You've Been A Friend To Me
The Price Sisters
Written by A.P. Carter
Key of G · Chords: I IV V
Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play alongVerse 1
G C G My bark of life was tossing down D7 The troubled stream of time G C When first I saw your smiling face G D7 G And youth was in its prime
Verse 2
C G Oh I'll ne'er forget where e'er I roam D7 Where ever you may be G C If ever I have had a friend G D7 G You've been that friend to me
Verse 3
C G Misfortune nursed me as her child D7 And loved me fondly too G C I would have had a broken heart G D7 G Had it not been for you
Verse 2
C G Oh I'll ne'er forget where e'er I roam D7 Where ever you may be G C If ever I have had a friend G D7 G You've been that friend to me
Verse 4
C G I now look back upon the past D7 Acrost life's troubled seas G C And smile to think of all I've seen G D7 G You've been a friend to me
Verse 2
C G Oh I'll ne'er forget where e'er I roam D7 Where ever you may be G C If ever I have had a friend G D7 G You've been that friend to me
Verse 2
C G Oh I'll ne'er forget where e'er I roam D7 Where ever you may be G C If ever I have had a friend G D7 G You've been that friend to me
Verse 5
C If ever I have had a friend G D7 G You've been that friend to me