You Were My Friend

YOU WERE MY FRIEND      -       Chi Coltrane





Intro:

  Bb        Fm7/Bb   Eb5/Bb         F

e|1--1-1-1-/--------/------/---------------/

B|3--------/4--3-1-3/4-----/4-----4-1-----1/

G|3--------/1-------/3--3-3/3---3---2---2--/     2x 

D|3--------/3-------/1-----/1-1-----3-3----/

A|1--------/1-------/1-----/1-------3------/

E|---------/--------/------/--------1------/





     Bb                      F/Bb                                         

You     came in my home and        took from me

     Eb5/Bb                Bb                                              

All          that I had to     give

   Bb                Bb/A            Eb/G          Bb/F                               

I      thought that        we would       be good       friends

        C7/E                     F                                       

For as        long as we should     live

    Bb                     F/Bb                                           

I      had some past ex -       perience 

       Eb5/Bb                   Bb                                          

With          people just like      you

       Bb         Bb/A               Eb/G            Bb/F                             

But I      never        thought you       were that        kind

   Eb             F        Bb                                              

So      what was     I to     do





Chorus:

             Gm         C7/E               F          Bbsus4 - Bb - F  

You were my     friend,       you were my     friend 

             Gm         C7/E               F          Bbsus4 - Bb - F                        

You were my     friend,       you were my     friend 

              Gm              C/E7                   F       Bbsus4 - Bb - F /                

How could you    let me do -       own? You were my    friend 





Bb                         F/Bb                                           

    How can you stand and       lie to me

     Eb5/Bb                  Bb                                             

And          look me in the      face

    Bb         Bb/A              Eb/G               Bb/F                              

I      wish I        knew what       strange dis -        ease

        C7/E                    F                                        

Could        make you act that     way

Bb                     F/Bb                                               

    All the things we        did together

       Eb5/Bb                   Bb                                          

I've          known you for so     long

   Bb           Bb/A          Eb/G            Bb/F                                   

I      always       did be -         lieve in       you

     Eb           F        Bb                                              

How     could I     be so      wrong?





Chorus:

             Gm         C7/E               F          Bbsus4 - Bb - F  

You were my     friend,       you were my     friend 

             Gm         C7/E               F          Bbsus4 - Bb - F                        

You were my     friend,       you were my     friend 

               Gm             C/E7                  F       Bbsus4 - Bb - F /                

How could you    let me do -       own? You were my    friend 





Inter:

  Bb        Fm7/Bb   Eb5/Bb         F

e|1--1-1-1-/--------/------/---------------/

B|3--------/4--3-1-3/4-----/4-------1------/

G|3--------/1-------/3--3-3/3-------2------/     2x 

D|3--------/3-------/1-----/1-------3------/

A|1--------/1-------/1-----/1-------3------/

E|---------/--------/------/--------1------/





    Bb                        F/Bb                                        

I      guess for the sake of        all we had

           Eb5/Bb                 Bb                                        

I should          try to under -     stand

        Bb              Bb/A              Eb/G          Bb/F                         

But it     just doesn't        make much       sense to        me

     C7/E                   F                                            

To        trust in you a -     gain

    Bb                      F/Bb                                          

I      wish we could for -       get it all

       Eb5/Bb                      Bb                                      

But I          don't think that we      can

     Bb                Bb/A       Eb/G            Bb/F                               

Oh,     why did this        ever        happen to        us?

     Eb           F           Bb                                           

My      best and     dearest      friend





Chorus:

             Gm         C7/E               F          Bbsus4 - Bb - F  

You were my     friend,       you were my     friend 

             Gm         C7/E               F          Bbsus4 - Bb - F                        

You were my     friend,       you were my     friend 

              Gm              C/E7                   F       Bbsus4 - Bb - F /                

How could you    let me do -       own? You were my    friend 





Chorus:

             Gm         C7/E               F          Bbsus4 - Bb - F  

You were my     friend,       you were my     friend 

             Gm         C7/E               F          Bbsus4 - Bb - F                        

You were my     friend,       you were my     friend                   Tell me

              Gm              C/E7                   F       Bbsus4 - Bb - F /                

How could you    let me do -       own? You were my    friend 







        Bb             F/Bb                                              

Well I      guess that        friendships

Eb5/Bb              Bb5        Bb                                                

         All come       to an      end //





Bb     x13331

F/Bb   x13211

Eb5/Bb x1134x

Bb/A   x03331

Eb/G   36534x

Bb/F   1x333x

C7/E   03231(0)

F      13321(1)

Eb     xx1343

       x68886

Gm     355333

Bb     x13331

Bbsus4 x13341

Bb5    x133xx