Key:
Introduction:
A E/A
A friend?s not a cheap little phony creep
G/A D/A
Or a jerk trying to make a deal
A E/A
A friend is a person who, most of all,
G(2)/A D/A
Cares about what you feel
A/C# D(2)
And nothing is harder
A/C# D(2) D(2)/E
Than learning a friend isn?t real
A E/A
A friend sends notes back and forth all day
Em7/A D(2)/A
And doesn?t care that you can?t spell
A E/A
A friend knows you?ve got a crush on your teacher,
Em7/A D(2)/A
But a friend would never tell
A/C# D(2)
A friend?s outside waiting
A/C# D(2)
The minute you both hear the bell
Chorus
E/G# E/D A/C#
And if your heart is always breaking
A E/G# E/D A/C#
Cause the world is just not fair
A C#m7
When you?re at your worst
F#m7 D
Your friend?s the first one there
A/C# Cº Bm7(b5)
Giving you something to lean on
E7(4)
And that?s what it means to be a friend
A(add2), E/A, G(add2)/A, D/A, A(add2), E/A, G(add2)/A D/E
A E/A
A friend won?t smoke when she?s in your room
G/A D/A
Or laugh at the poems you write
A E/A
A friend won?t go start kissing your brother
G/A D/A
The minute that you?re out of sight
A/C# D(2)
A friend is the person
A(2)/C# D(2)
You call sixteen times every night
Chorus
E/G# E/D A/C# A
And if your heart is always breaking
E/G# E/D A/C# A
And you want to run and hide
C#m7
When your hope is gone
F#m7 D
Your friend is on your side
A/C# Cº Bm7(b5)
If someone moves in ?round the corner
A/C# Cº Bm7(b5)
And you want to show him you care
A/C# Cº Bm7(b5) A
So you give him all your last month of vacation
B7(4) E9#5
And all of the time you can spare
A/E B7/D# B7
But then, on the first day of classes
A F
He acts like you?re not even there,
D(2) A/D
Then he doesn?t know?
D(2) A/D
He doesn?t know!
A/C# A Bm7(add4)
E7(4)
To be
A E/A G/A D/A D2/E A(2)
a friend