Chords for John Dawson Read - A Friend of Mine is Going Blind

[G] was the title track of my first album _ called A Friend of Mine
and has been dedicated to a very good friend, a close friend
and the [G] story unfolds in the song
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A friend of mine is going [Fm] blind
but through the dimness he [Bbm] sees so [Fm] much better than me
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] and how he cherishes each new thing that he [Fm] sees
they are locked in [Bbm] his head
he will save them for when [Eb] he's [Cm] in darkness [Ab] again
_ _ _ [D] he can't read books, [Fm] he can't paint pretty pictures
but he [Bbm] understands so [Db] much clearer [Eb] than I
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for he [Ab] knows that all he's missing with his [Fm] eyes
is more vivid in the [Bbm] mind of the man who's [Eb] going blind
and [Gm] that's why he [Ab] doesn't mind _ _ _
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[Db] Won't you sing, [Ab] Tommy Davidson
[Eb] of things that you have [Ab] seen
sing [Db] of winters, bites [Ab] and summer nights
[Eb] and places you have been
[Db] of June drums and [Ab] forget-me-nots
[Eb] and silver silky [Ab] sheen
[Db] laying across the morning meadow
on the [Eb] hillside _ _ _
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_ [Ab] and this friend of mine, [Eb] he plays guitar
and [Fm] he sings his songs so well _
[Bbm] he sings so [Db] much better [Eb] than I
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he [Ab] can sing you any pictures in your [Fm] mind
he will sketch them out in [Bbm] rhyme
_ draw the details in the [Eb] lines
_ [Gm] and he'll color it [Ab] in time
[Eb] and oh how he loves his [Fm] guitar
and it loves him
[Bbm] and they play so [Db] much sweeter [Eb] than me
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[Ab] Is it to say that come the day
that he [Fm] can't see
he will have at his [Db] command
[Bbm] so much beauty in his [Eb] hands
that the loss won't come [Ab] so hard
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[Db] Won't you sing, [Ab] Tommy Davidson
[Eb] of things that you have [Ab] done
sing [Db] of silver [Ab] seagulls
sailing into [Eb] evening's golden sun
[F]
sing [Db] of cities, streets and [Ab] villages _
[Eb] and people on the [Ab] run
tell the [Db] people how you [Ab] know it Tommy [Eb] Davidson
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_ friend of mine [Ab] is going [Fm] blind
but through the dimness
[Bbm] he sees so [Db] much better [Eb] than me
_ how [Ab] he cherishes each new thing
that [Fm] he sees
they are locked in [Bbm] his head
he will save [Eb] them for when
he's in darkness [Ab] again _ _ _
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