Elton John & Nik Kershaw - Old Friend Chords
Tempo:
95.3 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
G
Bm
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [D] [Bm] [A]
[G] [D] [Bm] [A]
[G] I wanna be [D] good, I wanna be [Bm] strong
[A]
But I've been eating bad, I've done [Bm] wrong
[A]
[G] I've taken his [D] money, I've given him [Bm] hell
[A]
[D] Can't he take the shit off, cause he know he don't [Bm] care
[G] We [A] can say what we mean and [F] feel what we say
[C] We don't like to mess [G] around
[Bm] We best look cool to each other
[G] When we're falling [C] down
[A] [F#] Just like [G] an old [D] friend
[Bm] Putting [A] me on [G] my feet [D] again
[Bm] Giving [E] me back [A] my [D] pride then
[G] Letting [A] me go just [G] like an old [D] friend
[Bm] Putting [A] me in my [G] place [D] again
[Bm] Giving [E] me back my [A] [D] hope then
[G] Letting [A] me know that [D] he's an old friend
I
[Bm] [A]
[D] don't suffer no fools I [Bm] despise
[D] But [G] he must be one [D] for being by my [Bm] [A] side
[D]
I've broken his heart, I've shaken his [Bm] frame
[A] But [D] still he doesn't want anything from a fool like [Bm] me
[G] We [A] won't talk for a year [F] or two
Maybe when [C] we're through
We won't say [G] much
[Bm] Even so we know that our [G] mind is never out [C] of touch
[A] [F#] Just like [G] an [D] old friend
[Bm] Putting [A] me on [G] my feet [D] again
[Bm] Giving [E] me back [A] my [D] pride then
[G] Letting [A] me know that he's an old friend
We're having a man to man
Don't wanna get sentimental
But both of us [G] understand
[A] We'll never have to say goodbye
Just say you love
[G] [D] [Bm] [A]
[G] [D] [Bm] [E]
[A] [D] [G] [A] Just [G] like an [D] old friend
Putting [A] me on [G] my feet [D] again
[Bm] Giving [E] me back [A] my [D] pride then
[G] [A] Letting me go just [G] like an [D] old friend
Putting [A] me in [G] my place [D] again
Giving [E] me back [A] my [D] hope then
[G] [A] Letting me know [G] just like an [D] old friend
[Bm] Putting [A] me on [G] my [D] feet again
[Bm] Giving [E] me back my
[A] [D] [A] Letting me know
[D] [A]
[D] [E]
[A] [D] [G]
[G] [D] [Bm] [A]
[G] I wanna be [D] good, I wanna be [Bm] strong
[A]
But I've been eating bad, I've done [Bm] wrong
[A]
[G] I've taken his [D] money, I've given him [Bm] hell
[A]
[D] Can't he take the shit off, cause he know he don't [Bm] care
[G] We [A] can say what we mean and [F] feel what we say
[C] We don't like to mess [G] around
[Bm] We best look cool to each other
[G] When we're falling [C] down
[A] [F#] Just like [G] an old [D] friend
[Bm] Putting [A] me on [G] my feet [D] again
[Bm] Giving [E] me back [A] my [D] pride then
[G] Letting [A] me go just [G] like an old [D] friend
[Bm] Putting [A] me in my [G] place [D] again
[Bm] Giving [E] me back my [A] [D] hope then
[G] Letting [A] me know that [D] he's an old friend
I
[Bm] [A]
[D] don't suffer no fools I [Bm] despise
[D] But [G] he must be one [D] for being by my [Bm] [A] side
[D]
I've broken his heart, I've shaken his [Bm] frame
[A] But [D] still he doesn't want anything from a fool like [Bm] me
[G] We [A] won't talk for a year [F] or two
Maybe when [C] we're through
We won't say [G] much
[Bm] Even so we know that our [G] mind is never out [C] of touch
[A] [F#] Just like [G] an [D] old friend
[Bm] Putting [A] me on [G] my feet [D] again
[Bm] Giving [E] me back [A] my [D] pride then
[G] Letting [A] me know that he's an old friend
We're having a man to man
Don't wanna get sentimental
But both of us [G] understand
[A] We'll never have to say goodbye
Just say you love
[G] [D] [Bm] [A]
[G] [D] [Bm] [E]
[A] [D] [G] [A] Just [G] like an [D] old friend
Putting [A] me on [G] my feet [D] again
[Bm] Giving [E] me back [A] my [D] pride then
[G] [A] Letting me go just [G] like an [D] old friend
Putting [A] me in [G] my place [D] again
Giving [E] me back [A] my [D] hope then
[G] [A] Letting me know [G] just like an [D] old friend
[Bm] Putting [A] me on [G] my [D] feet again
[Bm] Giving [E] me back my
[A] [D] [A] Letting me know
[D] [A]
[D] [E]
[A] [D] [G]
Key:
A
D
G
Bm
E
A
D
G
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
[G] I wanna be [D] good, I wanna be [Bm] strong
