Key: A
Introduction: G5
G5
I am asking
G5/F# Em7 C2
I am asking for a friend
G5
For a friend
Em7 C2
Is everything important
Em7 A4
The face you should remember but you don't
A4 C2
The gasoline smell as you light a smoke
G5
Where's the punchline to a joke
D
That won't end?
D7
Oh, I'm asking for a friend
G5
I am asking
G5/F# Em7 C2
I am asking for a friend
G5
For a friend
G5
Yes, I'm asking
G5/F# Em7 C2
I am asking for a friend
G5
For a friend
Em7 C2
Is this a bed to lie in?
Em7 A4
Somehere we can cry out in the dark
A4 C2
With sheets we pull like shrouds over our hearts
G5
Half-full wolves encircled us
D
One second
D7
Oh, I'm asking for a friend
G5
I am asking
G5/F# Em7 C2
I am asking for a friend
G5
For a friend
Em7 C2
What of those good intentions?
Em7 A4
Those clumsy interventions out of line
A4 C2
With hope when you are looking for a sign
D
An unikely paradigm
D7
What then?
G5
Oh, I'm asking for a friend
F C4 G5
Oh, I'm asking for a friend
F C4 G5
Oh, I'm asking for a friend
(single note F# on high E-string)