Chords for Shirley Caesar and Patti LaBelle - You Are My Friend
Tempo:
130.05 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
E
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] For a [C] friend we have, [E] we have in [G] [Em] Jesus.
[G#] [D] Oh, our [E] sins and the griefs [G] to bear.
Oh, [A] [D] what it [G] is to carry, [Em] [E]
yeah, [E] carry, [D] yeah.
Everything [G] to God
[A] in prayer.
[A] [Em]
[A] [E]
[D] [A] You [D] are my [F#m] friend, [Cm] my friend.
[Bm] I never knew, [G] [D] till then.
Oh, yeah, my friend, [A] my friend.
[D] [F#m] [A] Hold my [Cm] hand, hold [Em] my hand.
Like I see a world.
[E] But [D] I see your tears [F#] when I show my pain.
[Bm]
Love [Am] [D] you has me to carry on.
[F#] Yes, it does.
[Bm] Sometimes [Am] I feel [D] like, feel like all my [F#] hope is gone.
[G] My future's [F#m]
[Bm] right in me.
[E]
[D] Because [A]
[D] you are [F#m] my friend.
[F] [B] [Em] I never knew, until [G]
then.
[A] [D]
You are [F#m] my friend.
I tried to find you, [Cm] [Em]
I [G] heard the [D] [A] [D]
words.
I heard [A] you, and I [Bm]
spoke my best.
[Am] [D] [G]
[D] Oh, yeah, oh, yeah.
You [G] were [A] right there.
[D]
Oh, I [C] found my [Bm]
best [F#] friend.
[Am] Yes, I did.
[D] And I [G] fell on my face.
[D] I fell on, [Em] hit my head, hit [A] my head.
[D] Oh, you, [B] yes, I did.
[D] You were there when I needed you.
[D] [G] Oh, yeah.
[D] You've been [G] walking with me all of my [E]
[D] [A] [C] life.
We [Bm] had a money to [A#] eat.
[Am] [D]
[G] Oh, all [D] my sins, I reached the [G] ground.
[A]
[D] [A] [F#]
[Bm] [D] To [Am] carry, [D]
[G] [D]
[E] we never had [A]
[D] [A] [F#m] friendship.
[Bm] I did pray.
[A#] [Am] [D]
[G] Oh, yeah.
[F#m] [G]
[D] [A] [E]
[Bm] [D]
[G#] [D] Oh, our [E] sins and the griefs [G] to bear.
Oh, [A] [D] what it [G] is to carry, [Em] [E]
yeah, [E] carry, [D] yeah.
Everything [G] to God
[A] in prayer.
[A] [Em]
[A] [E]
[D] [A] You [D] are my [F#m] friend, [Cm] my friend.
[Bm] I never knew, [G] [D] till then.
Oh, yeah, my friend, [A] my friend.
[D] [F#m] [A] Hold my [Cm] hand, hold [Em] my hand.
Like I see a world.
[E] But [D] I see your tears [F#] when I show my pain.
[Bm]
Love [Am] [D] you has me to carry on.
[F#] Yes, it does.
[Bm] Sometimes [Am] I feel [D] like, feel like all my [F#] hope is gone.
[G] My future's [F#m]
[Bm] right in me.
[E]
[D] Because [A]
[D] you are [F#m] my friend.
[F] [B] [Em] I never knew, until [G]
then.
[A] [D]
You are [F#m] my friend.
I tried to find you, [Cm] [Em]
I [G] heard the [D] [A] [D]
words.
I heard [A] you, and I [Bm]
spoke my best.
[Am] [D] [G]
[D] Oh, yeah, oh, yeah.
You [G] were [A] right there.
[D]
Oh, I [C] found my [Bm]
best [F#] friend.
[Am] Yes, I did.
[D] And I [G] fell on my face.
[D] I fell on, [Em] hit my head, hit [A] my head.
[D] Oh, you, [B] yes, I did.
[D] You were there when I needed you.
[D] [G] Oh, yeah.
[D] You've been [G] walking with me all of my [E]
[D] [A] [C] life.
We [Bm] had a money to [A#] eat.
[Am] [D]
[G] Oh, all [D] my sins, I reached the [G] ground.
[A]
[D] [A] [F#]
[Bm] [D] To [Am] carry, [D]
[G] [D]
[E] we never had [A]
[D] [A] [F#m] friendship.
[Bm] I did pray.
[A#] [Am] [D]
[G] Oh, yeah.
