{title: Thank you for being a friend}
{artist: Andrew Gold}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 115}
{key: Bb}
{duration: 4:30}
{meta: author FWieP, 2026-07-12}
{meta: url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voNEgCKzves}
{comment: %{time}, %{tempo} BPM}
{comment: Key: %{key}}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[Bb] [Bb]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_abc}
X:1
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Bb
Q:1/4=115
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"Bb"zdcB cBG(B | B4)z4 |
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[Bb] Thank you for being a friend
[Cm/Bb] Traveled down a road and back again
Your [F7/Bb]heart is true, you're a pal
and a confi[Bb]dant
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[Bb] I'm not ashamed to say
[Cm/Bb] I hope it always will stay this way
My [F7/Bb]hat is off, won't you stand up
and take a [Bb]bow
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_bridge: Bridge 1}
[Bb] [F] [Gm] And if you threw a [Bb7/F]party
In[Ebmaj7]vited everyone you [D7]knew
Well, [Fm7]you would [Bb7]see, the biggest [Cm7]gift would be from [Gm]me
And the [Ebmaj7]card attached would [Eb/F]say
{end_of_bridge}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
Thank you for being a friend [Bb]
Thank you for being a friend [Cm/Bb]
Thank you for being a friend [F7/Bb]
Thank you for being a friend [Bb]
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Link}
[Bb] [Bb/A] [Bb/G] [Bb/F]
[Eb] [Eb/D] [Eb/C] [Eb/F]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
[Bb] If it's a car you lack
[Cm/Bb] I'd surely buy you a Cadillac
What[F7/Bb]ever you need any time
of the day or [Bb]night
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_verse: Verse 4}
[Bb] I'm not ashamed to say
[Cm/Bb] I hope it always will stay this way
My [F7/Bb]hat is off, won't you stand up
and take a [Bb]bow
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_bridge: Bridge 2}
[Bb] [F] [Gm] And when we both get [Bb7/F]older
With [Ebmaj7]walking canes and hair of [D7]gray
[Fm7]Have no [Bb7]fear, even [Cm7]though it's hardly [Gm]here
I will [Ebmaj7]stand real close and [Eb/F]say
{end_of_bridge}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 2}
Thank you for being a friend ([Bb]I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend ([Cm/Bb]I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend ([F7/Bb]I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend ([Bb]I wanna thank you)
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 3}
Let me tell ya bout' a friend ([Bb]I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend [Cm/Bb] (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend ([F7/Bb]I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend [Bb] [Bb]
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_abc}
X:1
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Bb
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Bde | "Fm/Ab"f8 | z4 zBef | "Gm7"d8 |
z4 zBcB | "Gbmaj7"_d8 | z4 zBcB | "Bb/F"d8 | "Bb"z8 |
{end_of_abc}
{start_of_bridge: Bridge 2}
And when we [Fm7/Ab]die, and float a[Gm7]way
Into the [Gbmaj7]night, the milky [Bb/F]way [Bb]
You'll hear me [Fm7/Ab]call as we as[Gm7]cend
I'll say your [Ebm7]name, then once a[F6]gain
[NC] Thank you for being a
[Bb] [Bb/A] [Bb/G] [Bb/F]
[Eb] [Eb/D] [Eb/C] [Eb/F]
[Bb](Baah. ba ba [Bb/A]baah, [Bb/G]baah, [Bb/F]baah)
[Eb](Baah) [Eb/D]
{end_of_bridge}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 4}
Thank you for [Eb/C]being [Eb/F]a friend ([Bb]I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend ([Cm/Bb] I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend ([F7/Bb]I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend [Bb]
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 5}
Let me tell ya bout' a friend ([Bb]I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend [Cm/Bb] (I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend ([F7/Bb]I wanna thank you)
Thank you for being a friend, [Bb] [Bb]oooh tell ya bout a friend
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 6, outtro}
(let me [Bb]thank you right now, for being a friend)
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna [Cm/Bb]tell you right now and I'll tell you again)
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna [F7/Bb]thank you, thank you)
Thank you for being a [Bb]friend
[Bb/A]Whoa-[Bb/G]oa [Bb/F]
[Eb]Whoa-[Eb/D]oa [Eb/C] [Eb/F]
[Bbadd9]
{end_of_chorus}