Ive Got This Friend Tab

by The Civil Wars
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Difficulty: beginner
Capo: no capo
Author rhtchilipepper [a] 71.
1 contributor total, last edit on Dec 3, 2016
I have seen these guys in concert 4 times and they are the best live acoustic act
i have ever seen. Please support them as they climb the charts!
 
Standard tuning
 
[Intro/Verse]
 
         D
e|-------x---------------|
B|-------x---------------|
G|----7--x-7---7---7-----|
D|----7--x-7---7---7-----|  x(repeat riff throughout verses)
A|--5----x---5---0-------|
E|-------x---------------|
 
[Chorus]
          G                       B                  G
e|-------x----------x-----------x----------x----------x----------x------|
B|-------x----------x-----------x----------x----------x----------x------|
G|----0--x--0----0--x--0-----4--x--4----4--x--4----0--x--0----0--x--0---|
D|----0--x--0----0--x--0-----4--x--4----4--x--4----0--x--0----0--x--0---|
A|-------x----------x-----2-----x-----2----x----------x----------x------|
E|--3----x-----3----x-----------x----------x-----3----x-----3----x------|
 
         B        A
e|--------x-----------x-------|
B|--------x-----------x-------|
G|-----4--x--4-----2--x--2----|
D|-----4--x--4-----2--x--2----| x(repeat depending on which chorus it is)
A|--2-----x-----0-----x-------|
E|--------x-----------x-------|
 
 
[Bridge]
(Lyrics: It'd be such a shame...)
 
       Em                E7? (I dont know, I'm not BB King)
e|--------x-----------x-----------x-----------x-------|
B|--------x-----------x-----------x-----------x-------|
G|-----0--x--0-----0--x--0-----2--x--2-----2--x--2----|  (repeat until
D|-----2--x--2-----2--x--2-----1--x--1-----1--x--1----|   "if only")
A|--0-----x-----0-----x-----2-----x-----2-----x-------|
E|--------x-----------x-----------x-----------x-------|
 
if only....
       G                       B                         A
e|--------x------------x------------x-----------x------------x--------|
B|--------x------------x------------x-----------x------------x------2-|
G|-----0--x--0------0--x--0------4--x--4-----4--x--4------2--x--2---2-|
D|-----0--x--0------0--x--0------4--x--4-----4--x--4------2--x--2---2-|
A|--------x------------x------2-----x-----2-----x------0-----x------0-|
E|--3-----x------3-----x------------x-----------x------------x--------|
 
Beginning of chorus right after that bridge part
    Oooh, Oooh, Oohh, Oooh, Ooohh   (pause)
 
strum  G                       B             Bsomething     B
e|-----3-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----3-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----0-----------------------4---------------6------------4--------|
D|-----0-----------------------4---------------4------------4--------|
A|-----2-----------------------2---------------2------------2--------|
E|-----3-------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Back to original Chorus to finish off.
 
Lyrics:
 
I've got this friend
I don't think you know him
He's not much for words
He's hid in his hardened way
 
Oh I've got this friend
A loveless romantic
All that he really wants
Is someone to want him back
 
Ohh, if the right one came
If the right one came along
Ohh, If the right one came, along
 
I've got this friend
I don't think you know her
She sings a simple song
It sounds a lot like his
 
Oh I've got this friend
Holding onto her heart
Like it's a little secret
Like it's all she's got to give
 
Ohh, if the right one came
If the right one came along
Ohh, if the right one came, along
 
It'd be such a shame
(If they never meet)
She sounds lovely
(He sounds right out of a dream)
If only
(If only)
If only
 
Ohh
Ohh, if the right one came
If the right one came along
Ohh, (I've got this friend) if the right one came
If the right one came along
Ohh, (I've got this friend)
If the right one came, along
 
 
 
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| x  Dead note
 
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11 comments
jifigz
Good tab. Sounds great and, as with all of their songs, so simple. Additional Intro stuff: e------------------10---------------------------- b-8p7-10-12p10-8-7----8p7-10-12p10-8-7-8p7------- g------------------------------------------------ d------------------------------------------------ a------------------------------------------------ e------------------------------------------------
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izdum13
Really great tab, just one correction. First chord on the bridge should be an Em, like you've said, but the tab does not match up. It should be: Em E7 e|--------x-----------x-----------x-----------x-------| B|--------x-----------x-----------x-----------x-------| G|-----0--x--0-----0--x--0-----2--x--2-----2--x--2----| D|-----2--x--2-----2--x--2-----1--x--1-----1--x--1----| A|--------x-----------x-----2-----x-----2-----x-------| E|--0-----x-----0-----x-----------x-----------x-------|
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passthesun
Ahahaha, "I don't know, I'm not BB King" Great tab. Thank you. I just think that "Bsomething" chord is like so: e--- b--- g-6- d-5- a--- e---
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