Chords for Mark Almond - Everybody Needs A Friend

_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ Old man [Ab] sitting in the park, _
[F] _ trying to while [Eb] away the hour _ _
_ And every day [Ab] he feeds the bird, _
[F] _ in sunshine [Eb] and in shower _ _
[Ab] _ _ Old [Bb] man, were you once like me, [Eb] always wondering what was [Cm] round the bend
[A] I see you [Bb] feed the birds, [Ab] I guess _ [Bb] everyone [Eb] needs a friend
There _ _ _ _ _ _ she sits [Ab] in her favorite bar, _
[F] _ _ and it's only [Eb] lunchtime _ _
_ _ Divorcee gay [Ab] at forty-four, _ _
[F] wondering how he could be [Eb] so unkind
[Ab] _
_ All the [Bb] years she gave to him, they're [Eb] gone and [G] never to be again
[A] I see her drink her [Cm] wine, I guess [Bb] everyone [Eb] needs a friend
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _
[Bb] Everyone needs [Eb] a friend, _ _ [Ab] everyone needs somebody to turn to
_ [Gm] To make it all worthwhile, _ _ _ [Bb] it makes it all worthwhile
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _
Young girl [Ab] in the record store, _ _ [F] _
and she's still there [Eb] at closing
[Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _
Substituting [Ab] father's love, _ [Abm] _ for rock and roll [Eb] stars and supposing
_ _ [Ab] In her dreams [Bb] of movie screen, _ [Eb] that never [G] seem [Cm] to end
I [Eb] hear the [Cm] records play, [Ab] I guess everyone needs [Eb] a friend _ _
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_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
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_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ [Bb] Everyone needs [Eb] a friend, _ _ _
[Ab] everyone needs [Cm] somebody to [Ab] turn to
To [Gm] make it all worthwhile, _ _ _ [Bb] it makes it all worthwhile _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ There he stands [Ab] upon the [Eb] stage, _
[Abm] _ the band [Eb] around him playing _ _ _
_ Nervous fingers [Ab] round [Eb] the mic, _ _
[F] he hears [Eb] himself saying
[F] _
[Ab] Thank you folks, [Bb] the show is through, _ [Eb] they applaud him
_ [G] _ The end
[Am] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ The [Ab] _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Eb] _
world _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb]
needs a friend
[Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _