Glen Campbell – Friends (Guitar)

Eb          Eb7          Eb  
Friends are never earned

          Eb7                    Eb Ab
They're a gift from the loving God

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And they're precious beyond human valuation

Bb7                   Bb       Ab
But you dare not take them for granted

Eb
Or they'll drift away like smoke

                        Cm
And the warmth of their caring will vanish

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Like the chill of the endless nights

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Most of my friends are unknowns

Eb                              Eb7
And they probably won't rate an obituary

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Unless they live and die in small towns

                        Ab      Fm
Where nothing much ever happens

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But a few of my friends are big people

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They'd made the world ring with laughter

                     Fm          Bb 
Down to it's gaseous burning core

 Eb             Ab           Eb
They're famous, sensitive,   talented

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And their names are household words

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Yet they are no more precious in God's eyes    or in mine

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Than those wonderful nobodys who live and die in small towns

                    Gm  Cm
Who is your friend?

                 Eb         Eb7       Ab
He's someone who warms you with a nod

               Gm                  Dm
Or with the unspoken word in hard times

                                 Bb
When you're hurting beyond words

            Gm       Bb
Who is your friend?

          Eb
She's someone who holds you to her breast

Eb7                        Ab
And sighs softly into your hair

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When no other medicine can stop the pain

  Cm                               Db
A friend is someone who clinks his glass against yours

   Eb                               Cm
At three in the morning when you're lost

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And with a few words of encouragement and concern

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Makes you realize you aren't really lost at all

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Friends come in both sexes and in all shapes and sizes

                   Cm
The most important thing they have in common

       Fm                                  Bb
Is the ability to share with you your most sky splitting joys

Eb                            Ab      Eb   Ab
Or your deepest, most awesome sorrows

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For they are your friends