Chords for Friends

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_ [Dm] He brings me _ [Bb] Bavarian beer, [Eb]
I give him [F] a old whiskey
_ [Dm] I know our feelings [Gm] are sincere, [Eb] though our eyes are growing [F] _
_ misty
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It's not [Gm] so many [Ab] _ years ago that [Eb] our fathers followed [F] each other _
[G] But I [Gm] was never [Ab] taught to hate, _ [Eb] my friend Houns is [F] like a brother _ _ [Bb] to me _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] Our _ _ grandfathers _ _ fought the great [Eb] _ _ war, _ [Bb] _ bayonets on their [F] rifles _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Did they [Gm] know what they were fighting _ [Eb] for?
_ Why so [Bb] many lives [F] were _ stifled? _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] And I will _ [Ab] never _ understand [Eb]
or know the reason [F] _
why
_ [Eb] On the bloody fields [F] of France, _ young [Eb] men [F] were sent [Bb]
to die _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] He brings [Dm] me [Gm] Bavarian beer, [Eb] I give him [F] a old whiskey
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I know our feelings [Gm] are sincere, [Eb] though our eyes are growing [F] _ misty _ _
[Gm] It's not so many [Ab] _
years ago [Eb] that our fathers followed [F] each other
But _
_ [Gm] _ I was never [Ab]
taught to hate, [Eb] my friend Houns is [F] like a brother _ _ [Bb] to _ me
_ In _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ World War II the sirens [Eb] _ screamed, _ _ [Bb] bombs on [F] our _ cities _
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Children lay [Gm] waking as they [Eb] _ _ dreamed, [Bb] no time to stand [F] and pity _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] And as the _ [Ab] conflagration grew, _ flames were [F] burning higher
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Seeds of hate [F] were sown in dust, _ [Eb] cruel [F] winds spanned [Bb] the fire _ _
He _ _ _ [Dm] _
brings me [Gm] Bavarian beer, [Eb] I give him a [F] old whiskey
_ _ [Dm]
I know our feelings are [Gm] sincere, [Eb] though our eyes are growing [F] _ _ misty
_ [Gm] It's not so many [Ab] _
years ago [Eb] that our fathers followed [F] each other
_ _ [Gm] But I was never [Ab] taught to hate, [Eb]
my friend Houns is [F] like a brother _ _ [Bb] to _ me _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ Friends across [Gm] the ocean, _ [Eb] _
friends across [Bb] the sea
_ _ [Dm] _ Friends across [Gm] the _ _ [Eb] borders, _ _ _ [F] we'll make all people [Bb] _ free
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_ [Gm] _ And so in friendship _ their [Eb] hope lies, _ [Bb] that in every troubled [F] land _ _
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Men will look into _ [Gm] each [Eb] other's eyes, _ [Bb] all hatred will be [F] banned _ _
And _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
poverty, [Ab] the prince of war, [Eb] will fade and die [F] away
_ _ [Eb] And Muslim, Hindu, [F] Christian, Jew [Eb] will live [F]
in _ [Bb] harmony _ _
Friends _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ across _ [Gm] the ocean, _ [Eb] _ friends across [Bb] the sea _ _
_ [Dm] Friends _ across the [Gm] _ borders, _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [F] we'll make all people [Bb] free _ _
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Friends across the [Gm] ocean, _ [Eb] _ friends across the [Bb] _ sea _
_ [Dm] Friends _ across [Gm] the _ borders, [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Gb] we'll make all people [Bb] free _ _
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