Old Friends

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Walking outside labyrinthian over
Cracks along under the trees
        A
I know this town grounded in a compass
Cardinal landed in the dogwood
E
I keep going over it and over and over
My steps iterate my shame
         A
How come every outcome's such a comedown
Lately afternoon with the shades drawn down
E
I kept saying i just wanted to see you
Saying what's wrong with that
         A
Needles shaking out lines in a compass
Every outcome's such a comedown


E                  A
I knew it when i saw it
                      C#m
So i did just what i wanted
F#m               A
So i go through with this 
F#m               A
I knew happiness when i saw it
E


E
Saw your boyfriend at the port authority
Sorta fucked up place 
A
Well so i adverted my stride on a quick one
Just coming back from going over your place huh
E
I feel like we could forget about it
I feel like a mellow out 
A
I don't feel undone in a big way
There's nothing really bad to be upset about
E
So when i thought i was getting better
I woke up on the ground 
A
And appointment or disappointment
Step back going on the come down


E         A
As if i needed a reminder
                    C#m
Oh i do only what i wanna 
F#m               A
So i go through with this
F#m               A
I knew happiness when i saw it


E
Walking out in the nighttime springtime
Needling my way home 
A
I saw leah on the bus a few months ago
I saw some old friends at her funeral 
E
My steps keep splitting my grief through
These solipsistic moods 
A
I should call my parents when i think of them
Should tell my friends when i love them
E
Maybe i should have gone out a bit more 
When you guys are still in town 
A
I got too caught up in my own shit
How every outcome's such a comedown


E           A
And i knew it when i saw it 
                     C#m
Oh i did just what i wanted
F#m               A
So i go through with this 
F#m               A
I knew happiness when i saw it?
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(capo 4ª casa)

(intro) Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7

 Fmaj7 Cmaj7    Fmaj7 Cmaj7    Dm7          G7              C       Am
 Old   Friends. Old   Friends. Sat on their park bench like bookends.
  Dm7                         G                  Am
A newspaper blown through the grass falls on the round toes of the
Cmaj7              F   C6
high shoes of the Old Friends.

 Fmaj7 Cmaj7    Dm7        G7         Fmaj7 Em7  Dm7
 Old   Friends. Winter companions the old   men. Lost in their
G7        C               Am          Dm7           G7    Em7
overcoats waiting for the sunset. The sounds of the city, sifting
        Am                 G           F               C6
through trees, settle like dust on the shoulder of the Old Friends.

 Dm7       G7       Cmaj7             F         Fm         C
 Can you imagine us years from today, sharing a park bench quietly?
    Dm7                    Am
How terribly strange to be seventy.

 Fmaj7 Cmaj7    Dm7    G7          Fmaj7 Em7    Dm7      G7
 Old   Friends. Memory brushes the same  years. Silently sharing the
C6   Am
same fears.

Intro 2x: F#m D A E
          F#m D A A7

F#m
  Cloudy days
A
 Dark nights
E                      D                      A
 People come and go in the middle of this darkness
F#m                             A
  Friends who were so easy to find
                            E
Now so difficult to cultivate.
                D                   A
Old friends already don't care for you
F#m                     A             E
  Those who will always  promised you  support you
          D               A  E
And be with you wherever you go.

Refrão:
  F#m            D            A
Heey ... Everything take you
                 E
to the same place
F#m    D           A             E
Be with those who don't want to be
F#m    D          A         E
And know that nothing will change             
D             A       E
 It'll continue always  so

F#m                A
  Before I thought I could count
   E             D     A
With you wherever I go
F#m        A                E             D       A
  But now I realize that you will never be ... here

F#m        A              E        D    A
  And so we living fighting against time
F#m        A      E         D        A
  Which will erase all those memories
  D          A             E
That it'll can't turn stories

Refrão:
F#m            D            A
Heey ... Everything take you
                 E
to the same place
F#m    D              A           E
Be with those who don't want to be
F#m    D          A              E
And know that nothing will change            
D             A       E
 It'll continue always  so

Intro: C

Verse 1:
  C
I saw you at the railway station
Am
there had been a cancelation
F                                 G
you were smoking cigarettes alone
  C                           Am
I walked up and said hello, I lost my wife two days ago
    F                      G                C
You shook my hand and said Francis was your name

Chorus 1:
              F     G
And you had a hat
            C      Am
And I had a hat
F                G
Mmm, we both had hats
                F       G
And my wife was dead
                  Am       D
And your wife was dead
F      G                C
  Shit happens, Francis said

Verse 2:
C
Francis said it's five o'clock
Am                           F                           G
How about we find a rock and throw at some cars from the bridge
  C
I laughed and said that sounds like fun
   Am
We walked into the setting sun
    F                 G             C
And Francis said "I'm aiming at the kids"

Chorus 2:
               F    G
And he threw a rock
             C    Am
So I threw a rock
   F                         G
We both put some gravel in a sock
                 F   G                  Am      D
And he threw the sock, I said we should stop
   F                  G                 C
He smiled at me, then threw a rock in a sock

Verse 3:
   C
We snuck down to the local farm
    Am
And there we opened up the barn
   F                                  G
To set the horses free and watch them run
    C
The moon was extra bright that night
    Am
The horses in the pale moonlight
 F                   G                    C
"Watch this" Francis said, and pulled his gun

Chorus 3:
              F      G
And he shot a horse
            C     Am
So I shot a horse
F                                 G
Francis choked a chicken with his hands
                  F  G               Am    D
But watching them die, he started to cry
     F              G                   C
"I'm bored" Francis said, let's steal a car

Bridge:
    G
Oh, Margaret, Oh Margaret
          F              C
Don't you worry bout' me now
    Am         F          C
I'm doing just fine on my own
          G                               F                 C
There are other things to life than your soft skin against mine
    Am         F               C
And Francis is helping me move on
    G      C
I'm moving on

Verse 4:
C
Life's a bitch, a wise man said
   Am
No matter what, you end up dead
    F                              G
And all that you can wish for is a friend
   C
So pour another glass of wine
     Am
With Francis shoulder touching mine
      F                 G              C
I 'll stay right here until the bitter end

Chorus 4:
               F    G
And you have a hat
             C     Am
And I have a hat
F                 G
Mmm, we both have hats
                 F     G
And your wife is dead
               Am    D
And my wife is dead
F         G             Am
Here's to life, Francis said
F         G             Am
Here's to life, Francis said
F         G             C
Here's to life, Francis said