Original Artist

Original Artist - Old Friend guitar chord

The reason I wrote this song is

because when I was about 7 years old.

I had a friend named Ryan. We hung

out together all the time. And In

the year 2000 my mom got a phone call,

my best friend Ryan had been killed.

He was playing on a Giant tree log

and it rolled over on top of him.

So this is the song I wrote about that

This song is 100% True and 100% for my Best friend

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* Cadd9= x320033 *

* (There are two different *

* ways of playing Am7 so I *

* Labeled them:) *

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* Am7e (open e string)= x02010*

* Am7f (3rd fret)= x02013 *

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(Intro:)

G Cadd9 Am7e Am7f D Dsus Cadd9

E----3---3---3-3-3----0--3-3--2-3----3----------------------

B----3---3---3-3-3----1--1-1--3------3----------------------

G----0---0---0-0-0----0--0-0--2------0----------------------

D-----------------------------------------------------------

A------2---3---3-3--0----0-0-------3------------------------

E--3--------------------------------------------------------

(Verse 1: Intro pattern throughout)

G Cadd9

I had a friend when I was 7 years old

Am7e Am7f D Dsus Cadd9

And his name was Ryan

G Cadd9

It hit me right when my mom said it

Am7e Am7f D Dsus Cadd9

But I hurt to bad to feel like cryin'

(Intro 1x)

(Bridge strum)

Am C

Well I know he went to heaven

D Bm

but I sure miss him

(Chorus)

G Cadd9 D Cadd9 G Cadd9 D Cadd9

And he's m---------------y old friend

G Cadd9 D Cadd9

And he's havin' a good time up in heaven

G

where the streets are gold

(Intro to verse 2)

E-----------5-3-2--10---------------------------------------

B--------3-2------------------------------------------------

G-----2-4---------------------------------------------------

D--2-4------------------------------------------------------

A-5---------------------------------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------------------------

(verse 2 same pattern and chords as verse 1)

His favorite song was "Big House"

And he's the one I'm singin' for

and I know by now

He's won the battle and the war

(Bridge, also same chords)

And I know he'd know my name

If he saw me in heaven

(Chorus)

Bridge:

(no chord)

And I know he's thinkin'

G Cadd9 D

It's a big, big house

Cadd9 G

Where we can play football

G Cadd9 D

It's a big, big house

Cadd9 G

It's my father's house

(Strum: G, Cadd9, Am, C, Am7f, D, Dsus, F, G)

(Chorus)

Ending strum:

G Cadd9

I had a friend when I was 7 years old

Am7e D G

And his name was Ryan

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