Capo on 1st 


Intro:
A 

A                                                                  
   Thank you for being a friend
D/A                                                                  
     Traveled down a road and back again
      E11                                             A        ( A )          
Your       heart is true, you?re a pal and a confi -     dant 
A                                                                  
   I?m not ashamed to say
D/A                                                                  
     I hope it always will stay this way
    E11                                             A       ( A )             
My       hat is off, won?t you stand up and take a     bow 
E/Ab -


Bridge:
F#m                         A7/E                                          
    And if you threw a par-       ty
     A/D                       C#7                                         
In -       vited everyone you       knew
       Em9            A7                                                  
Well,      you would      see 
             Bm7                    F#m                                   
The biggest      gift would be from        me
         D         D/C#       D/B           D/Ai        E                               
And the     card       at -       tached        would     say


Chorus:
E6                         A                                            
    Thank you for being a     friend 
                       D/A                                            
Thank you for being a       friend
                              E11                                    
Thank you for being a friend 
                             A -                                     
Thank you for being a friend 

A/G# - A/F# - A/E - 
D - D/C# - D/B - D/Ai -


A                                                                  
   If it?s a car you lack
D/A                                                                  
     I?d surely buy you a Cadillac
         E11                                       A        ( A4 - A )             
What -       ever you need any time of the day of    night 
A                                                                  
   I?m not ashamed to say
D/A                                                                  
     I hope it always will stay this way
    E11                                            A      ( A )              
My       hat is off, won?t you stand up and take a    bow 
E/Ab -


Bridge:
F#m                        A7/E                                             
     And when we both get        older 
     A/D                            C#7                             
With      walking canes and hair of      gray
Em9           A7                                                          
     Have no     fear 
      Bm7                      F#m                                         
Even       though it's hardly       here
        D        D/C#        D/B        D/Ai       E                                     
I will    stand        real      close        and    say


Chorus:
E6                        A                                            
    Thank you for being a    friend (I wanna thank you)
                       D/A                                            
Thank you for being a       friend (I wanna thank you)
                              E11                                     
Thank you for being a friend       (I wanna thank you)
                              A                                     
Thank you for being a friend     (I wanna thank you)


                A4         A                                            
Let me tell ya         bout'      friend (I wanna thank you)
                       D/A                                            
Thank you for being a       friend (I wanna thank you)
                              E11                                     
Thank you for being a friend       (I wanna thank you)
                              A             ( A - A -                        
Thank you for being a friend     (friend) 


C# )     E        F#       Em6/G       (Em6/G )                                            
   And     when      we          die, 
               F#m       ( F#m )                                             
and float a -       way 
           Fmaj13           (Fmaj13)                                              
Into the          night, 
           A/E      ( A/E )  - A -                                                 
the milky       way       
E          F#           Em6/G       (Em6/G )                                          
   You'll      hear me        call 
           F#m        ( F#m )                                               
as we as -       cend 
                Fmaj13        (Fmaj13)                                            
I'll say your          name 
              A/E                                                     
then once a-       gain


E/                                                                  
    Thank you for being a 
A - A/G# - A/F# - A/E - 
D - D/C# - D/B - D/Ai - 
A            A/G#       A/F#      A/E                                               
   Aah baba        baah        ba      ba 
D                                                                  
   Aah 


Chorus:
D/C#             D/B            D/Ai     A                                           
      thank you      for being        a     friend 
                                            (I wanna thank you)
                       D/A                                            
Thank you for being a      friend (I wanna thank you)
                              E11                                     
Thank you for being a friend       (I wanna thank you)
                              A                                     
Thank you for being a friend     (friend)
                              A                                    
People let me tell ya bout it     friend (I wanna thank you)
                      D/A                                            
Thank you for being a       friend (I wanna thank you)
                              E11                                     
Thank you for being a friend      (I wanna thank you)
                              A                                     
Thank you for being a friend     (friend)
                     A                                              
Oooh tell ya bout a     friend 
              (let me thank you right now, for being a friend)
                       D/A                                            
Thank you for being a      friend 
              (I wanna tell you right now and tell you again)
                               E11                                     
Thank you for being a friend 
(I wanna thank you, thank you)
                              A                                     
Thank you for being a friend     (friend)

Outro:
( A ) - A/G# - A/F# - A/E - D - D/C# - D/B - D/Ai - A //

A      x02220
D/A    x04232
E11    002130
E/Ab   422100
F#m    244222
A7/E   002020
A/D    xx0220
       x57655
C#7    x46464
       x43421
Em9    020002
A7     x02020
Bm7    x24232
D      xx0232
D/C#   x40232
D/B    x20232
D/Ai   x00232
E6     022120
E      0xxxxx
A/G#   4x2220
A/F#   2x2220
A/E    0x2220
A4  x02230
A      x0xxxx
C#     x4xxxx
E      xx2xxx
F#     xx4xxx
Em6/G  xx5420
Fmaj13 100210
E      022100