Chords for Average White Band - Wasn't I Your Friend (1980)

Tempo:
106.35 bpm
Chords used:

Am

D

E

Em

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Average White Band - Wasn't I Your Friend (1980) chords
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[G] [A] [G]
[A] [G] [A] [G]
[Am] [Em]
[A] [Em]
[Am] [Em] So little you can count on, [D] [F] so little on which you can rely.
[Em] Now I feel the fool for [A] choosing [B] you [F] to put my faith behind.
[Dm] Oh, [C] when you were going down, you were [D] my [F#] best friend.
Now [Dm] that you're winning, I'll never see you again.
[Am] Wasn't I your friend, then [E] so [D] ever?
[G#] [C] Or have you forgotten [D] in time?
[C] Wasn't [Am] I your friend, then we [E] faced the good and [D] bad together?
[Am] When you were a [D] friend of mine.
[Am] Wasn't I your friend, [E] then so ever?
[Am] Or have you forgotten [D] in time?
[Am] Wasn't I your friend, then we [E] faced the [G#] good and bad together?
[Am] When you were a [D] friend of mine.
[Em] Wasn't I your friend?
[Am] [A] [Em]
[A] [Em] You and [A] me, [Em]
[B] [F] I thought we'd passed all of these games.
[Em] We were [A] friends as standards, lovers, [Em]
[F] different from the others.
But we drifted apart just the [Dm] same.
When you were [Am] going [D] down, you were my best friend.
[Dm] Now that you're winning, I'll never see you again.
[F] Wasn't I your friend, then [E] so ever?
[D] [Am] Or have you forgotten [D] in time?
[C] Wasn't I [Am] your friend, then we [E] faced the good and bad together?
[Am] When you were a [D] friend of mine.
Wasn't [Am] I your friend, then [E] so ever?
[Am] Or have you forgotten [D]
in time?
[C] Wasn't [Am] I your friend, then [E] we [D] faced the good and bad [G#] together?
[Am] When you were a [D] friend of mine.
Wasn't [Dm] I your
[G] [F] friend?
[Em]
[A] [B] [F]
[Em] [G]
[F]
When [C] you were going down, [D] you were my best [F#] friend.
[F] Now that you're winning, [Dm] I'll never see you [F] again.
Wasn't I your friend, [E] then so ever?
[D] [G#] [Am] Or have you forgotten [F#] in time?
[Am] Wasn't I your friend, then [E] we faced the good and bad together?
[C] When you were a [D] friend of mine.
[Am] Wasn't I your friend, [E] then so ever?
[Am] Or have you forgotten [D] in time?
[Am] Wasn't I your friend,
[E] [Am] when you were a [D] friend of mine.
[Am] Wasn't I your friend, [E] then so ever?
[Am] Or have you forgotten [D] in time?
[Am] Wasn't I your friend, then [E] we faced the good [D] and bad together?
[Am] When [C] you were a [D] friend of mine.
[Am] Wasn't I your friend, then [E] so ever?
[Am] Or have you forgotten in time?
Wasn't I your friend, then [E] so ever?
[Am]
[D] Or have [Am] you
[E] [Am]
[D] forgotten in time?
Wasn't [Am] I your friend, [E] then [D] [C]
[D] so [Am] ever?
[E] [C] Wasn't [D] [Am] I your friend, [E] then so ever?
[D] [Am] Or have you forgotten [D] in time?
Oh, [Am] Niagara, didn't [E] it make you laugh,
Emma, [Am] when [C] you were a [D] friend of mine?
[F] Was I a friend
[E] [Am]
[F#] to [D] you?
[Am] [E] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[E] [Am] [D]
[Am]
[E] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[E] [Am]
[D] [G] [Am]
[E] [Am] [D]
[G] [Am]
[E] [Am]
Key:  
Am
2311
D
1321
E
2311
Em
121
F
134211111
Am
2311
D
1321
E
2311
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To learn Average White Band - Wasnt I Your Friend chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - Am, E, Am, D and Am of chords. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 53 BPM before aiming for the song's 106 BPM. To match your vocal range and chord inclination, adjust the capo in line with the key: A Minor.

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[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Am] _ _ [Em] So little you can count on, [D] _ _ [F] so little on which you can rely.
[Em] Now I feel the fool for [A] choosing [B] you [F] to put my faith behind. _
[Dm] Oh, [C] when you were going down, you were [D] my [F#] best friend.
Now [Dm] that you're winning, I'll never see you again.
[Am] Wasn't I your friend, then [E] so [D] ever?
_ [G#] [C] Or have you forgotten [D] in time?
_ [C] Wasn't [Am] I your friend, then we [E] faced the good and [D] bad together?
_ [Am] When you were a [D] friend of mine.
[Am] Wasn't I your friend, _ [E] then so ever?
[Am] Or have you forgotten [D] in time?
[Am] Wasn't I your friend, then we [E] faced the [G#] good and bad together?
[Am] When you were a [D] friend of mine.
[Em] Wasn't I your friend?
[Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ [Em] You and [A] me, _ [Em] _
[B] _ [F] I thought we'd passed all of these games.
[Em] We were [A] friends as standards, lovers, [Em]
[F] different from the others.
But we drifted apart just the [Dm] same.
When you were [Am] _ going [D] down, you were my best friend.
[Dm] Now that you're winning, I'll never see you again.
[F] Wasn't I your friend, then [E] so ever?
[D] _ _ [Am] Or have you forgotten [D] in time?
[C] Wasn't I [Am] your friend, then we [E] faced the good and bad together?
[Am] When you were a [D] friend of mine.
Wasn't [Am] I your friend, then [E] so ever?
_ [Am] Or have you forgotten [D]
in time?
[C] Wasn't [Am] I your friend, then [E] we [D] faced the good and bad [G#] together?
[Am] When you were a [D] friend of mine.
Wasn't [Dm] I your _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [F] friend? _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [B] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ When [C] you were going down, [D] you were my best [F#] friend.
[F] Now that you're winning, _ [Dm] I'll never see you [F] again.
Wasn't I your friend, [E] then so ever?
[D] _ [G#] _ [Am] Or have you forgotten [F#] in time?
[Am] _ Wasn't I your friend, then [E] we faced the good and bad together?
[C] When you were a [D] friend of mine.
[Am] Wasn't I your friend, [E] then so ever?
_ [Am] Or have you forgotten [D] in time?
[Am] _ Wasn't I your friend, _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] when you were a [D] friend of mine.
[Am] Wasn't I your friend, [E] then so ever?
_ _ [Am] Or have you forgotten [D] in time?
_ [Am] Wasn't I your friend, then [E] we faced the good [D] and bad together?
[Am] When [C] you were a [D] friend of mine.
[Am] Wasn't I your friend, then [E] so _ ever?
[Am] Or have you forgotten in time?
Wasn't I your friend, then [E] so ever?
_ _ [Am] _ _ _
[D] Or have _ [Am] you _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ forgotten in time?
Wasn't [Am] I your _ friend, [E] then _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] so _ _ _ [Am] _ _ ever?
[E] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ Wasn't [D] _ _ _ [Am] I your friend, [E] then so ever?
_ [D] _ [Am] Or have you forgotten [D] in time?
Oh, [Am] Niagara, _ didn't [E] it make you laugh,
Emma, [Am] when [C] you were a [D] friend of mine?
_ [F] Was I a friend _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[F#] to [D] you?
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song finds its place within the Feel No Fret + Volume VIII + Shine + Cupids in Fashion album.

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