Best Friend Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays478

Best Friend by Jason Mraz is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, F, Eb, Em 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
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16
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Intro: G  C  G  C  G  C 
 
 
VERSE:
G 
Love is where this begins 
C 
Thank you for letting me in 
G 
You've always known where I stand 
C 
I've never had to pretend 
 
 

       F                             C 
And I feel my life is better because you're a part of it 
   Eb                          G 
I know without you by my side that I would be different 
 
 
VERSE:
 
G 
Thank you for all of your trust 
C 
Thank you for not giving up 
G 
Thank you for holding my hand 
C 
You've always known where I stand 
 
 

       F                                Em 
And I feel my life is better, so is the world we're living in 
       Eb                    D                   G 
I'm thankful for the time I spent with my best friend 
 
 
VERSE/BRIDGE: 

G 
Thank you for calling me out, thank you for waking me up 
C 
Thank you for breaking it down thank you for choosing us 
G 
Thank you for all you're about thank you for lifting me up 
C 
Thank you for keeping me grounded and being here 
 
 
 
F                              Em 
Now my life is better because you're a part of it 
   Eb                              G 
I know without you by my side that I would be different 
       F                                    Em 
Yes I feel my life is better and so is the world we're livin' in 
      Eb                     D                  G         D 
I'm thankful for the time I spent with my best friend 
                  G   C   G   C 
You're my best friend 





Fingering from video:  (DGDGBe tuning) 

e|---0----------------------0-----------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---8------10------12------12------8-------10------10------7---------------------------| 
G|---0------0-------0---------------0-------0-------0-------7---------------------------| 
D|---9------10------12------12------9-------10------10------5---------------------------| 
G|---0----------------------0-------10------9-------8-------7---------------------------| 
D|--------------------------10------0---------------------------------------------------| 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante