Chords for Patti Labelle - You are my Friend - Live in NY

_ _ How did these children of two be here tonight?
[Eb] _
Daddy came!
_ [Dm] Oh, _ [Cm] thank you so much.
_ [Bbm] With friends like that I'll never go broke.
[Ab] Never, never.
_ So many friends [Eb] tonight. _
So many.
[Fm] _ [Gm] I [Ab] know you [Bb] all, and I, [Eb] I feel you all, and I, _ [Bb] I want to talk about something [Cm] that's_
I wish my sister was here [Bbm] to share this with me tonight.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] This is my first _ [Fm] live [Ab] video that I've ever done in [Bb] my [C] life.
_ _ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] _ Debbie, [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ I [Bbm] just need this little lift right [Ab] now.
If you just sing just a little bit, [Eb] Debbie.
Just a little bit for me, baby.
[Fm] Just a little [Gm] bit.
[Ab] Oh, _ [Eb] say _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ does _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Fm] _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] that _ [Eb] _
star-spangled banner _ _ [Gm] yet wave _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _
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[Fm] O _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb]'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
Oh, say does _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] that _ _ _ _ [Gm] star _ [Cm]-spangled banner yet wave
[Bbm] _ O [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ 'er _
[Fm] _ [G] _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] the _ _ _ [Bb] land of the free _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and _ the home [G] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
of the brave?
If you, if you have someone in your family who might be going through some illness,
[Bb] [Eb] you say to them today how much you love them,
and kiss them and hold them,
[Bb] _ [Eb] because tomorrow's not promised.
_ And I let one of my [Bb] sisters get away [Eb] from me by not saying to her how much I loved her.
_ And the day that I was about to say it, she slipped away.
_ So I'm just saying this to you that if you have someone who's going through something,
say [Ebm] it today.
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] Just say it today. _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ Oh, _ _ _ [Bb] dear my _ friend, [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
I never knew you today, _ [Gm] _ [Ab] _ _
my _ [E] friend.
_ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Your whole life, _ [E] _ _ [Bb] _
[G] oh, your [Eb] mind, not a single [Ab] word.
I'm Cindy Larmor. _
[Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ When I see your [G] tears, when I thought I'd break [Cm] a bone,
_ _ [Bbm] _
[Eb] oh, I show all [Ab] of my hope. _ _
[Bb] And you, [Ebm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ when [D] you're with you, that's [Ab] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] when [Fm] you're not me. _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ Helps [G] me make you know when you care.
[Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [G] When I'm in [Gm] the dark, _ [Cm] _ [A] I [Bbm]
see [Eb] a world of [Ab] rain.
Your love, [G] _
your love has made me [Ab] realize, _ _
[Eb] _ oh, my future [Fm] looks [Gm] so [Ab] bright to me [C] _ [Fm] because [Bb] of [Eb] people like _ you.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _ _
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_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ You are the _ one that _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [C] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
made me [Ab] love _ _ _ you. _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] Don't leave me, _ don't [Gm] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ go.
_ I need you in my life. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ And the years [Eb] go [Ab] by,
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] they [Eb] will come around,
and they [Ab] will be love.
[Bb] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ Come to the [Bb] front.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Gm] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ Oh, what made [Bb] _
_ me [Cm] have you, Jesus? _
[Bbm] Oh, _ [Eb] _ [Ab] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [Eb] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
I'm such a need [Fm] to have [Ab] you.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] But I'll build a [Cm] house for you, baby. _
[Fm] I'm _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] gonna take you to Jesus.
[Ebm] _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ And the [Fm] kids will be [Ab] _
[Bb] around.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ Yes, [Bbm] I'll [Eb] be [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ _ _
around.
Oh, _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Dm] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ oh, _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] oh, _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Fm] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
You'll be [Eb] around.
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[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Db] _ _
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _