THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND - Andrew Gold
Capo on 1st
Intro:
[A]
[A] Thank you for being a friend
[D/A] Traveled down a road and back again
Your [E11] heart is true, youre a pal and a confi - [A] dant [(A)]
[A] Im not ashamed to say
[D/A] I hope it always will stay this way
My [E11] hat is off, wont you stand up and take a [A] bow [(A)]
[E/Ab] [-]
Bridge:
F#m [ch]A7/E[/ch]
And if you threw a par- ty
In - [A/D] vited everyone you [C#7] knew
Well, [Em9] you would [A7] see
The biggest [Bm7] gift would be from [F#m] me
And the [D] card [D/C#] at - [D/B] tached [D/Ai] would [E] say
Chorus:
[E6] Thank you for being a [A] friend
Thank you for being a [D/A] friend
Thank you for being a friend [E11]
Thank you for being a friend [A][-]
[A/G#] [-] [A/F#] [-] [A/E] [-]
[D] [-] [D/C#] [-] [D/B] [-] [D/Ai] [-]
[A] If its a car you lack
[D/A] Id surely buy you a Cadillac
What - [E11] ever you need any time of the day of [A] night [(Asus4][-][A)]
[A] Im not ashamed to say
[D/A] I hope it always will stay this way
My [E11] hat is off, wont you stand up and take a [A] bow [(A)]
[E/Ab] [-]
Bridge:
F#m [ch]A7/E[/ch]
And when we both get older
With [A/D] walking canes and hair of [C#7] gray
[Em9] Have no [A7] fear
Even [Bm7] though it's hardly [F#m] here
I will [D] stand [D/C#] real [D/B] close [D/Ai] and [E] say
Chorus:
[E6] Thank you for being a [A] friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a [D/A] friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend [E11] (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend [A] (I wanna thank you)
Let me tell ya [Asus4] bout' [A] friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a [D/A] friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend [E11] (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend [A] (friend) [(A][-][A][-]
C#) E F# [ch]Em6/G[/ch] (Em6/G)
And when we die,
and float a - [F#m] way [(F#m)]
Into the [Fmaj13] night, [(Fmaj13)]
the milky [A/E] way [(A/E)] [-][A][-]
E F# [ch]Em6/G[/ch] (Em6/G)
You'll hear me call
as we as - [F#m] cend [(F#m)]
I'll say your [Fmaj13] name [(Fmaj13)]
then once a- [A/E] gain
[E/] Thank you for being a
[A] [-] [A/G#] [-] [A/F#] [-] [A/E] [-]
[D] [-] [D/C#] [-] [D/B] [-] [D/Ai] [-]
[A] Aah baba [A/G#] baah [A/F#] ba [A/E] ba
[D] Aah
Chorus:
[D/C#] thank you [D/B] for being [D/Ai] a [A] friend
(I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a [D/A] friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend [E11] (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend [A] (friend)
People let me tell ya bout it [A] friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a [D/A] friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend [E11] (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend [A] (friend)
Oooh tell ya bout a [A] friend
(let me thank you right now, for being a friend)
Thank you for being a [D/A] friend
(I wanna tell you right now and tell you again)
Thank you for being a friend [E11]
(I wanna thank you, thank you)
Thank you for being a friend [A] (friend)
Outro:
(A) - A/G# - A/F# - A/E - D - D/C# - D/B - D/Ai - A //
A x02220
D/A x04232
E11 002130
E/Ab 422100
[F#m][ch]A7/[244222]E[/ch] 002020
A/D xx0220
x57655
C#7 x46464
x43421
Em9 020002
A7 x02020
Bm7 x24232
D xx0232
D/C# x40232
D/B x20232
D/Ai x00232
E6 022120
E 0xxxxx
A/G# 4x2220
A/F# 2x2220
A/E 0x2220
Asus4 x02230
A x0xxxx
C# x4xxxx
E xx2xxx
F# xx4xxx
