He Was A Friend Of Mine Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays429

He Was A Friend Of Mine by The Byrds is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E, D, Asus4 and F#m. 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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He  was a friend of mine 
A E         D        A   Asus4 A  Asus4 A 
He  was a friend of mine 
      A              F#m         D         E 
His killing has no purpose, no reason or rhyme 
A E         D       A   Asus4 A  Asus4 A 
He was a friend of mine 
 
He was in Dallas town 
He was in Dallas town 
From a sixth floor window a gunner shot him down 
He died in Dallas town 
 
He never knew my name 
He never knew my name 
Though I never met him, I knew him just the same 
Oh he was a friend of mine 
 
      A           F#m       D                E 
The leader of a nation for such a precious time 
   A E        D        A 
Oh he was a friend of mine 
 
 
(from Turn! Turn! Turn!, 1966.  The Byrds also do a newer 
verion, recorded in 1990 and on their box set) 
(sent by Harlan at [email protected]) 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante