Tabbed by: Maria :)
Tuning: Standard
Here are the basic chords for this song :)
The notes in [brackets] before each section are just my personal
suggestions for how to play it accoustically with just one guitar
and try to keep the feel of the original song - they are not how
Craig from cloud cult performs it, but they have a whole band :)
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[8 quick downward strums on each chord with long pause in between chords]
[I knock on the guitar on the offbeats during the pauses]
Intro: G D C G
[just an average strumming pattern]
D G D C G
All I need is a good good friend
D G D C G
All I need is a good good friend
[combo of open chords and knocking on the guitar for rhythm]
G C D
Oh this life is so strange, you need a sense of humor.
G C D
The maker is half caretaker and half joker.
[fast downward strumming, 2 strums per beat]
G D
We are not broken ones...just shattered pieces of the same bright sun,
C
trying to figure out which way to run,
G
And I can't do this alone.
[just an average strumming pattern]
D G D C
All I need is a good good friend
G
To get me through this.
D G D C
All I need is a good good friend
G
To help me out
D
When I'm burning down
C
When I'm all stressed out
G
When I'm underground.
[open chords or minimal strumming]
G
Life is a playground, but it takes a lot work.
D
You better learn to love, or it'll tear you apart,
Em
cuz in the end, we are measured by the size of our heart,
C
and we can't do this alone.
[fast downward strumming, 2 strums per beat]
G
Some of us are laughing, while some of us are choking
D
Some of us can't change til every bone has been broken.
Em
All the while the maker just sits there joking,
C
"You never really were alone."
[just an average strumming pattern]
D G D C
All I need is a good good friend
G
To get me through this.
D G D C
All I need is a good good friend
G
To help me out
D
When I'm burning down
C
When I'm all stressed out
G
Thank you for being around.
