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
