You've got a friend (1971)    (video)    (midi)

 

    G - C - G - A - B7

 

                          Em            B7                      Em             B7     Em

1. When you're down and troubled and you need some lovin' care,

            Am         D                      G     

    and nothing, nothing is going right,

     F#m                           B7                    Em  B7            Em

    close your eyes and think of me and soon  I  will be there

         Am            Bm                          D       - D7

    to brighten up even your darkest nights.

 

               G                                           C

You just call out my name, and you know, wherever I am,

             G                              Am   - D7

I come running to see you again. 

   G                                    Bm  C                           Am  - D

Winter, spring, summer or fall, all you got to do is call,

            C                    Am   - - - - - - - - - - G     - C - G - A - B7

and I'll be there, yes I will, you've got a friend.

 

              Em   B7                      Em         B7       Em

2. If the sky above you grows dark and full of clouds,

                  Am            D                     G     

    and that old north wind begins to blow,

     F#m                       B7              Em        B7          Em

     keep your head together, and call my name out loud,

      Am                            Bm                      D       - D7

     soon you'll hear me knocking at your door.

 

               G                                          C

You just call out my name, and you know, wherever I am,

             G                                                               Am  - D7

I come running, running, yeah, yeah, to see you again. 

   G                                    Bm  C                           Am  - D

Winter, spring, summer or fall, all you got to do is call,

            C                    Am                      

and I'll be there, yes I will.

 

             F                                       C

    Now ain't it good to know that you've got a friend,

                  G                      Em

     when people can be so cold.

 

 

 

 

                C                           Fm                 

    They'll hurt you, yes, and desert you,

           Em                           Am                   D                           - D7

    and take your soul if you let them - but don't you let them !

 

               G                                          C

You just call out my name, and you know, wherever I am,

             G                                   Em                       Am  - D7

I come running, running, yeah, yeah, to see you again. 

   G                                     Bm C                           Am  - G

Winter, spring, summer or fall, all you got to do is call,

            C                        - Am   - - - - - - - - -  G     - C

and I'll be there, yes I w…..ill, you've got a friend.

 

                      G                     C                                   G                     

    You got a friend.  Ain’t it good to know you got a friend ?

                  C                                 G                                 C

    Ain’t it good to know ? Ain’t it good to know ? Ain’t it good to know?

                       G              C                       G                 C

    You got a friend, oh, yeah, you got a friend, yeah, baby,

                       G             C

    You got a friend, oh yeah …

 

(original = capo 1st; live video = capo 2nd)(Carole King)