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You've got a friend

Carole King

RockAdvanced for beginners16 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
C×
F#mDiagram coming soon
B7Diagram coming soon
Em
Am×
Dadd9Diagram coming soon
Bm×
D7××
G7
E
D××
F
FmDiagram coming soon
Am7×
A7×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro:    G     C     G   F#m   B7     
 
         Em       B7               Em        B7     Em   
When you're down and troubled and you need some lovin' care  
    Am       Dadd9            G     C G   
And nothing, nothing is going right,   
F#m                 B7              Em     B7      Em   
Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there  
   Am          Bm                D7sus  D7   
To brighten up even your darkest nights.  
 
         G                         C                Am  
You just call out my name, and you know, wherever I am,  
       G                      D7sus  D7   
I'll come running to see you again.   
G                       G7   C                    Em   
Winter, spring, summer or fall, all you've got to do is call,  
         C E             Am  D  
And I'll be there, yes I will.  
            G   
You've got a friend/  
 
If the sky above you grows dark and full of clouds,   
and that old north wind begins to blow,   
Keep your head together, and call my name out loud.   
Soon you'll hear me knocking at your door.  
 
Refrain  
 
Bridge:  
C            G  
You've got a friend.  
F                              C  
Now, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend,  
     G                G7   
When people can be so cold.  
        C                 Fm             Em                    Am7   
They'll hurt you, yes, and desert you and take your soul if you let them,  
    A7            D7sus D7   
But don't you let them.  
 
Refrain  
 
 
          
 

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Chord set

G · C · F#m · B7 · Em · Am · Dadd9 · Bm · D7 · G7 · E · D · F · Fm · Am7 · A7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.