VERSE 1:
Bb5    Bb5         Eb5      Bb5
  Hey buddy, wanna talk to you
        Eb5   Eb+4    Eb5     F5        
I got a friend in need, a friend indeed
Bb5    Bb5           Eb5          Bb5 
    I hear you got a few friends too
      Eb5 Eb+4       Eb5
Living up the stairs, to sell their wares
    Eb5    Eb+4         Eb5    Eb+4
And they don't care, 'cause they don't know that

BRIDGE:
G5  G5  G5   G5 
Ooooooh    he's very 
C5  C5  C5    C5
lovely
G5  G5  G5   G5
Ooooooh    he's lost his 
C5  C5  G5  G5
one       and 
C5  C5  G5  G5
on- - - - -ly

VERSE 2:
Bb5    Bb5           Eb5   Bb5
     Women that he's ever had
   Eb5 Eb+4         Eb5     F5
It sure is bad, can you make him glad?
Bb5    Bb5           Eb5       Bb5
  Hey mister can you help him out
        Eb5 Eb+4                Eb5     Eb5
Can you put him straight, before it gets too late
    Eb5  Eb+4      F5 F5
And show him what it's all about

CHORUS (INSTRUMENTAL):
F5    F5   F5    F5
Bb5   Bb5  Bb5   Bb5
F5    F5   F5    F5
Bb5   Bb5  Bb5   Bb5
F5    F5   F5    F5
D5   D5  D5   D5
G5   G5  G5   G5
C5   C5  F5   F5    Bb5 (pause...)

VERSE 3:
Bb5    Bb5               Eb5      Bb5
  Hey mister where?d you get the dope?
      Eb5 Eb+4   Eb5    F5
Which will it be, to pay the fee?
Bb5    Bb5               Eb5       Bb5
    I guess that you can see from me
           Eb5       Eb+4      Eb5     Eb5
So I'll be straight with you, I'll tell the truth
  Eb5   Eb+4    F5    F5     Bb5 (pause...)
A friend in need    is just really me

CHORUS (INSTRUMENTAL):
F5    F5   F5    F5
Bb5   Bb5  Bb5   Bb5
F5    F5   F5    F5
Bb5   Bb5  Bb5   Bb5
F5    F5   F5    F5
D5   D5  D5   D5
G5   G5  G5   G5
C5   C5  F5   F5

OUTRO (INSTRUMENTAL):
Bb5   Bb5  G5   G5
C5   C5  F5   F5

Bb5   Bb5  G5   G5
C5   C5  F5   F5

Bb5   Bb5  G5   G5 (begin fade out)
C5   C5  F5   F5 

Bb5   Bb5  G5   G5
C5   C5  F5   F5  Bb5


END