Friends

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[Chords]
(open C, CACGCE tuning):
C 0-3-0-0-0-0
Cadd#11 x-3-0-0-0-2
C5 x-x-0-0-0-x
Eb 3-x-3-x-3-x
D 2-x-2-x-2-x
F 5-x-5-x-5-x
E 4-x-4-x-4-x
G 7-x-7-x-7-x
F# 6-x-6-x-6-x
C/F# 6-x-6-0-0-0
C/G 7-x-7-0-0-0
C/A 9-x-9-0-0-0
C/E 4-x-4-0-0-0
C/F# 6-x-6-0-0-0
C/Db 1-x-1-0-0-0
Cm (0)-(3)-(0)-(0)-3-3 All notes but last two are implied.
Csus2#11 (0)-(3)-(0)-(0)-2-2 As above
Cadd#9 0-6-0-0-0-0
Cadd9 0-5-0-0-0-0
Cadd4 0-8-0-0-0-0
Cadd#11* 0-9-0-0-0-0
C6 0-12-0-0-0-0
[Intro]
C C
(x2)
Cadd#11
[Theme]
C5 Cm Csus2(#11) (x4)
Cadd#11 C5 Eb C5 D C5
F C5 E C5 G C5 F# C5
C5 Cm Csus2(#11) (x4)
Am C5 Eb C5 D C5
F C5 E C5 G C5 F# C5
[Verse 1]
C
Bright light, almost blinding
C/F# C/G
Black night, still there shining
C/A C/E
I can't stop, keep on climbing
C/F# C/Db
Looking for what I knew
C
Had a friend, she once told me
C/F# C/G
"You got love, you ain't lonely"
C/A C/E C/F# C/Db
Now she's gone and left me only, looking for what I knew
[Chorus]
C C/F# C/G
Ah, ah, ah
C/A C/E C/F# C
Ah ah ah
[Theme]
C5 Cm Csus2(#11) (x4)
Cadd#11 C5 Eb C5 D C5
F C5 E C5 G C5 F# C5
C5 Cm Csus2(#11) (x4)
Am C5 Eb C5 D C5
F C5 E C5 G C5 F# C5
[Bridge]
*Overall tonality. Follows pattern of theme.
C
*
Mmm, I'm telling you now
C
The greatest thing you ever can do now
C
Is trade a smile with someone who's blue now
C Cadd#11 C5 Eb C5 D C5 F C5 E C5 G C5 F# C5
It's very easy, just-
[Verse 2]
C/F# C
Met a man on the roadside crying,
C/F# C/G
Without a friend, there's no denying
C/A C/E
You're incomplete, they'll be no finding
C/F# C/Db
Looking for what you knew.
C
So anytime somebody needs you
C/F# C/G
Don't let them down, although it grieves you
C/A C/E
Some day you'll need someone like they do
C/F# C/Db
Looking for what you knew
[Chorus]
C C/F# C/G
Ah, ah, ah
C/A C/E C/F# C
Ah ah ah
[Theme]
C5 Cm Csus2(#11) (x4)
Cadd#11 C5 Eb C5 D C5
F C5 E C5 G C5 F# C5
C5 Cm Csus2(#11) (x4)
Am C5 Eb C5 D C5
F C5 E C5 G C5 F# C5
[Bridge] *As before.
C
*
Mmm, I'm telling you now
C
The greatest thing you ever can do now
C
Is trade a smile with someone who's blue now
C Cadd#11 C5 Eb C5 D C5 F C5 E C5 G C5 F# C5
It's very easy, just- Oh yeah
[Outro]
C
On and on
Cadd#9
My, my
Cadd9 Cadd4
My, my
C
My, my
Cadd#11CC6 Cadd#9Cadd9Cadd4
*
My, my, my, my, my
C Cadd#11CC6 Cadd9
*
Yeah
Cadd#9 Cadd9 C
I'm telling you now
C
The greatest thing you ever can do now
C
Is trade a smile with someone who's blue now
C
It's very easy
C
It's very easy
C
It's very easy
C
It's easy-easy, yeah, yeah

Friends chords and lyrics

Free chords for Friends by Led Zeppelin. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

[Intro]
C  C  (x2)
Cadd#11
[Theme]
C5 Cm Csus2(#11) (x4)
Cadd#11 C5  Eb C5  D C5
Am C5  Eb C5  D C5
F C5   E C5   G C5 F#  C5
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Theme]
C5 Cm Csus2(#11) (x4)
Cadd#11 C5  Eb C5  D C5
Am C5  Eb C5  D C5
F C5   E C5   G C5 F#  C5
[Bridge] 
*Overall tonality. Follows pattern of theme.
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Theme]
C5 Cm Csus2(#11) (x4)
Cadd#11 C5  Eb C5  D C5
Am C5  Eb C5  D C5
F C5   E C5   G C5 F#  C5
[Bridge] *As before.
[Outro]

Friends Chords by Led Zeppelin

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