Youve Got A Friend Chords

by James Taylor
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Difficulty: advanced
Capo: 2nd fret
Author siemj [a] 7,267.
1 contributor total, last edit on Jun 27, 2016
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Chords

G
C
Csus2
F#m7
B7
Em
Em7
Am7
D7sus4
Gadd4
B7sus4
F#m/B
Bm7
D7
D5
Am/D
Gmaj7
Cmaj7
C/F
F
F7
A7
Bm/F#
Bm7/G
C5/D
G/D

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you've got a friend     -       James Taylor
 
capo on 2nd
 
[Intro]
 
           G         C   Csus2     G        F#m7   B7
e|--3------|-3---3--|--3-3---3--3-|----------|
B|----0-0-1|---1----|0h1-0---0----|----2----4|
G|-0-0-2---|--0---0-|------2---0--|---2----2-|
D|---------|----0--0|-------------|--2----4--|
A|---------|3-------|-------------|------2---|
E|3--------|--------|--3------3--3|2---------|
 
 
[Verse]
 
            Em
When you're     down 
     B7
and      troubled 
         Em         B7               Em7
and you     need a     helping hand, 
     Am7
and      nothing,
    D7sus4
oh,        nothing 
          G         Gadd4 - G
is going    right, 
F#m7                        B7              B7sus4 - F#m/B
       close your eyes and     think of me 
     Em          B7          Em7
and     soon I      will be      there
    Am7
to       brighten up 
Bm7                      D7sus4          D7 - D5 - Am/D
     even your darkest          night. 
 
 
[Chorus]
 
           G             Gmaj7
You just    call out my        name,- 
         Cmaj7                  Am7
and you         know wherever I      am,
D7sus4                     Gmaj7
        I'll come running 
               D7sus4         D7 - D5 - Am/D
to see you a -          gain. 
G                             Gmaj7
    Winter, spring, summer, or        fall, 
Cmaj7                        Em7
       all you got to do is       call
          Cmaj7            Bm7              Am7        D7sus4
and I'll        be there,      yeah, yeah,       yeah. 
D7sus4                      G - C - Gadd4 - G - F#m7
       You've got a friend. 
 
 
[Verse]
 
B7          Em          B7
    If the     sky a -     bove you 
           Em             B7          Em7
should turn     dark and     full of     clouds,
          Am7            D7sus4
and that       old north         wind 
                G         Gadd4 - G
should begin to     blow, 
F#m7                      B7
      keep your head to -     gether 
     Em           B7           Em7
and      call my     name out      loud.
Am7               Bm7                      D7sus4        D7 - D5 - Am/D
     Soon I'll be      knocking upon your         door. 
 
 
[Chorus]
 
           G              Gmaj7
You just     call out my        name,- 
         Cmaj7                  Am7
and you         know wherever I      am,
D7sus4                    Gmaj7
        I'll come running        (ooh, yes I am)
               D7sus4        D7 - D5 - Am/D
to see you a -          gain. 
G                              Gmaj7
    Winter, spring, summer, or        fall, 
Cmaj7                        Em7
       all you got to do is      call
         Cmaj7            Bm7              Am7        D7sus4
and I'll        be there,     yeah, yeah,      yeah. 
 
 
[Bridge]
 
           C/F             F
Hey ain't      it good to    know - 
      C
that     you've got a friend when 
G                  Gadd4          Gmaj7
    people can be        so cold. 
         C                    F7
They'll     hurt you and de -     sert you.
               Em7                           A7
Well, they'll      take your soul if you let     them.
                    D7sus4               Bm/F# /
Oh yeah, but don't         you let them. 
 
 
[Chorus]
 
          G             Gmaj7
You just    call out my        name,-
         Cmaj7                  Am7
and you         know wherever I     am,
D7sus4                      Gmaj7
         I'll come running 
                 D7sus4        D7 - D5 - Am/D
to see you a -         gain. 
G                              Gmaj7
    Winter, spring, summer, or        fall, 
Cmaj7                       Em7
       all you got to do is      call
          Cmaj7                 Bm7        Am7 - D7sus4  /
Lord I'll        be there, yes I      will, 
 
 
[Outro]
 
              G          Bm7/G - Ci
You've got a    friend. 
              Gadd4 - G           Bm7/G - Ci
You've got a             friend. 
                               Gadd4 - G              Bm7/G - Ci
Ain't it good to know you've           got a friend? 
              C                        Gadd4 - G         Bm7/G - Ci
Ain't it good    to know you've got a            friend. 
          C                              C5/D - G/D //
Oh, yeah,     yeah. You've got a friend. 
 
 
Em     02200x
B7     x2424x
Em7    02203x
Am7    x0201x
D7sus4 xx0213
Gadd4  3x001x
F#m7   2x222x
B7sus4 x2425x
F#m/B  x242x2
Bm7    x2423x
D7     xx0212
D5     xx023x
Am/D   xx021x
G      3x0003
Gmaj7  3x0032
Cmaj7  x35453
C/F    1x2010
F      133211
C      x32010
F7     131211
A7     x0202x
Bm/F#  x99777
Bm7/G  32020x
Ci     x32013
C5/D   xxx788
G/D    xxx787
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musicalmollie
This would be really good if the intro tab was spaced out and more legible.
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