James Taylor, You've Got A Friend (1971)
Key: :[A] (w: Carole King)
INTRO: [A] [D] [D/E] [A] [G#m] [F#m/C#]
VERSE 1:
When you're down
[F#m] and
[C#7] troubled
And you
[F#m] need a
[C#7] helping hand
[F#m]
And
[Bm7] nothing, oh,
[E7sus4] nothing is going right
[A] [Asus4] [A]
[G#m7] Close your eyes and
[C#7] think of me
[C#7sus4] [C#7]
And
[F#m] soon I will
[C#7] be
[F#m7] there
To
[Bm7] brighten up
[C#m7] even your darkest
[E7sus4] night
CHORUS:
You just
[A] call out my
[Amaj7] name
And you
[Dmaj7] know wherever I
[Bm7] am
[E7sus4]
I'll come
[A] running
[Amaj7] to see you again
[E7sus4]
[A] Winter, spring, summer, or
[Amaj7] fall
[D] All you got to do is
[F#m7] call
And I'll
[Dmaj7] be there, yeah, yeah,
[D/E] yeah
BREAK:
[E7sus4] You've got a friend
[A] [D] [A] [G#m7] [C#7sus4] [C#7]
VERSE 2:
If the sky
[F#m] above
[C#7] you
Should turn
[F#m] dark and
[C#7] full of clouds
[F#m7]
And that
[Bm7] old north
[E7sus4] wind
Should begin to blow
[A] [Asus4] [A]
[G#m7] Keep your head togeth-
[C#7]-er
[C#7sus4] [C#7]
And
[F#m] call my name
[C#7] out
[F#m] loud
[F#m7]
[Bm7] Soon I'll be
[C#m7] knocking upon your
[E7sus4] door
REPEAT CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
Hey
[D/G] ain't it good to
[G] know that
[D] you've got a friend
When
[A] people can be
[Asus4] so cold
[Amaj7]
They'll
[D] hurt you and desert
[G7] you
Well, they'll
[F#m7] take your soul if you let
[B7] them
Oh yeah, but don't
[E7sus4] you let them
[E7]
REPEAT CHORUS:
REPEAT BREAK:
OUTRO:
[D] You've got a
[A] friend
[D] Ain't it good to know you've got a
[A] friend
Ain't it good
[D] to know you've got a
[A] friend
Oh, yeah,
[D] yeah you've got a
[A] friend