I really like this song and the other versions were too hard for me to play,
so I tried to simplify it. It's not perfect, and it's in C (Andrew Gold's
version works in A with a Capo on 1st fret), but it's easier for me to play.
[Intro]
C
[Verse]
C
Thank you for being a friend
F
Traveled down a road and back again
G C
Your heart is true, you´re a pal and a confidant
N.C.
I´m not ashamed to say
F
I hope it always will stay this way (*1 strum each)
G C C* G* Am*
My hat is off, won´t you stand up and take a bow
[Bridge]
Am C7
And if you threw a party
F E7
Invited everyone you knew
Gm C7
Well, you would see
Dm7 Am
The biggest gift would be from me
F G
And the card attached would say
[Chorus 1]
G C
Thank you for being a friend
F
Thank you for being a friend
G
Thank you for being a friend
C
Thank you for being a friend
C F
C
If it´s a car you lack
F
I´d surely buy you a Cadillac
G C
Whatever you need any time of the day or night
C
I´m not ashamed to say
F
I hope it always will stay this way
G C C* G* Am*
My hat is off, won´t you stand up and take a bow
[Bridge]
Am C7
And when we both get older
F E7
With walking canes and hair of gray
Gm C7
Have no fear
Dm7 Am
Even though it's hardly here
F G
I will stand real close and say
[Chorus 2]
G C
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna thank you)
F
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna thank you)
G
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna thank you)
C
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna thank you)
Csus2 C
Let me tell ya bout' a friend
(I wanna thank you)
F
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna thank you)
G
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna thank you)
C C7
Thank you for being a friend
[Bridge]
Gm
And when we die,
Am
and float away
Fm (111330)
Into the night,
C/G C
the milky way
Gm
You'll hear me call
Am
as we ascend
Fm (111330)
I'll say your name
C/G C
then once again
N.C.
Thank you for being a
C F
C F
Baah ba ba baah ba ba baah
[Chorus/Outro]
C
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna thank you)
F
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna thank you)
G
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna thank you)
C
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna thank you)
Csus2 C
People let me tell ya bout' a friend
(I wanna thank you)
F
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna thank you)
G
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna thank you)
C
Thank you for being a friend
Csus2 C
Oooh tell ya bout a friend
(let me thank you right now, for being a friend)
F
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna tell you right now and I'll tell you again)
G
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna thank you, thank you)
C C F C*
Thank you for being a friend, Whoa-oa whoa
