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I really like this song and the other versions were too hard for me to play,
so I tried to simplify it. It's not perfect, and it's in C (Andrew Gold's
version works in A with a Capo on 1st fret), but it's easier for me to play.
 
[Intro]
C
 
[Verse]
C
   Thank you for being a friend
F
   Traveled down a road and back again
      G                                     C
Your heart is true, youΒ΄re a pal and a confidant 
N.C.
IΒ΄m not ashamed to say
F
   I hope it always will stay this way             (*1 strum each)
    G                                         C    C* G* Am*
My hat is off, wonΒ΄t you stand up and take a bow 
 
[Bridge]
Am                    C7
   And if you threw a party
  F                   E7
Invited everyone you knew
      Gm       C7
Well, you would see 
             Dm7               Am
The biggest gift would be from me
         F                  G
And the card attached would say
 
[Chorus 1]
G                      C
Thank you for being a friend 
                       F
Thank you for being a friend
                       G
Thank you for being a friend 
                       C
Thank you for being a friend 
C     F
C
  If itΒ΄s a car you lack
F
  IΒ΄d surely buy you a Cadillac
    G                                     C
Whatever you need any time of the day or night 
C
  IΒ΄m not ashamed to say
F
  I hope it always will stay this way
    G                                         C   C* G* Am*
My hat is off, wonΒ΄t you stand up and take a bow 
 
[Bridge]
Am                        C7
   And when we both get older 
     F                          E7
With walking canes and hair of gray
Gm      C7
Have no fear 
      Dm7                Am
Even though it's hardly here
        F                    G
I will stand real close and say
 
[Chorus 2]
G                      C
Thank you for being a friend 
                      (I wanna thank you)
                       F
Thank you for being a friend 
                      (I wanna thank you)
                       G
Thank you for being a friend 
                      (I wanna thank you)
                       C
Thank you for being a friend 
                      (I wanna thank you)
Csus2                    C
Let me tell ya bout' a friend 
                      (I wanna thank you)
                       F
Thank you for being a friend 
                      (I wanna thank you)
                       G
Thank you for being a friend 
                      (I wanna thank you)
                       C       C7
Thank you for being a friend
 
[Bridge]
            Gm
And when we die, 
           Am
and float away 
          Fm (111330)
Into the night, 
          C/G  C
the milky way       
               Gm
You'll hear me call 
       Am
as we ascend 
              Fm (111330)
I'll say your name 
           C/G  C
then once again
N.C.
Thank you for being a
C                       F
C                       F
Baah  ba ba baah  ba ba baah
 
[Chorus/Outro]
                       C
Thank you for being a friend 
                      (I wanna thank you)
                       F
Thank you for being a friend 
                      (I wanna thank you)
                       G
Thank you for being a friend 
                      (I wanna thank you)
                       C
Thank you for being a friend 
                      (I wanna thank you)
Csus2                           C
People let me tell ya bout' a friend 
                               (I wanna thank you)
                       F
Thank you for being a friend 
                      (I wanna thank you)
                       G
Thank you for being a friend 
                      (I wanna thank you)
                       C
Thank you for being a friend
Csus2                C
Oooh tell ya bout a friend 
           (let me thank you right now, for being a friend)
                       F
Thank you for being a friend 
                   (I wanna tell you right now and I'll tell you again)
                       G
Thank you for being a friend 
                   (I wanna thank you, thank you)
                        C      C       F      C*
Thank you for being a friend, Whoa-oa whoa
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