{title: Friendship}
{artist: Post & Pelzer}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 70}
{key: C}
{duration: 3:03}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{meta: url https://fwiep.nl/muziek/nearly-immeasurably-green}
{start_of_part: Theme}
[C] [F6/C] [G/B] [C]
[Am] [F] [G] [C]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_part: Intro 2}
[C] [G/C] [F/C] [Fm/C]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[C]some of them stay, [G/C]some of them go
there [F/C]even are those who are [Fm/C]good at both
as [AbM7]why they do, ain't [Gm7]got a clue at [CM7]all [Dm7] [Em7]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[C]once you think them [G/C]figured out
they [F/C]go ahead and [Fm/C]turn about
and [AbM7]you're some kind of [Gm7]left behind in-[CM7]side [Dm7] [Em7]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus}
[FM7]friendship is a [CM9]lonely word
when [EbM7]you're abandoned or [Dm7]have been hurt
by [BbM7]those around, you [Am7]always built up-[Dsus4]on [D]
[FM7]friendship is a [CM9]lonely word
when [EbM7]you're abandoned or [Dm7]have been hurt
by [BbM7]those upon you [Am7]always could de-[G]pend
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Theme}
[C] [F6/C] [G/B] [C]
[Am] [F] [G] [C]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
[C]try once more, then [G/C]wait a while
to [F/C]all the world you [Fm/C]fake a smile
so [AbM7]all you do, is [Gm7]hope for two, or [CM7]more [Dm7] [Em7]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_verse: Verse 4}
[C]given them an-[G/C]other chance
go [F/C]back and forth, it's [Fm/C]like a dance
though [AbM7]you may try to [Gm7]get you by, they [CM7]don't[Dm7] [Em7]
{end_of_verse}
{chorus}
{start_of_part: Theme}
[C] [F6/C] [G/B] [C]
[Am] [F] [G] [C]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 5}
[C]there you are, what's [G/C]left to do
is [F/C]not just say, but ad-[Fm/C]mit it, too:
you're [AbM7]all alone, and [Gm7]on your own, a-[CM9]gain
{end_of_verse}