Good Friend Of Mine

C G C C Em Am Well I heard the world you have travelled F Dm G News came out on the grapevine C Em Am So, I hope you don’t seem to be simple, no F G C ’cause you were a good friend of mine C Em Am We were just friends back in schooldays F Dm G We shared cigarettes, girls and wine C Em Am You got lucky; came into some money F G C You were a good friend of mine C Em Am You know, I left school and earned money F Dm G Times were tight but I survived C Em Am But you could afford to be educated F G C You were a good friend of mine C Em Am Said I’ve worked like a slave till my dad died F Dm G Well, mother and me, we went crying C Em Am Still paid out to the chaplain, oh Lord F G C You were a good friend of mine C Em Am Meet Mary, my wife, and the kids here F Dm G All our food it came off the breadline C Em Am I guess you’re what they call the ‘gay bachelor’, yeah F G C And you’re still a good friend of mine C Em Am Now, you hear me, we will get together F Dm G We’re gonna go to your place or mine C Em Am We don’t need too much to be happy, oh no F G C And of course, you’re a good friend of mine C Em Am I said we’re healthy, my my my F G C You’re still a good friend of mine