[F#m] [G]
[D] [A] [E]
[Bm] [D]
Key:
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_ [D] For a _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] friend _ we have, _ _ _ [E] we have in [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] Jesus. _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ [D] Oh, _ _ _ _ our [E] sins _ and the _ _ _ _ griefs [G] to _ bear. _ _ _ _
_ Oh, [A] _ _ _ [D] what _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ it [G] is to carry, _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E]
yeah, [E] carry, _ [D] yeah. _ _
_ Everything [G] _ to God _
[A] in _ _ _ prayer. _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] You [D] are my [F#m] _ friend, _ [Cm] my friend.
_ _ [Bm] _ I never _ knew, [G] _ _ _ [D] till then.
_ Oh, yeah, my friend, [A] my friend.
_ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ [A] Hold my [Cm] hand, _ hold [Em] my hand.
Like I see a world.
_ [E] But [D] I see your tears [F#] when I show my pain.
_ [Bm] _
_ Love [Am] _ [D] you has me to carry on.
_ [F#] Yes, it does.
[Bm] _ _ _ Sometimes [Am] I feel [D] like, _ feel like all my [F#] hope is gone.
_ _ [G] _ My future's [F#m] _
[Bm] right in me.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ Because _ [A] _
_ [D] you are [F#m] my friend. _
[F] _ _ _ [B] _ [Em] I never knew, _ until _ [G] _ _
then.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ You are [F#m] my friend.
I tried to find you, _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ I [G] heard the _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D]
words.
I heard _ [A] you, and I [Bm]
spoke my best.
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] Oh, yeah, oh, yeah.
You [G] were _ _ [A] _ right there.
_ _ [D] _
Oh, _ I [C] found my [Bm]
best [F#] friend.
[Am] Yes, I did.
[D] And I [G] fell on my face.
[D] I fell on, [Em] hit my head, hit [A] my head. _ _ _
[D] _ Oh, you, _ [B] yes, I did.
[D] You were there when I needed you.
[D] [G] Oh, yeah.
_ _ [D] _ You've been [G] walking _ with me all of my [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [C] life.
We [Bm] had a money to [A#] eat.
[Am] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] Oh, all [D] my sins, I reached the [G] ground.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] To [Am] carry, _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ we never had _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [F#m] friendship.
[Bm] I did pray.
[A#] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] Oh, yeah.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ [D] Oh, _ _ _ _ our [E] sins _ and the _ _ _ _ griefs [G] to _ bear. _ _ _ _
_ Oh, [A] _ _ _ [D] what _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ it [G] is to carry, _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E]
yeah, [E] carry, _ [D] yeah. _ _
_ Everything [G] _ to God _
[A] in _ _ _ prayer. _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] You [D] are my [F#m] _ friend, _ [Cm] my friend.
_ _ [Bm] _ I never _ knew, [G] _ _ _ [D] till then.
_ Oh, yeah, my friend, [A] my friend.
_ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ [A] Hold my [Cm] hand, _ hold [Em] my hand.
Like I see a world.
_ [E] But [D] I see your tears [F#] when I show my pain.
_ [Bm] _
_ Love [Am] _ [D] you has me to carry on.
_ [F#] Yes, it does.
[Bm] _ _ _ Sometimes [Am] I feel [D] like, _ feel like all my [F#] hope is gone.
_ _ [G] _ My future's [F#m] _
[Bm] right in me.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ Because _ [A] _
_ [D] you are [F#m] my friend. _
[F] _ _ _ [B] _ [Em] I never knew, _ until _ [G] _ _
then.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ You are [F#m] my friend.
I tried to find you, _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ I [G] heard the _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D]
words.
I heard _ [A] you, and I [Bm]
spoke my best.
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] Oh, yeah, oh, yeah.
You [G] were _ _ [A] _ right there.
_ _ [D] _
Oh, _ I [C] found my [Bm]
best [F#] friend.
[Am] Yes, I did.
[D] And I [G] fell on my face.
[D] I fell on, [Em] hit my head, hit [A] my head. _ _ _
[D] _ Oh, you, _ [B] yes, I did.
[D] You were there when I needed you.
[D] [G] Oh, yeah.
_ _ [D] _ You've been [G] walking _ with me all of my [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [C] life.
We [Bm] had a money to [A#] eat.
[Am] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] Oh, all [D] my sins, I reached the [G] ground.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] To [Am] carry, _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ we never had _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [F#m] friendship.
[Bm] I did pray.
[A#] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] Oh, yeah.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _