You've Got A Friend Chords
by James Taylor
You've Got A Friend by James Taylor is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F#m. It uses the chords Em, B7, Em7, Am7, Bm7, G, G/F#, E#m7, C, D and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Em B7
When you're down and troubled
Em B7 Em Em7 Am7
and you need a helping hand and nothing,
Bm7 G G/F#
nothing is going right,
B7
close your eyes and think of me,
Em B7 Em E#m7
and soon I will be there
Am7 Bm7 C D
to brighten up even your darkest night.
G GM7 C Am7
You just call out my name and you know wherever I am
G Am7 D
I'll come running to see you again.
G GM7
Winter, spring, summer or fall,
C Em
All you got to do is call
Am7 Bm7 C
and I'll be there, yes, I will
G C
You've got a friend
Em B7
If the sky above you
Em B7 Em Em7
should turn dark and full of clouds
Am7 Bm7 G
and that old north wind should begin to blow,
B7
Keep your head together now
Em B7 Em Em7
and call my name out loud
Am7 Bm7 C D
Soon I'll be knocking upon your door.
Chorus
BRIDGE:
F
Now ain't good to know that
C G GM7
you've got a friend when people can be so cold?
C F 7
They'll hurt you and desert you
Em Am7
They'll take your soul if you let them,
C D
Ooh, but don't you let them.
Chorus