He Was A Friend Of Mine

he was a friend of mine by willie nelson in D a great song from the pen of bob dylan , adapted with some changes and used by willie nelson as the soundtrack for the film brokeback mountain . it is in the same key but A little slower in tempo than the dylan original . the Intro can be played throughout each Verse , and the instrumentals follow the same chord pattern as the verses . F#7 and Bm are barre chords . if you are not up to them yet , omit the 5th and 6th strings . metronome 56 mike perry chords A7 D G F#7 Bm E 0 2 3 2 2 B 2 3 0 2 3 G 0 2 0 3 4 D 2 0 0 2 4 A 0 0 0 4 2 E 0 0 0 2 2 Intro ( picking melody over chord ) A7 D A7 D G D F#7 Bm E - 0h3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0h3 - - - 22 - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - 5 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 2 - - 2 - 3 - 2 - - - 2 - | B - - - - - - - 2s5 - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - 0 - 0 - 0 - 3 - - 2 - - - - - 5 - 3 - | G - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2h4 - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2h4 - 2 - - - - - - - 0 - 0 - 0 - 2 - 3 - - - - - - - 4 - | D - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 2 - - - - - - - 4 - | A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 0 - 4 - - - - - - - 2 - | E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - 3 - 2 - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 2 - | D A7 D E - 0 - 2 - - - - - 2p0 - - - - - - - - - | B - - - 3 - - - 2 - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - | G - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 2h4 - 2 - | D - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | A - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | A7 D he was a friend of mine A7 D he was a friend of mine G D every time i think of him F#7 Bm i just can’t keep from cryin’ D A7 D ’cause he was a friend of mine A7 D he died on the road A7 D he died on the road G D he just kept on moving F#7 Bm never reaped what he could sow D A7 D and he was a friend of mine instrumental A7 D i stole away and cried A7 D i stole away and cried G D i never had too much money F#7 Bm and i never been quite satisfied D A7 D and he was a friend of mine A7 D he never done no wrong A7 D he never done no wrong G D a thousand miles from home F#7 Bm and he never harmed no one D A7 D and he was a friend of mine instrumental A7 D he was a friend of mine A7 D he was a friend of mine G D every time i hear his name lord F#7 Bm i just can’t keep from cryin’ D A7 D ’cause he was a friend of mine