Ive Got This Friend Chords

KeyD Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays341

Ive Got This Friend by 5 Seconds Of Summer is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, Dsus4, Em, C, Cadd9 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G 
Can I have a minute? 
Dsus4 
 I've gotta tell you something 
Em 
 I heard that someone likes you, 
C                 Cadd9                     Dsus4 
 And it might be nothing but he's right in front of you 
G 
 He's kinda my size, 
Dsus4 
 Don't look back 'cause he's looking 
Em 
 I think you know him, 
C                                 Cadd9    Dsus4 
 But you just don't know that he's right in front of you 
Em      C            G                 Dsus4 
 Baby, you've been talking to him nearly every day, 
Em                       C 
 He really likes all the games that you play 
    G                     Dsus4 
 He told me to tell you to see what you'd say, 
   G                       C 
 Before he jumps in and he asks for a date 
         G  
 'Cause I've got this friend who's crazy about you, 
Dsus4 
 I've got this friend who can't be without you, 
Em                          C 
 I've got this friend and I wish I could see, 
G                         Dsus4 
 How this would end if you knew it was me 
G 
 Something I have to tell you, 
Dsus4 
 He plays the bass guitar 
Em 
 He thinks you'd like him better 
       C                      Cadd9    Dsus4 
 If he had a car but now he's right in front of you 
 Em      C            G                 Dsus4 
 Baby, you've been talking to him nearly every day, 
Em                       C 
 He really likes all the games that you play 
    G                     Dsus4 
 He told me to tell you to see what you'd say, 
   G                       C 
 Before he jumps in and he asks for a date 
         G  
 'Cause I've got this friend who's crazy about you, 
Dsus4 
 I've got this friend who can't be without you, 
Em                          C 
 I've got this friend and I wish I could see, 
G                         Dsus4 
What you would say if you knew it was me 

(Palm mute and only downstrokes this Chorus) 

G                      Dsus4 
 Talking to you nearly every day, 
    Em                      C 
 And I really like all the games that you play, 
G                        Dsus4 
 So I want to tell you to see what you'd say, 
    G                  C 
 Before I jump in and I ask for that date 
G 
 I've been that friend, 
Dsus4 
 I've been that friend 
Em                          C 
 I've been that friend and I wish I could see, 
G                         Dsus4 
 How this would end if you knew it was me 
D                     Dsus4 
 Talking to you nearly every day, 
Em                      C 
 I really like all the games that you play, 
G                   Dsus4 
 I wanna tell you to see what you say, 
   Em                   C 
 Before I jump in and I ask for that date 
        G 
 'Cause I've been that friend who's crazy about you, 
Dsus4 
 I've been that friend who can't live without you, 
G 
 I've been that friend who wants to be with you, 
Dsus4 
 I've been that friend who wants to be near you 
       Em                           C 
 'Cause I've been that friend and I wish I could see, 
 G                       Dsus4 
 How this would end if you knew it was me 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

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