_ [A] _
But I've been eating bad, I've done [Bm] wrong
_ [A] _
[G] I've taken his [D] money, I've given him [Bm] hell
_ [A] _
[D] Can't he take the shit off, cause he know he don't [Bm] care
_ [G] We [A] can say what we mean and [F] feel what we say
[C] We don't like to mess [G] around _ _
[Bm] We best look cool to each other
[G] When we're falling [C] _ down
_ [A] _ [F#] Just like [G] an old [D] friend
_ [Bm] Putting [A] me on [G] my feet [D] again
[Bm] Giving [E] me back [A] my [D] pride then
[G] Letting [A] me go just [G] like an old [D] friend
_ [Bm] Putting [A] me in my [G] place [D] again
[Bm] Giving [E] me back my [A] _ [D] hope then
[G] Letting [A] me know that [D] he's an old friend
I _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
[D] don't suffer no fools I _ [Bm] despise
[D] But [G] he must be one [D] for being by my [Bm] _ [A] side
[D]
I've broken his heart, I've shaken his [Bm] frame
_ [A] But [D] still he doesn't want anything from a fool like [Bm] me
_ [G] We [A] won't talk for a year [F] or two
Maybe when [C] we're through
We won't say [G] much _
[Bm] Even so we know that our [G] mind is never out [C] of touch
_ _ [A] _ [F#] Just like [G] an [D] old friend
[Bm] Putting [A] me on [G] my feet [D] again
[Bm] Giving [E] me back [A] my [D] pride then
[G] Letting [A] me know that he's an old friend
_ We're _ _ having a man to man
Don't wanna get _ sentimental _ _
_ But both of us _ [G] understand
[A] We'll never have to say goodbye
Just say you love
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] Just [G] like an [D] old friend
Putting [A] me on [G] my feet [D] again
[Bm] Giving [E] me back [A] my [D] pride then
[G] _ [A] Letting me go just [G] like an [D] old friend
Putting [A] me in [G] my place [D] again
Giving [E] me back [A] my [D] hope then
[G] _ [A] Letting me know [G] just like an [D] old friend
[Bm] Putting [A] me on [G] my [D] feet again
[Bm] Giving [E] me back my
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] Letting me know
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
[G] I wanna be [D] good, I wanna be [Bm] strong
_ [A] _
But I've been eating bad, I've done [Bm] wrong
_ [A] _
[G] I've taken his [D] money, I've given him [Bm] hell
_ [A] _
[D] Can't he take the shit off, cause he know he don't [Bm] care
_ [G] We [A] can say what we mean and [F] feel what we say
[C] We don't like to mess [G] around _ _
[Bm] We best look cool to each other
[G] When we're falling [C] _ down
_ [A] _ [F#] Just like [G] an old [D] friend
_ [Bm] Putting [A] me on [G] my feet [D] again
[Bm] Giving [E] me back [A] my [D] pride then
[G] Letting [A] me go just [G] like an old [D] friend
_ [Bm] Putting [A] me in my [G] place [D] again
[Bm] Giving [E] me back my [A] _ [D] hope then
[G] Letting [A] me know that [D] he's an old friend
I _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
[D] don't suffer no fools I _ [Bm] despise
[D] But [G] he must be one [D] for being by my [Bm] _ [A] side
[D]
I've broken his heart, I've shaken his [Bm] frame
_ [A] But [D] still he doesn't want anything from a fool like [Bm] me
_ [G] We [A] won't talk for a year [F] or two
Maybe when [C] we're through
We won't say [G] much _
[Bm] Even so we know that our [G] mind is never out [C] of touch
_ _ [A] _ [F#] Just like [G] an [D] old friend
[Bm] Putting [A] me on [G] my feet [D] again
[Bm] Giving [E] me back [A] my [D] pride then
[G] Letting [A] me know that he's an old friend
_ We're _ _ having a man to man
Don't wanna get _ sentimental _ _
_ But both of us _ [G] understand
[A] We'll never have to say goodbye
Just say you love
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] Just [G] like an [D] old friend
Putting [A] me on [G] my feet [D] again
[Bm] Giving [E] me back [A] my [D] pride then
[G] _ [A] Letting me go just [G] like an [D] old friend
Putting [A] me in [G] my place [D] again
Giving [E] me back [A] my [D] hope then
[G] _ [A] Letting me know [G] just like an [D] old friend
[Bm] Putting [A] me on [G] my [D] feet again
[Bm] Giving [E] me back my
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] Letting me know
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _