Chords for James Taylor - You've Got A Friend (One Man Band, July 2007)

I'll show you a picture of a nightclub in Los Angeles called the Troubadour on the corner of Santa Monica and Doheny.
_ Actually, it's kind.
To call it a nightclub is to stretch it.
It's a dive and a joint and a hole in the wall, and it just seems to thrive on neglect.
_ It continues year after year.
I played there repeatedly, evidently, in the early 70s. _ _ _ _
_ _ That picture was not taken in the early 70s.
The cars are wrong, and the people would have their costumes on, and the purple haze would be all in their brains. _
_ The Troubadour.
And when I played there, the three times I played there, I shared the bill with Carol King.
Here's a picture of Carol.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ She and I shared a band.
This is what people looked like in those days. _ _
_ _ _ This is what people look like when [D#] they don't have access to mirrors.
_ [N] And basically, they have to go on other people's say-so.
_ How do I look?
You look fine.
How do I look?
You look [G#] fine.
Let's go. _ _ _ _
Anyway, that right [N] next to Carol there, the one that looks like the Smith Brothers' cough drop box, is a legendary bass player named Leland Sklar.
Lee Sklar.
My old partner, Lee Sklar.
_ And my old best friend up above Carol there, Danny Kortsmore, a cooch.
Danny Cooch. _ _
_ _ Anyway, the one next to him who looks like Joni Mitchell with a mustache is me.
_ _ _ And I seem to have forgotten to eat again.
It's happened a lot.
_ Anyway, _ _ _ _ Carol had written this great song, really a perfect pop song, I thought.
And Carol, in what actually turned out to be a typically generous gesture, _ insisted that I take the first crack at this tune and record it first.
She was in the studio recording herself, but she let go to what, to my mind, was the perfect song.
I didn't realize at the time that I'd be singing it every single night for the rest of it.
_ _ _ _ And glad to, really, because it's a great song to be known for.
So anyway, I asked Joni Mitchell if she would sing some harmonies with me on it.
And at the time, she was my, _ today you'd say she was my bitch.
_ _ _ Seems rude.
Seems rude when [Bm] you just say it like that.
_ I [G#] was her bitch too.
_ So maybe that helps.
_ [Bm]
Co-bitch kind of thing.
_ Anyway, so you've got your Joni Mitchell and your James Taylor and your Carol King and you've got a friend.
_ [A] _ _
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_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ [F#m] When you're down, _ [C#] when trouble, [D#m] _ [C#] [F#m] and you need [C#] some loving [F#m] [E] care.
_ [Bm] And nothing, oh nothing [D] is going [A] right. _ _
_ _ _ [G#m] Just close your eyes and [C#] think of me.
[D#m] _ [C#] [F#] Yes and soon I [C#] will be [F#m] there.
_ _ [Bm] The bright and up, [C#m]
oh even your [E] darkest night.
[D] _ _ [E] _
[D] _ [A] [Bm] You [A] just call out my [E] name.
And [D] you know wherever [A] [Bm] I am, I'll [A] come running to _ _ see you [D] again.
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[D] _ [A] _ [Bm] [A] It's winter, spring, summer, or [E] fall.
_ _ [D] Now all you've got to do is [F#m] call on me.
_ [D] And I will be [C#m] there, yeah, yes [Bm] I'll be [D] there.
You've [A] got a friend.
_ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
[C#] If [F#m] the sky high [C#] above you [D#m] [C#] should [F#] grow dark [C#] and full of [F#m] clouds.
And [Bm] that old cold [D] north wind should in [A] turn blow. _ _ _ _
_ [G#] Just keep your forehead [C#] together now.
And [F#m] call [C#] my name [F#m] out loud, you [Bm] know.
Maybe soon I'll [C#m] be knocking on your [D] door.
_ _ [E] _ [D] _
[A] [Bm] You just [A] call out [E] my name.
And you [D] know [A] wherever I [Bm] am, [A]
[Bm] I'll come [A] running _ to _ see you [Bm] again.
_ _ _ [E] _ [D] _
[A] _ [Bm] [A] It's winter, spring, summer, or fall.
_ [D] Baby, all you've got to do is [F#m] call. _
[A] And [D] I'll be [C#m] there, you know [Bm] I'll be [D] there. _
[G] Oh, ain't it good to know [D] you've got a friend [A] when people can be so [E] cold. _
They'll [D] hurt you, yes, and [G] you'll search you.
But [F#m] they'll take your soul if you [B] let them.
_ _ [D] Don't you let them.
[E] _ _
You just [A] call out my name.
And [D] you know [F#m] wherever [Bm] I [D] am, I'll [A] come running like this fast as I can to see you [D] again.
Oh, [E] yes, [D] don't [A] you know [Bm] about [A] that winter, spring, summer, or fall.
All [D] you've got to do is [F#m] call.
_ [A] And I [D] will be there, [C#m] yeah, yes, I'll be [Bm]
there.
You've got [A] a friend.
_ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [A] You've got a [C#m] friend.
_ [Bm] Ain't it good to know that you've [A] got a friend?
[C#m] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [A] [E] Walking and talking [A] and everything, [Bm] friend.
_ [D] _ [A] Oh, I'll send everybody here [Bm] tonight.
It's [A] feeling like a holiday.
It may take some [Bm] time.
[A] Or to take some consolation [Bm] in one thing.
Oh, [F#] yeah, ain't it [A] good to know, yeah, [Bm] yeah, yeah.
[E] _ _ _ _
You've got a _ [D] _ [A] _ [D] friend. _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Yeah.
_ _ It's nice to, well, it's dangerous to play at home, but it's nice, you know.
It's the lovely Berkshires, you know, the best place on the earth. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I've done extensive research and I find that to be true.
The best place there is. _ _
Yes.
_ _ I'll have to take that out, though, of the, we'll have to edit that out because, you know,
we don't want to show any favorites.
I have to re-record You've Got a Friend with all the rest of the cities in it, too.
It's _ painstaking, you know, but it pays off. _ _ _ _ _