What It Means To Be A Friend

A E/A A friend?s not a cheap little phony creep G/A D/A Or a jerk trying to make a deal A E/A A friend is a person who, most of all, G /A D/A Cares about what you feel; A/C# D And nothing is harder A/C# D D /E Than learning a friend isn?t real A E/A A friend sends notes back and forth all day Em7/A D /A And doesn?t care that you can?t spell A E/A A friend knows you?ve got a crush on your teacher, Em7/A D /A But a friend would never tell A/C# D A friend?s outside waiting A/C# D The minute you both hear the bell E/G# E/D A/C# And if your heart is always breaking A E/G# E/D A/C# Cause the world is just not fair A C#m7 When you?re at your worst F#m7 D Your friend?s the first one there A/C# Cdim Bm7b5 Giving you something to lean on E7sus And that?s what it means to be a friend A , E/A, G /A, D/A, A , E/A, G /A D/E

Verse 2

A E/A A friend won?t smoke when she?s in your room G/A D/A Or laugh at the poems you write A E/A A friend won?t go start kissing your brother G/A D/A The minute that you?re out of sight A/C# D A friend is the person A /C# D You call sixteen times every night

Chorus

E/G# E/D A/C# A And if your heart is always breaking E/G# E/D A/C# A And you want to run and hide C#m7 When your hope is gone F#m7 D Your friend is on your side A/C# Cdim Bm7b5 If someone moves in ?round the corner A/C# Cdim Bm7b5 And you want to show him you care A/C# Cdim Bm7b5 A So you give him all your last month of vacation B7sus E9#5 And all of the time you can spare A/E B7/D# B7 But then, on the first day of classes A F He acts like you?re not even there, D A/D Then he doesn?t know? D A/D He doesn?t know! A/C# A Bm7 He?ll never know what it means E7sus To be A E/A , G/A , D/A , F/A, Dsus2/E , A a friend