{title: You've got a friend}
{artist: Carole King}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 94}
{key: Ab}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[Ab] [Db/Ab] [Ab]
[Gm7] [C7sus4]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
When you're [Fm]down and [C7sus4/G]troubled
and you [Fm]need some [C/G]love and [Fm/Ab]care [Fm]
and [Bbm7]nothing, [Db/Eb]nothing is going [Ab]right [Db/Ab]
[Gm7]Close your eyes and [C7]think of me
and [Fm]soon I [C/G]will be [Fm/Ab]there [Fm]
to [Bbm7]brighten up [Cm7]even your darkest [Db/Eb]night [Eb] [Db/Eb]
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
You just [Ab]call out my [AbM9]name
and you [Db] know wherever I [Bbm7]am
[Db/Eb]I'll come [Ab]running, to see you a[Db/Eb]gain
[Ab]Winter, spring, summer or [AbM9]fall,
[DbM7]all you have to do is [Fm]call [Ab/Eb]
and I'll [DbM7]be [Cm7]right [Bbm7]there
[Db/Eb] you've got a [Ab]friend
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Link}
[Ab] [Db/Ab] [Ab]
[Gm7] [C7sus4]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
If the [Fm]sky a[C7sus4/G]bove you
grows [Fm]dark and [C/G]full of [Fm/Ab]clouds [Fm]
and [Bbm7]that ol' north wind [Db/Eb] begins to [Ab]blow [Db/Ab]
[Gm7]Keep your head to[C7]gether
and [Fm]call my [C/G]name out [Fm/Ab]loud [Fm]
and [Bbm7]soon you'll hear me [Cm7]knockin' at your [Db/Eb]door [Eb] [Db/Eb]
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{chorus: Chorus 2}
{start_of_part: Bridge}
Now [Gb]ain't it good to know that [Db]you've got a friend?
When [Ab]people can be so [AbM7]cold
They'll [Db]hurt you, yes, and de[Gb9]sert you,
and [Fm]take your soul if you [Bb9]let them
Oh, but [Db/Eb]don't you let them [Eb]
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{chorus: Chorus 3}
{start_of_part: Outtro}
you've got a [Ab]friend, ain't it [Db/Ab]good to know
you've got a [Ab]friend, ain't it [Db/Ab]good to know, ain't it good to know
[Ab] ain't it good to know [Db/Ab]
you've got a [Ab]friend, oh [Db/Ab]yeah now
you've got a [Ab]friend [Db/Ab] yeah, baby
you've got a [Ab]friend
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