3--3-|
G|-6/7~--6\5~---------------3/4---3--3/4--5-|
D|-------------4/5----5-5-4-------2-------4-|
A|--------------------------------3-------5-|
E|------------------------------------------|
  * Diminished riff:
  C#dim  Edim   Gdim   A#dim
e|-3-------6------9-----12----|
B|-2-------5------8-----11----|
G|-3-------6------9-----12----|
D|-2-------5------8-----11----|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
************************************
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
| ~  Vibrato
************************************

My Friend chords and lyrics

Free chords for My Friend by Jimi Hendrix. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Jimi Hendrix
My Friend
(Jimi Hendrix)
[Intro]
(G7 D7 G7 C G7 D7), (G C F F# G) (x2), B Em Em/D C
G Bb/F C/E C#dim Edim Gdim A#dim, G B/F# Em Em/D C F G
[Spoken]
"You all pass me that bottle. I'll sing you a real song."
(play first two measures of intro and say)
"You know how I felt then"
[Chorus]
(play intro and say)
"It gets very lonely out here in this room baby"
[Intro]
************************************
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
| ~  Vibrato
************************************

My Friend Chords by Jimi Hendrix

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