Simon & Garfunkel – Old Friends (Guitar)
Capo 4
Key
-
Versions
(4)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
[Verse]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Old friends. Old friends. Dm/F G7 C Am Sat on their park bench like bookends. G Am A newspaper blown through the grass falls on the round toes Am/G Fmaj7 Cmaj7 of the high shoes of the old friends.
[Verse]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Dm/F G7 Fmaj7 Em7 Old friends. Winter companions, the old men. Dm/F G7 C Am Lost in their overcoats waiting for the sunset.
[Bridge]
G Am The sounds of the city, shifting through trees G F Dm9 Am settle like dust on the shoulders of the old friends.
[Middle 8]
Dm/F G7 Cmaj7 F6 Fm6 Cmaj7 Can you imagine us years from today, sharing a park bench quietly? Dm/F G7 Asus4 How terribly strange to be seventy.
[Verse]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Dm/F G7 Fmaj7 Em7 Old friends. Memory brushes the same years. G C Am Silently sharing the same fears.
Bookends theme:
Dm/F Cmaj7 Time it was and what a time it was, it was a ... F Cmaj7 A time of innocence, a time of confidences Dm/F C Long ago it must be, I have a photograph F Preserve your memories, C they're all that's left you.