My Friend [so long]
Words+Music by Toby McKeehan|Michael Tait|Kevin Max|Mark Hudson|Dominick Miller
transcribed by Josh Rosentreter|josh@ardent-enthusiast.com


---|INTRO

E   G#   D   G

---|VERSE 1
E            G#            D        G 
I heard your record on the telephone
          C           F#  
It was my cousin Joan
              A             C 
She picked it up in the top 40 rack and then
E           G#           D             G 
I read your interview in Rolling Stone
              C          F#  
You threw the boys a bone
         A         C 
And so I geniunely felt obliged to call
E          G#             D          G 
I know you never meant to hurt us man
             C        F#  
We're just a baby band
            A              C 
You found a quicker way to scale the wall of fame

---|CHANNEL

Bm              G
The situation's awfully dim
Bm               G
Should we up and go with him
   C   G/B  Am  E/G#  F#7 
No way--[no way]-------------

---|CHORUS

D                     Bm
We know exactly where you are and you're gone [my friend]
D                               Bm
Don't know exactly where you're coming from
       Em          A
You've gone away so long my friend
D                     Bm
We know exactly where you are and you're gone [my friend]
D                               Bm
Don't know exactly where you're coming from
         Gmaj7       F#min7      Fmaj7
Have you gone astray  [gone]

---|VERSE 2

E          G#       D        G 
I saw your video on VH-1
                C           F#  
Looks like they spent a ton
            A              C 
How does it feel to be the flavor for a spell
E       G#             D             G 
And I remember how you used to say
      C          F#  
Jesus is the way
        A                    C 
I never thought I'd see your light begin to fade

---|REPEAT CHANNEL

---|REPEAT CHORUS

---|BRIDGE

Em7                  A
Em7                  A                 
Don't think we don't miss you [think about you every day]
Em7                  A
We still love you anyway [cause love don't go away]
Em7                        A   
There's still this burning question [I got to know]
Cmaj7
Why       [whatwillpeoplethinkwhentheyhearthati'maJesusfreak]

E       G#     D    G
Ah      ah     ah      [hey]
C       F#     A    C 
Ah      ah     ah   ah [hey]
E       G#     D    G
Ah      ah     ah      [hey]
C       F#     A     
Ah      ah     ah   

---|REPEAT CHORUS UNTIL END