[ch]Em6/G[/ch] xx5420
Fmaj13 100210
E 022100
Capo on 1st
Intro:
[A]
[A] Thank you for being a friend
[D/A] Traveled down a road and back again
Your [E11] heart is true, youre a pal and a confi - [A] dant [(A)]
[A] Im not ashamed to say
[D/A] I hope it always will stay this way
My [E11] hat is off, wont you stand up and take a [A] bow [(A)]
[E/Ab] [-]
Bridge:
F#m [ch]A7/E[/ch]
And if you threw a par- ty
In - [A/D] vited everyone you [C#7] knew
Well, [Em9] you would [A7] see
The biggest [Bm7] gift would be from [F#m] me
And the [D] card [D/C#] at - [D/B] tached [D/Ai] would [E] say
Chorus:
[E6] Thank you for being a [A] friend
Thank you for being a [D/A] friend
Thank you for being a friend [E11]
Thank you for being a friend [A][-]
[A/G#] [-] [A/F#] [-] [A/E] [-]
[D] [-] [D/C#] [-] [D/B] [-] [D/Ai] [-]
[A] If its a car you lack
[D/A] Id surely buy you a Cadillac
What - [E11] ever you need any time of the day of [A] night [(Asus4][-][A)]
[A] Im not ashamed to say
[D/A] I hope it always will stay this way
My [E11] hat is off, wont you stand up and take a [A] bow [(A)]
[E/Ab] [-]
Bridge:
F#m [ch]A7/E[/ch]
And when we both get older
With [A/D] walking canes and hair of [C#7] gray
[Em9] Have no [A7] fear
Even [Bm7] though it's hardly [F#m] here
I will [D] stand [D/C#] real [D/B] close [D/Ai] and [E] say
Chorus:
[E6] Thank you for being a [A] friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a [D/A] friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend [E11] (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend [A] (I wanna thank you)
Let me tell ya [Asus4] bout' [A] friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a [D/A] friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend [E11] (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend [A] (friend) [(A][-][A][-]
C#) E F# [ch]Em6/G[/ch] (Em6/G)
And when we die,
and float a - [F#m] way [(F#m)]
Into the [Fmaj13] night, [(Fmaj13)]
the milky [A/E] way [(A/E)] [-][A][-]
E F# [ch]Em6/G[/ch] (Em6/G)
You'll hear me call
as we as - [F#m] cend [(F#m)]
I'll say your [Fmaj13] name [(Fmaj13)]
then once a- [A/E] gain
[E/] Thank you for being a
[A] [-] [A/G#] [-] [A/F#] [-] [A/E] [-]
[D] [-] [D/C#] [-] [D/B] [-] [D/Ai] [-]
[A] Aah baba [A/G#] baah [A/F#] ba [A/E] ba
[D] Aah
Chorus:
[D/C#] thank you [D/B] for being [D/Ai] a [A] friend
(I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a [D/A] friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend [E11] (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend [A] (friend)
People let me tell ya bout it [A] friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a [D/A] friend (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend [E11] (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend [A] (friend)
Oooh tell ya bout a [A] friend
(let me thank you right now, for being a friend)
Thank you for being a [D/A] friend
(I wanna tell you right now and tell you again)
Thank you for being a friend [E11]
(I wanna thank you, thank you)
Thank you for being a friend [A] (friend)
Outro:
(A) - A/G# - A/F# - A/E - D - D/C# - D/B - D/Ai - A //
A x02220
D/A x04232
E11 002130
E/Ab 422100
[F#m][ch]A7/[244222]E[/ch] 002020
A/D xx0220
x57655
C#7 x46464
x43421
Em9 020002
A7 x02020
Bm7 x24232
D xx0232
D/C# x40232
D/B x20232
D/Ai x00232
E6 022120
E 0xxxxx
A/G# 4x2220
A/F# 2x2220
A/E 0x2220
Asus4 x02230
A x0xxxx
C# x4xxxx
E xx2xxx
F# xx4xxx
[ch]Em6/G[/ch] xx5420
Fmaj13 100210
E 022100