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FRIEND TO THE FRIENDLESS - The World/Inferno Friendship Society
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Tabbed by: David Long
Email: dseagolong@gmail.com
Starts in G minor, 3/4 time
I can't speak for the lyrics, but I'm confident the chords are right.
Unfortunately the formatting on this page doesn't allow me to situate the chord names
directly above the word where it changes, so you'll have to feel the changes yourself.
Pay attention to key changes and the way certain chords switch between major and minor
in some instances.
I took some creative license with the intro, which I play as follows:
e|--3------------------------1------------1----------|
B|--3-------3----------4-----3--------------4-2-1----|
G|--3--2-0--2----------3-----0h2-0-----3-------------|
D|----------3--2-0-----5--0--------3-4---------------|
A|------------------6--------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
e|--3------------------------1------------1------------1/6-4--|
B|--3-------3----------4-----3--------------4-3-2----2--------|
G|--3--2-0--2----------3-----0h2-0-----3-----------3----------|
D|----------3--2-0-----5--0--------3-4------------------------|
A|------------------6-----------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
[This melody leads directly into the verse, which can be achieved almost entirely with
bar chords:]
Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Eb7 (x32310@4) D7I'm (xx0212@1)not above drinking alone but no good ever comes of it,
Ebmunless (xx4342@1)you count me talking to you now
Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Eb7 (x32310@4) D7So, (xx0212@1)have you been hurt? Did you hurt someone?
EbmDid (xx4342@1)you get all crashed down upon?
C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) AbmMe, (133111@4)I'm a friend to the friendless not that I chose it
C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) Aband (xx1114@1)if I had well then who knows?
[For the next line two lines you can either repeat Gm > Dm > Eb7 > D7 > Ebm,
holding out the last chord until "money," or you can sing along to the introductory
melody as shown below]
But that one guy on the train all talking to himself, shit he's talking to
e|-----3------------------------1------------1----------|
B|-----3-------3----------4-----3--------------4-2-1----|
G|-----3--2-0--2----------3-----0h2-0-----3-------------|
D|-------------3--2-0-----5--0--------3-4---------------|
A|----------------------6-------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
me, he's saying "At school they taught me a prayer for
e|-----------1----------1---------1----------1-------|
B|---------2---2------2---2------2--2------2---2-----|
G|---3---3------3---3------3---3-----3---3-----------|
D|-----4----------4----------4---------4-------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Eb7 (x32310@4) D7money, (xx0212@1)a prayer for crap jobs right till I die
Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Eb7 (x32310@4) F (133211@1) Gnever (320003@1)a prayer for people, the brokenhearted the lonely"
Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Eb7 (x32310@4) D7Did (xx0212@1)you let the blues make you bad
EbmDid (xx4342@1)you get all twisted?
Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Eb7 (x32310@4) D7Did (xx0212@1)you get so drunk you whispered "I think I'm gonna die?"
EbmDid (xx4342@1)you pass nights wondering why you never saw it coming?
C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) Abm (133111@4) C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) AbNobody (xx1114@1)ever sees it coming, no exceptions at all
C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) Abm (133111@4) C#m (x13321@4)
A (x02220@1) AbI (xx1114@1)said nobody ever sees it coming, no exceptions at all
A (x02220@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) EI'm (022100@1)a friend to the friendless and I don't care
FIf (133211@1)I had a choice in this it wouldn't be fair
A (x02220@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Ebut (022100@1)I don't so let's not get all carried away
Fwith (133211@1)shit you wouldn't change anyway,
F (133211@1) Elet's (022100@1)make this a prayer for
C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) Abmmoney, (133111@4)a prayer for Sundays through Mondays
C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) Aband (xx1114@1)crap jobs right til I die.
Am (x02210@1) C#m (x13321@4) E (022100@1) AbmBecause (133111@4)where we are now we won't always be
A (x02220@1) Eband (x43121@3)shit man that could be me
Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Eb7 (x32310@4)
D7getting (xx0212@1)hurt, hurting someone getting all crashed down upon
Ebmburning (xx4342@1)holes in butterfly's
Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Eb7 (x32310@4) D7 (xx0212@1) Ebmwings, (xx4342@1)wishing, wishing, wishing, wish for other things
C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) Abm (133111@4) C#m (x13321@4)
A (x02220@1) AbNobody (xx1114@1)ever sees it coming, no exceptions at all
Am (x02210@1) C#m (x13321@4) E (022100@1) Abm (133111@4) A (x02220@1)
EbNobody (x43121@3)ever sees it coming, are you ready for this?
Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Eb7 (x32310@4) D7Never (xx0212@1)wear white socks with black shoes
EbmDon't (xx4342@1)get all twisted
Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Eb7 (x32310@4) D7Don't (xx0212@1)let the blues make you bad
EbmI (xx4342@1)know you miss him
C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) AbmDon't (133111@4)let your standards fall down with your hair
C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) AbHow (xx1114@1)it felt when you kissed her
C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) AbmStraighten (133111@4)your tie, tuck in your shirt
A (x02220@1) FI'm (133211@1)a friend to the friendless
C (x32010@1) E (022100@1) FAnd (133211@1)I don't know why but come on kids, just walk right on by
A (x02220@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) EI (022100@1)know you are lonely, you'll not always be
F (133211@1) EYou (022100@1)are so many things you will not always be.
e|--3------------------------1------------1---6--4---|
B|--3-------3----------4-----3--------------4--------|
G|--3--2-0--2----------3-----0h2-0-----3-------------|
D|----------3--2-0-----5--0--------3-4---------------|
A|------------------6--------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
