He Was A Friend Of Mine Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays410

He Was A Friend Of Mine by Jerry Jeff Walker is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, F, E7 and Am. 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                  C  
He was a friend of mine 
      G                   C  
yeah, he was a friend of mine 
   F             C         E7            Am
He never had no money, he never was satisfied 
G    C          G        C 
But he was a friend of mine 


G                C
He died on the road,
     G           C  
he died on the road 
   F                C       E7           Am
He was just a poor boy, a long way from home
   G   C   G              C 
Cause he was a friend of mine 

 G                C
I stole away and cried
 G                 C 
I stole away and cried 
   F                C       E7                   Am
When I think about him, I still can't keep from crying 
  G    C          G        C
Cause he was a friend of mine 

 
Repeat 1st verse 
 
Solo 
 
Repeat 2nd verse 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante