He Was A Friend Of Mine Chords

by Bob Dylan
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Complete and well-aligned chords for the whole song / suggestions for picking or strumming pattern and playable vocings for special chords.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author maguri [tm] 59,873. Last edit on Apr 16, 2020

Chords

A7
D/A
D
G
F#
Bm
A

Strumming

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           He Was a Friend of Mine – Bob Dylan
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Written by: Bob Dylan
Recorded in 1961
Released on: "The Bootleg Series Vol. 01-03: Rare and Unreleased 1961-1991"
 
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
 
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Basic pattern for intro and interludes
 
  A7                                D/A
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|----3---3-----3-|----3---3-------|----2---2-----2-|----2---2-------|
B|----2---2-----2-|----2---2-------|----3---3-----2-|----3---3-------|
G|--2---2---2-----|------2---2-----|--2---2---2-----|------2---2-----|
D|2---------------|--2-------------|------------0---|------------0---|
A|0-----------0---|--0---------0---|0-----------0---|--0---------0---|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 
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CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
D/A       x-0-0-2-3-2
A7        x-0-2-2-2-3
 
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[Intro]
| A7 | % | D | % | A7 | % | D/A | % |
| G | D | F# | Bm |
| D/A | A | D | % |
 
 
[Verse]
A7                 D
He was a friend of mine
A7                 D
He was a friend of mine
     G                      D
Everytime I think about him now
       F#                   Bm
Lord I just can't keep from crying
      D/A A                 D
Cause he    was a friend of mine
 
 
[Interlude]
| G | D | F# | Bm |
| D/A | A | D | % |
 
 
[Verse]
A7             D
He died on the road
A7             D
He died on the road
   G                D
He never had enough money
   F#              Bm
To pay his room or board
    D/A A                 D
And he    was a friend of mine
 
 
[Verse]
A7               D
I stole away and cried
A7               D
I stole away and cried
        G                  D
Cause I never had too much money
               F#              Bm
And I've never been quite satisfied
    D/A A                 D
And he    was a friend of mine
 
 
[Interlude]
| G | D | F# | Bm |
| D/A | A | D | % |
 
 
[Verse]
A7               D
He never done no wrong
A7               D
He never done no wrong
  G                   D
A thousand miles from home
    F#                 Bm
And he never harmed no one
    D/A A                 D
And he    was a friend of mine
 
 
[Interlude]
| G | D | F# | Bm |
| D/A | A | D | % |
 
 
[Verse]
A7                 D
He was a friend of mine
A7                 D
He was a friend of mine
      G               D
Every time I hear his name
       F#                   Bm
Lord I just can't keep from crying
      D/A A                 D
Cause he    was a friend of mine
 
 
[Outro]
| G | D | F# | Bm |
| D/A | A | D G | D
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