You Ve Got a Friend

You’ve Got a Friend

Carole King, as performed by James Taylor (simplified)

Capo 2

Chord Guide
12
Em: 022000 / 213 4
B7: x21202 / 2 1
Am7: x02010 / 214
D7sus4: xx0213
3 4
G: 3x0003 / 134111
F#m7: 244222 / 13121
Bm7: x24232 / 213
D7: xx0212
3 2
Gmaj7: 3x0002 / 32
Cmaj7: x32000 / 34 11
Csus4: x33011 / T 321
Fmaj7: 1x3210
1 3
A7sus4: x02030 / 1 3
A7: x02020

Intro Riff

Em B7 Em (½) B7 (½) Em7(½)
When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand,
Am7 D7sus4 G(2)
and nothing, oh, nothing is going right,
F#m7 B7 Em (½) B7 (½) Em7(½)
close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there
Am7 Bm7 D7sus4 D7
to brighten up even your darkest night.

Chorus 1:
G Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Am7
You just call out my name, and you know wherever I am,
G Gmaj7 D7sus4(2)
I'll come running to see you again.
G Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Am7
Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you got to do is call
Cmaj7(½ hold) Bm7 (½ hold) D7sus4(hold)
and I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah. You've got a friend.

Intro Riff
Em B7 Em (½) B7 (½) Em7(½)

If the sky above you should turn dark and full of clouds,
Am7 D7sus4 G(2)
and that old north wind should begin to blow,
F#m7 B7 Em (½) B7 (½) Em7(½)
keep your head together and call my name out loud.
Am7 Bm7 D7sus4 D7

Soon I'll be knocking upon your door.

Chorus 2:

G Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Am7
You just call out my name, and you know wherever I am,
G Gmaj7 D7sus4(2)
I'll come running to see you again.
G Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Am7
Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you got to do is call
Cmaj7(½ hold) Bm7 (½ hold) D7sus4(hold)
and I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.

C (½) Csus4 (½) C
Hey ain't it good to know that you've got a friend when
G Gmaj7 C Fmaj7
people can be so cold. They'll hurt you and desert you.
A7sus4 A7
Well, they'll take your soul if you let them.
D7sus4 D7(hold)
Oh yeah, but don't you let them.

G C G C
You've got a friend. You've got a friend.
G
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend?
C G
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend?
C G(hold)
Oh, yeah, yeah. You've got a friend.