My Old Friend



(intro)

C

(verse)


         Am        Em      
My Old Friend, I recall 

       F      C     Dm          G     
the times we had hangin' on my wall

              Am            Em
I wouldn't trade them for gold. 

        F            C         F          C
they laugh and they cry me, somehow sanctify me,

          F             C             Dm              G 
they're woven in the stories I have told, and tell again


(verse 2)


          Am          Em
My old friend I apologize

          F                C               Dm              G
For the years that have passed since the last time you and I

         Am          E
Dusted off those memories

      F               C           F              G
the running and the races, the people and the places

             F               C            G                  G
there was always somewhere else I had to be, and time gets thin

          Am
My old friend


(tag)


             F              C
Don't know why, don't know why (x2)


(7 bar interlude)
C   F   C


(verse 3)


          Am                     Em
My old friend, this song's for you

           F           C            Dm                 G 
'Cause a few simple verses is the least that I could do

              Am             Em
To tell the world you were here

             F               C          F              G
'Cause the love and the laughter will live on long after

 F            C               G
All of the sadness and the tears.

            G                Am
We'll meet again, my old friend.



(tag 2)

    F       C
Goodbye, goodbye 


(repeat and fade)