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You Were My Friend

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Chi Coltrane (Chi is pronounced "shy") (born 16 November 1948, Racine, Wisconsin, USA) is best known as an American rock-pop-jazz songwriter, pianist, and singer. Coltrane was one of seven children to a Canadian mother and a German violinist father. She played a number of instruments as a child. Her family moved frequently; her father died when she was ten. She gave her first piano recital at the age of twelve. In 1970, she used two sidemen, an upright bassist and a drummer, playing jazz, funk and rock in local Chicago clubs and bars.

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YOU WERE MY FRIEND - Chi Coltrane

Intro:
Bb Fm7/Bb Eb5/Bb F
e|1--1-1-1-/--------/------/---------------/
B|3--------/4--3-1-3/4-----/4-----4-1-----1/
G|3--------/1-------/3--3-3/3---3---2---2--/ 2x
D|3--------/3-------/1-----/1-1-----3-3----/
A|1--------/1-------/1-----/1-------3------/
E|---------/--------/------/--------1------/

Bb F/Bb
You came in my home and took from me
Eb5/Bb Bb
All that I had to give
Bb Bb/A Eb/G Bb/F
I thought that we would be good friends
C7/E F
For as long as we should live
Bb F/Bb
I had some past ex - perience
Eb5/Bb Bb
With people just like you
Bb Bb/A Eb/G Bb/F
But I never thought you were that kind
Eb F Bb
So what was I to do

Chorus:
Gm C7/E F Bbsus4 - Bb - F
You were my friend, you were my friend
Gm C7/E F Bbsus4 - Bb - F
You were my friend, you were my friend
Gm C/E7 F Bbsus4 - Bb - F /
How could you let me do - own? You were my friend

Bb F/Bb
How can you stand and lie to me
Eb5/Bb Bb
And look me in the face
Bb Bb/A Eb/G Bb/F
I wish I knew what strange dis - ease
C7/E F
Could make you act that way
Bb F/Bb
All the things we did together
Eb5/Bb Bb
I've known you for so long
Bb Bb/A Eb/G Bb/F
I always did be - lieve in you
Eb F Bb
How could I be so wrong?

Chorus:
Gm C7/E F Bbsus4 - Bb - F
You were my friend, you were my friend
Gm C7/E F Bbsus4 - Bb - F
You were my friend, you were my friend
Gm C/E7 F Bbsus4 - Bb - F /
How could you let me do - own? You were my friend

Inter:
Bb Fm7/Bb Eb5/Bb F
e|1--1-1-1-/--------/------/---------------/
B|3--------/4--3-1-3/4-----/4-------1------/
G|3--------/1-------/3--3-3/3-------2------/ 2x
D|3--------/3-------/1-----/1-------3------/
A|1--------/1-------/1-----/1-------3------/
E|---------/--------/------/--------1------/

Bb F/Bb
I guess for the sake of all we had
Eb5/Bb Bb
I should try to under - stand
Bb Bb/A Eb/G Bb/F
But it just doesn't make much sense to me
C7/E F
To trust in you a - gain
Bb F/Bb
I wish we could for - get it all
Eb5/Bb Bb
But I don't think that we can
Bb Bb/A Eb/G Bb/F
Oh, why did this ever happen to us?
Eb F Bb
My best and dearest friend

Chorus:
Gm C7/E F Bbsus4 - Bb - F
You were my friend, you were my friend
Gm C7/E F Bbsus4 - Bb - F
You were my friend, you were my friend
Gm C/E7 F Bbsus4 - Bb - F /
How could you let me do - own? You were my friend

Chorus:
Gm C7/E F Bbsus4 - Bb - F
You were my friend, you were my friend
Gm C7/E F Bbsus4 - Bb - F
You were my friend, you were my friend Tell me
Gm C/E7 F Bbsus4 - Bb - F /
How could you let me do - own? You were my friend

Bb F/Bb
Well I guess that friendships
Eb5/Bb Bb5 Bb
All come to an end //

Bb x13331
F/Bb x13211
Eb5/Bb x1134x
Bb/A x03331
Eb/G 36534x
Bb/F 1x333x
C7/E 03231(0)
F 13321(1)
Eb xx1343
x68886
Gm 355333
Bb x13331
Bbsus4 x13341
Bb5 x133xx