Old Friend Chords
Old Friend by Waylon Jennings is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords B, E, F# and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verso 1:
B E B
Was it really years ago,it seems like only yesterday
F#
The last time that i saw you laugh at me and fly away
E B
I remember all the good times and the songs we used to sing
A E B
Old friend we sure have missed you,but you ain't missed a thing
Verso 2:
B E B
Lord you should of heard the music and all the changes it's gone through
F#
But the funny thing is lately it keeps an easing back to you
E B
But there's always something missing,it'll never be the same
A E B
Old friend we sure have missed you,but you ain't missed a thing
Verso 3:
B E B
They've been writing books about you and the stories that they tell
F#
Make you look like some kind of angel but we both know you as mean as hell
B E B
I've had my share of hard times but i lived through the strain
A E B
Old friend i sure have missed you,but you ain't missed a thing
Verso 4:
B E B
People talk about you after all this time
F#
You were many things to many people but you were a friend of mine
B E B
I've been thinking about how long you've been gone,the things you've never seen
A E B
Old friend i sure have missed you,but you ain't missed a thing
A E B
Old Buddy we sure have missed you,but you ain't missed a thing