Good Friend Of Mine (CHORDS) by Family

[Intro]~
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[Verse 1]~

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Well I heard the world you have travelled

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News came out on the grapevine

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So,.. I hope you don’t seem to be simple,.. no

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’cause you were a good friend of mine


[Verse 2]~
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We were just friends back in schooldays

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Shared cigarettes,.. girls and wine

C       Em          Am
You got lucky; came into some money

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You were a good friend of mine


[Verse 3]~
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You know,.. I left school and earned money

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Things were not for versified

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But you could afford to be educated

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You were a good friend of mine


[Verse 4]~
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Said I’ve worked like a slave till my dad died

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Well,.. mother and me,.. we went crying

C          Em         Am
Still paid out to the chaplain,.. oh Lord

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You were a good friend of mine


[Verse 5]~
C             Em    Am
Meet Mary,.. my wife,.. and the kids here

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All our food it came off the breadline

C                        Em            Am
I guess you’re what they call the ‘gay bachelor’,.. yeah

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And you’re still a good friend of mine


[Verse 6]~
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Now,.. you hear me,.. we will get together

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We’re gonna go to your place or mine

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We don’t need to live if we’ve had it all

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And of course,.. you’re a good friend of mine


[Outro]~
C                Em      Am
I said we’re healthy,.. my my my

F              G              C
You’re still a good friend of mine