Hello Old Friend Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays510

Hello Old Friend by James Taylor is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, Bm, F#m, C#m, G#m, E, C, G, F 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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Intro: A D Bm F#m C#m G#m F#m 

Bm     D        F#m            A 
Paris' rooftops were lovely to see. 
E  
Switzerland's vertical landscape  
           A          E    A 
crossed my mind's eye just now. 
C        A                  G 
Canada's shoreline has been calling out to me, 
C        D        E      
but it's been too long a time 

      C              D         E    
since last I crossed that vast Nantucket sound. 
E     D   G  Bm   G          C    D     F 
Hello old friend, welcome me home again.  
      Bm                 F                   G 
Well, I've been away but that's all over now. 
A              D   Bm       F#m  C#m    G#m 
Say I can stay for October, now, stay a while and 
 F#m   D 
 play. 
Bm                F#m    A 
Little dog David, I must look like a fool. 
E           A          E        F#m           E 
I should've remembered you'd be forgetting my smell,  
A 
well. 
C         A              Em           
Give me a week or two to recapture my cool, 
c        D  
I've got stories to tell 
E                        F#m 
about how I snatched the devil's catch  
    E                     C 
and out ran the hounds of hell. 
D     D   G       Bm         c    D 
Hello old friend, welcome me home again. 
      G         Bm       C               F    E 
Well, I've been away but that's all over now 
G.        A        Bm       F#m  C#m    G#m       Bm   D A C#m A Bm D C#m D E 
Say I can stay for October, now, stay a while and see. 

G                 E          C    D 
Hello old friend, welcome me home again. 
      G         F               C        F 
Well, I've been away but that's all over now. 
G   C    D          Bm   F#m    G#m            Bm     F#m Bm  E A E A D 
Isn't it nice to be home again, over here it's clear. 
F#m        A  
Hello, old friend. 

chords by koorogui 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante