Company Of Friends Chords

KeyG Capo6st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays499

Company Of Friends by Danny Schmidt is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 6st fret. It uses the chords G, D, C and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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I"ve seen Danny Schmidt play this with a  
Capo on 6 and Carrie Elkin plays  
it with a  
Capo on 2. 


G                                   D          G 
When I die, let them judge me by my company of friends 
                                          C             G 
Let them know me as the footprints that I left upon the sand 
         C                  G 
Let them laugh for all the laughter 
         Em                 D 
Let them cry for laughter’s end 
           G                            D           G 
But when I die, let them judge me by my company of friends 

G                                    D              G 
When I die, let them toast to all the things that I believe 

Let them raise a glass to consciousness 
        C                  G 
And not spill a drop for grief 
       C                 G 
Let the bubbles rise at midnight 
          Em                   D 
Let their tongues get light as thieves 
           G                              D              G 
And when I die, let them toast to all the things that I believe 

G 
I believe in restless hunger 
  C                 G 
I believe in red balloons 
   C                  G 
I believe in private thunder 
                D 
In the end I do believe 

G 
I believe in inspiration 
  C               G 
I believe in lightning bugs 
  C               G 
I believe in slow creation 
                 D 
In the end I do believe 

G 
I believe in ink on paper 
   C                 G 
I believe in lips on ears 
   C                      G 
I believe what's shared is savored 
                  D 
In the end I do believe 

G 
I believe in work on Sundays 
  C                 G 
I believe in raising barns 
  C                  G 
I believe in wasting Mondays 
                  D 
In the end I do believe 

G 
I believe in intuition 
  C                G 
I believe in being wrong 
  C                G 
I believe in contradiction 
                  D 
In the end I do believe 

G 
I believe in living smitten 
   C                      G 
I believe all hearts will mend 
   C                  G 
I believe our book is written 
       D          G 
By our company of friends 

G                                      D          G 
So when I die, let them judge me by my company of friends 
                                         C              G 
Let them know me as the footprints that I left upon the sand 
         C                 G 
Let them laugh for all the laughter 
         Em                 D 
Let them cry for laughter’s end 
           G                            D          G 
But when I die, let them judge me by my company of friends 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante