You've Got A Friend chords

Aretha Franklin

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Intro: G C G  F#m7 B7 

                Em      B7             Em     B7          Em7  B7 Em 
When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand 
    Am            D                G     Am   G 
And nothing, oh, nothing is going right 
F#m7                    B7          Em        B7         Em7  B7 Em 
Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there 
   Am7         Bm7                    D   D7    
To brighten up even your darkest night 
              G          G             C            Am7 
You just call out my name,  and you know wherever I am 
         G                D                         
I'll come running to see you again 
    G                                C                   Em7                   
Winter, spring, summer, or fall,  all you got to do is call 
         C    Bm7              Am7  D7          C             G         C G Am G F#m B7 
And I'll be there,     yeah, yeah, yeah.  You've got a friend 
        Em    B7               Em       B7            Em7 B7 Em 
If the sky above you should turn dark and full of cloud 
         Am        D                   G     Am G 
And that old north wind should begin to blow 
F#m7                 B7     Em          B7       Em7  B7  Em 
Keep your head together and call my name out loud 
Am7          Bm7                    D  D7     
Soon I'll be knocking upon your door 
                   G          G             C            Am7 
You just call out my name,  and you know wherever I am 
         G                D                          
I'll come running to see you again  
    G                                C                   Em7                   
Winter, spring, summer, or fall,  all you got to do is call 
         C    Bm7              Am7  D7         C             G         C G Am G F#m B7 
and I'll be there,     yeah, yeah, yeah.  You've got a friend 
         C         F         C        
Hey ain't it good to know that you've got a friend when  
G                           C                    F7 
People can be so cold.     They'll hurt you and desert you 
              Em7                       A7                              Am                    D7          
Well, they'll take your soul if you let them. Oh yeah, but don't you let them 
    G                       C                   Am                                   
You just call out my name,  and you know wherever I am 
                G                D   
I'll come running to see you again 
G                                C                   Em7                   
Winter, spring, summer, or fall,  all you got to do is call 
         C    Bm7              Am7                  C             G         
And I'll be there,     yeah, yeah, yeah. You've got a friend 
C                            G 
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend 
              C                           G 
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend 
         C                         G 
Oh, yeah, yeah.  You've got a friend