Chords for Friends - Michael W Smith

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[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
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_ I _ _ [A] _ _ [G]
can't believe [Bm] the hopes _ _ _ [Em] he's spreading. _ _ _ _
[G] Ain't a [Am] chapter in your life, _
[C] _ _ [D] is there? _ _
_ We'll keep you [Dm] _ close, _ but we'll keep you far.
As _ [B] always, _
_ [E] _ _ it [B] won't _ even [Am] seem _ _ [G] you've gone.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [G] Cause our hearts, _ in [Bm] big and [Em] small ways, _ _ _ _
_ Will keep the love that [D]
keeps _ us [C] strong. _ _ _
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] And friends are friends [Gb] forever, [D] _ _
[Em] if the Lord's in the Lord with [G] them.
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[G] And a friend will not say [D] never, _ [C] cause the world will not [G]
end.
[D] _ [B] Though it's hard to let you go, _ in the [Em] farthest ends we [C] know,
_ That a lifetime's not too [G] long _ _ _
_ [G] to live as friends. _
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And with the faith and [Bm] love _ that [Em] God's given,
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_ _ _ Springing from the hope _ [Em] _ [D] we _ know, _
_ _ [G] _ And we will pray the [Bm] joy _ _ [Em] you'll never,
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ Is the strength that now _ [Em] _ [D] you show.
_ _ _ _ We'll keep you [Dm] _ _ _ _ close, as _ [A] _ always,
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It [Am] won't _ _ even seem _ _ [G] you've gone. _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ Cause [G] our hearts, in [Bm] _ _ big [Em] and small ways,
_ _ _ [Am] _ Will keep the love [D] that keeps _ us [C] strong. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ Yeah, [G] yeah, yeah.
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_ _ [G] And friends are friends [D] forever, _ [C] if the Lord's in the Lord [G] with them.
_ [D] _ [G] And a friend will not say [D] never, _ [C] cause the world will not _ [D] _ _ end.
Though [B] it's hard to let you go, _ in [Em] the [D] farthest ends [C] we know,
_ [Am] That a lifetime's not [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ too long to live as friends.
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_ [Db] _ [Ab] And friends are friends [Gm]
forever, _ [Eb] _ [Db] if the Lord's in the Lord with [Eb] them.
_ _ [Ab] And a friend will not say [Eb] never, _ [Fm] cause the world will not [Eb] end.
[Bbm] _ Though [G] it's hard to let [C] you go, _ [F] in the farthest [Ab] ends we [Db] know,
_ _ That [Bbm] a lifetime's not too long [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ to [E] live [Fm] as friends. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] No, a lifetime's not too long _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to live as friends.
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