Tom: C
Introdução: C G C
C Em Am
Well I heard the world you have travelled
F Dm G
News came out on the grapevine
C Em Am
So, I hope you don?t seem to be simple, no
F G C
?cause you were a good friend of mine
verse 2
C Em Am
We were just friends back in schooldays
F Dm G
Shared cigarettes, girls and wine
C Em Am
You got lucky came into some money
F G C
You were a good friend of mine
verse 3
C Em Am
You know, I left school and earned money
F Dm G
Things were not for versified
C Em Am
But you could afford to be educated
F G C
You were a good friend of mine
verse 4
C Em Am
Said I?ve worked like a slave till my dad died
F Dm G
Well, mother and me, we went crying
C Em Am
Still paid out to the chaplain, oh Lord
F G C
You were a good friend of mine
Verse 5
C Em Am
Meet Mary, my wife, and the kids here
F Dm G
All our food it came off the breadline
C Em Am
I guess you?re what they call the ?gay bachelor?, yeah
F G C
And you?re still a good friend of mine
Verse 6
C Em Am
Now, you hear me, we will get together
F Dm G
We?re gonna go to your place or mine
C Em Am
We don?t need to live if we?ve had it all
F G C
And of course, you?re a good friend of mine
Outro
C Em Am
I said we?re healthy, my my my
F G C
You?re still a good friend of mine