Chords for The Handsome Family - My Friend
Tempo:
129.1 bpm
Chords used:
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Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[Fm] [C]
I swear I heard [G] a bird [F] calling high in the [C] chestnut trees.
The sun was [G] so bright, [F] that bird I [C]
couldn't see.
No matter where [G] I stood, [F] I couldn't see.
[C] Beagle wing, just burning, [G] blinding leaves.
[F] Still and silent [C] trees.
Were you with me then, [E] my friend?
I swear I heard [G] a bird [F] calling high in the [C] chestnut trees.
The sun was [G] so bright, [F] that bird I [C]
couldn't see.
No matter where [G] I stood, [F] I couldn't see.
[C] Beagle wing, just burning, [G] blinding leaves.
[F] Still and silent [C] trees.
Were you with me then, [E] my friend?
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I swear I heard [G] a bird _ _ [F] calling high in the _ [C] chestnut trees. _ _
The sun was [G] so bright, _ _ [F] that bird I _ [C]
couldn't see. _ _
No matter _ where [G] I stood, _ _ _ [F] I couldn't see. _
[C] Beagle wing, _ _ _ just _ burning, _ [G] blinding _ leaves. _ _
[F] Still and silent [C] _ trees. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Were you with me then, [E] my friend? _ _ _
[F] _ Are you with [C] me now? _ _
Were you with me then, [E] my friend? _ _ _
[F] _ Are you with [Fm] me now? _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ When that cement [G] _ truck, _ _ [F] the mixer, _ turned [C] it slow. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Drove [G] right past me, _ [F] _
dripping _ in [C] the road. _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ That swollen _ body, _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] spinning _ [Am] in circles. _ _
[Dm] I stopped and watched [Am] it roll, _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ roll [C] and grow. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Were you with me then, [E] my friend? _ _ _
[F] _ Are [Dm] you with [C] me now? _ _
Were you with me then, [E] my friend? _ _ _
[F] _ Are you with [Fm] me _ now? _ _
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[Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
When I swam along [G] that plateau, _ _ _
[F] _ _ late _ [C] summer dusk. _ _
The air so warm [G] and still, _ _ _ [F] the water _ white [C] and dark. _ _ _
[F] _ _ Something brushed against me, _ [C] I splashed [G] and kicked [A] in [Am] fright.
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_ Such cold hands [Am] upon _ me, _
[F] _ _ underwater _ _
[C] _ _ vines.
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[C] Were you with me then, [E] my friend? _ _ _
[F] Are you with [C] me now? _ _
Were you with me then, [E] my friend? _ _ _
[F] Are _ you [Fm] with me now? _ _ _
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I swear I heard [G] a bird _ _ [F] calling high in the _ [C] chestnut trees. _ _
The sun was [G] so bright, _ _ [F] that bird I _ [C]
couldn't see. _ _
No matter _ where [G] I stood, _ _ _ [F] I couldn't see. _
[C] Beagle wing, _ _ _ just _ burning, _ [G] blinding _ leaves. _ _
[F] Still and silent [C] _ trees. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Were you with me then, [E] my friend? _ _ _
[F] _ Are you with [C] me now? _ _
Were you with me then, [E] my friend? _ _ _
[F] _ Are you with [Fm] me now? _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ When that cement [G] _ truck, _ _ [F] the mixer, _ turned [C] it slow. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Drove [G] right past me, _ [F] _
dripping _ in [C] the road. _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ That swollen _ body, _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] spinning _ [Am] in circles. _ _
[Dm] I stopped and watched [Am] it roll, _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ roll [C] and grow. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Were you with me then, [E] my friend? _ _ _
[F] _ Are [Dm] you with [C] me now? _ _
Were you with me then, [E] my friend? _ _ _
[F] _ Are you with [Fm] me _ now? _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
When I swam along [G] that plateau, _ _ _
[F] _ _ late _ [C] summer dusk. _ _
The air so warm [G] and still, _ _ _ [F] the water _ white [C] and dark. _ _ _
[F] _ _ Something brushed against me, _ [C] I splashed [G] and kicked [A] in [Am] fright.
_ _ [A] _
_ Such cold hands [Am] upon _ me, _
[F] _ _ underwater _ _
[C] _ _ vines.
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[C] Were you with me then, [E] my friend? _ _ _
[F] Are you with [C] me now? _ _
Were you with me then, [E] my friend? _ _ _
[F] Are _ you [Fm] with me now? _ _ _
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