Chords for Old Friends/Bookends

Tempo:
152.8 bpm
Chords used:

B

E

C#m

F#m

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Old Friends/Bookends chords
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[C#m] [G#m]
[A] [G#m] Old Friends, [A]
[G#m] Old Friends,
[F#m] Sat [B] on [C#m] the park [G#m] bench [E] like [C#m] bookends.
[C#m] [B] newspaper blown [E] through [B] the grass, Falls on [C#m] the round toe,
Of [B] the high [D#] shoes [B] [A] of the old, [E]
[A] Old [E] [G#m] Friends.
[F#m] [B] [C#m] Winter [B] Companions, [A] the [E] old men, [F#m] [B] Lost in their [E] overcoats [B] waiting [C#m] for the sun.
100%  ➙  153BPM
B
12341112
E
2311
C#m
13421114
F#m
123111112
A
1231
B
12341112
E
2311
C#m
13421114
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[C#m] _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G#m] Old Friends, _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G#m] Old _ Friends, _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ Sat [B] on [C#m] the park [G#m] bench [E] like _ _ [C#m] bookends.
_ [B] A [C#m] [B] newspaper blown [E] through [B] the grass, _ Falls on [C#m] the round toe,
_ Of [B] the high [D#] _ shoes _ [B] [A] of the old, [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ Old [E] _ [G#m] Friends. _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [B] [C#m] Winter [B] Companions, [A] the _ [E] old _ men, _ _ _ [F#m] [B] Lost in their _ [E] overcoats [B] waiting [C#m] for the sun.
_ _ _ [G#m] The [C#m] sounds [B] of the city, _ sifting through [C#m] _
trees, _ Settles [B] like dust _ _ _ [A] on the shoulder _ of the old.
_ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] Can [G#m] you [C#m] [B] imagine [E] us years [G#m] from [C#m] _ today, [F#m] _ _
Sharing [B] a park _ [E] bench _ quietly?
_ _ _ [F#m] How terribly [B] _ strange [C#m] to be [D#] seventy. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] Old Friends, _ _ _ [F#m] _ memory [B]
brushes [A] the _ [E] same _ _ _ years,
_ [D#] _ Silently [G#m] _
sharing [E] the _ [C#m] same _ _ fear.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] Time it was, and what a time it was, it [E] was, _ _ _ _ A [C#m] time of innocence, [A] _ _ a [E] time of _ confidences. _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] Long ago it must [B] be, [F#m] _ _ I have [E] a _ photograph, _ _ _ _
Preserve [C#m] your _ [A] memories, _ _ _ they're all [E] that's left you.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [G#m] _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [F#m] _ _ [B] _
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Boys, _ _ that is a song that deserves a great

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