Old Friend Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays311

Old Friend by Lyle Lovett is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, F#m and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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A
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16
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  			Intro 
(A)(D)(A)(D)(A)(D)(F#m)(E) 
 
 
(A)Old friend 
(D)All the stories to tell 
(A)Old friend 
(D)Could you bid me farewell 
(A)Old friend 
(D)It might be (F#m)easy for (E)another man to see 
 
(A)Old foe 
(D)All the pain and the scars 
(A)Old foe 
(D)Could you lay down your arms 
(A)Old foe 
(D)It might be (F#m)easy for (E)another man to see 
 
(D)Put your (F#m)head down on my (A)pillow 
(D)Put your hand on (A)me and (F#m)hold on 
(F#m)Hold on 
 
c:Bridge - repeat intro  
 
(D)Put your (F#m)head down on my (A)pillow 
(D)Put your hand on (A)me and (F#m)hold on 
(F#m)Hold on 
 
(A)Old friend (D) 
(A)Old friend (D) 
(A)Old friend (D) 
(D)It might be (F#m)easy for (E)another man to see 
c:damp after see

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