My Alcoholic Friend Chords by Tim Steinfort

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He's a good friend, but [D] not the best I've ever had.
[F] I can always count on [Am] him, at least that's what he said.
If I get drunk, he [D] doesn't mind, he understands.
[F] He's my friend, [G] my alcoholic [Am] friend. _ _
_ Bottles and cans of [D] vodka fill his kitchen sink.
[F] _ Nobody knows where he [Am] gets the money for his drinks.
He makes up stories [D] I get bored, but I pretend.
He's [F] my friend, [G] my [Am] alcoholic friend. _ _
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_ a few years ago [D] he made it to the top.
[F] He didn't live from welfare, [Am] but he used to have a job.
Some people laugh at [D] me because they don't understand.
[F] He's my friend, [G] my [Am] alcoholic friend. _ _
Sometimes he talks about [D] the things that he wants and.
[F] He goes class with another [Am] woman, he smokes a cigarette. _
Then he pretends he [D] doesn't need my help and help.
But [F] he's my friend, [G] my alcoholic [Am] friend. _
He [G] wants to cry, [D] he ain't got no [F] tears left [G] to [Am] be crying. _
And so [G] he smiles [D] on the outside, [F] he looks fine, [G] but he [Am] is dying. _ _
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Ever since his wife divorced [D] him, he had gone insane.
[F] Getting drunk was the only [Am] way to forget about his pain.
Out of mind to be saying things [D] that I know he never meant.
He's [F] my friend, [G] my [Am] alcoholic friend. _ _
If I drank a lot we [D] used to laugh and joke around.
[F] Then the sorrow and misery [Am] were nowhere to be found.
But the smoke changed rapidly [D] as I walked out the door.
Because [F] my friend [G] is lonely in [Am] the end. _
He [G] wants to [C] [G] cry, [D] he ain't got no [F] tears left [G] to [A] be crying. _
And so [G] he smiles [D] on the outside, [F] he looks fine, [G] but he [Am] is dying. _ _
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