Jesse Welles – Friends (Guitar)

Capo 4
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Chords

As recorded by Jesse Welles (2025 studio version) * strum once and let ring [Intro] C* [Verse 1]
         C           F
Will all promises be kept?

        G             Am
Will we all be better off?

          F               C
I get the notion we won't know

          G              C
Until the ketamine wears off

                      F
I looked up and to my left and saw

  G         Am
A canopy of greed

  G      F            C
I do not need to be unburdened

       G               C
I just need someone to lead
[Pre-Chorus]
          Am            C
And if it looks a bit familiar

        G             Am
Like it did the other time

     G        F               C
They say that history don't repeat itself

    G            C
No, history just rhymes
[Chorus]
            F
The river's deep

            C
The river's wide

          G                                                Am
And there ain't no way across it 'cept to swim or sink and die

           F
The way is long

            C
The path is mеan

        G                                                     Am
I ain't got none of my friends left, thеy all vanished in the stream

        F              C                      G               C
I ain't got none of my friends left, they all vanished in the stream
[Verse 2]
C                           F
When the black cat with his chainsaw

         G              C
Picked a child from his litter

G/B  Am             F
To remind us he's a man

       G              C
I'll admit I did feel bitter

                      F
And I wondered if the jester knew

     G              C
That he's in on the joke

     G/B         Am               F
Some folks don't ask whats in the wagon

          G                 C
They just grin and bear the yoke
[Pre-Chorus]
          Am            C
And if it looks a bit familiar

        G             Am
Like it did the other time

     G        F               C
They say that history don't repeat itself

    G            C
No, history just rhymes
[Chorus]
            F
The river's deep

            C
The river's wide

          G                                                Am
And there ain't no way across it 'cept to swim or sink and die

           F
The way is long

            C
The path is mеan

        G                                                     Am
I ain't got none of my friends left, thеy all vanished in the stream

        F              C                      G               C
I ain't got none of my friends left, they all vanished in the stream
[Harmonica Solo] C F G C Am F G C [Verse 3]
C                       F
When they pave over the bodies

      G             Am
And democratize the stones

       F              C
I will leave a Yelp review

       G             C
In the valley of the bones

                           F
When the thirsty get their blood

            G                Am
And all the people's souls departed

         F              C
They can raise the holy swollen

       G             Am
Golden temple of the arches

G              C
Onward history marches
[Pre-Chorus]
          Am            C
And if it looks a bit familiar

        G             Am
Like it did the other time

     G        F               C
They say that history don't repeat itself

    G            C
No, history just rhymes
[Chorus]
            F
The river's deep

            C
The river's wide

          G                                                Am
And there ain't no way across it 'cept to swim or sink and die

           F
The way is long

            C
The path is mеan

        G                                                     Am
I ain't got none of my friends left, thеy all vanished in the stream

        F              C                      G               C
I ain't got none of my friends left, they all vanished in the stream
[Outro] C