The Handsome Family – My Friend (Guitar)

    C              G            F                     C
I swear I heard a bird calling high in the chestnut trees

                 G           F                C
The sun was so bright, that bird I couldn’t see

                    G      F                     C
No matter where I stood I couldn’t see beak or wing

                         G       F                C
Just burning, blinding leaves, still and silent trees

          C                E  
Were you with me then my friend? 

 F               C
Are you with me now?

                           E  
Were you with me then my friend? 

 F               Fm  C
Are you with me now?

  C                G         F             C
When that cement truck, the mixer turning slow

             G        F              C
Drove right past me dripping in the road

F                   C  G/B     Am
That swollen body spinning in circles

    Dm                    Am    F         C
I stopped and watched it roll, roll and groan

          C                E  
Were you with me then my friend? 

 F               C
Are you with me now?

                           E  
Were you with me then my friend? 

 F               Fm  C
Are you with me now?

         C              G      F           C
When I swam alone that night, late summer dusk

                      G         F              C
The air so warm and still, the water wide and dark

F                                  C          G/B        Am
Something brushed against me, I splashed and kicked in fright

Dm               Am       F          C    G
Such cold hands upon me, underwater vines

          C                E  
Were you with me then my friend? 

 F               C
Are you with me now?

                           E  
Were you with me then my friend? 

 F               Fm  
Are you with me now?