Chords for Lloyd Cole, Brand New Friend, 1985

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_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Walking in the pouring rain.
Walking [G] with Jesus and Jane.
_ _ _ _ [D] Jane was in a turtle neck, _ I was [G] much happier then.
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If _ _ _ _ _ [D] I were to ask you, what [G] would you do with yourself?
_ _ _ _ [D] If I were to tell you, would [G] you just talk to yourself?
_ _ I'm [D] asking over so much, [G] I'm not asking [A] to be understood.
_ [G] I'm asking [D] over so much, I'm [G] just looking [A] for a brand new [D] friend. _ _
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A _ _ [D] brand new friend. _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ Walking through the pouring rain, [G] walking in Jesus' _ _ _ handshake.
[D] _ James in the _ turtleneck, I was [G] much happier _ then.
_ I'm asking [D] over so much, you can [Bm] do [A] anything you want to _ do.
[G] I'm asking [D] over so much, not [G] just something that [A] I can _ [D] hold down. _ _
Cause it's all [G] downhill _ now. _
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] So let me count the times that we swore and lied.
That we [G] tied ourselves to the [D] railway line.
Now let me count the times when of course we lied.
When [G] we knew no bad was [D] no crime.
Let [A] me count the times, let me count the times, let [G] me count the _ times.
Let [A] me count the times, let me count the times, let [G] me count the times.
_ _ [D] I, _ _ _ _ well I don't [G] know where I, _ _ when [D] I'll be content. _ _
_ But I do [G] know I need _ a [D] brand new friend.
_ _ A [G] brand new friend. _
_ _ A brand [D] new _ friend.
_ In [G] the new year.
_ _ _ [D] A brand new friend.
_ _ A brand [G] new friend. _
_ _ _ A [D] brand new friend.
_ _ _ [F] A brand [G] new friend.
_ _ a [D] brand new day, _ _ _ a brand [G] new _ _ _ day, _ [F] [D] a brand new day.
_ _ _ _ [G] For me today, _ _ _ a brand [D] new day.
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