How Many Friends Chords by The Who

Tempo:
77.6 bpm
Chords used:

F

Gm

Eb

Bb

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Who - How Many Friends chords
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[F] [Gm] [Eb] [Bb]
[F] [Gm] [Cm] [Bb]
[F] I'm [Gm] feeling so good right [Eb] now, there's a handsome [Gm] boy, tells me how I [F] changed his mind, [Gm] he buys
me a brandy, [Eb] what could it [Bb] be, he's [Eb] really just [F] after my ass, [Gm] he likes the clothes I
[Eb] wear, he says he [Bb] likes a [Gm] man to [F] dress in the season, [Gm] but no one else ever [Eb] stares, he's
[Gm] so kind, [C] what's the reason, how [G] many [Am] friends have I [F] really got, then count [G] them all [C] in
one hand, how [G] many [Am] friends have I [F] really got, [C]
[G] how many [F] friends have I really got, [F] that love
me, [Bb] that [F] want me, [Bb] that'll [F] take [Gm] me [Bb] as [C] I am,
[F] suddenly it's [Gm] a silver [Eb] screen, and a face
[Gm] so beautiful, [F] that I have to cry out, everybody [Gm] hears [Eb] me, but I look like [Bb] a fool [Gm] now, who
[F] would come try and shy out, [Gm] she knows all my [Eb] friends, but it's nice to find a [Gm] woman
who [F] is the only, [Gm] but now I think I've reached [Eb] the end, I wonder [Gm] in the dead of night, [C] how
do I rate, [G] how many [Am] friends have [F] I really got,
[C] [G] how many [Am] friends have I [F] really got,
[C] [G] how
many [Am] friends have [F] I really got, that love me, that want [Bb] me, [F] that'll [Eb] take me [Bb]
[C] as I am,
[Cm] it's all like a [Eb] dream you [Bb] know, when you're still up [F] early in the morning, [Gm] and [F] you all
sit together [Eb] to watch the sun come through,
[Cm] [Eb] but things don't look so [Ab] good, when you could
use a bit of warning, [Fm] then you know, but no one [C] will ever speak the truth, [G] about you,
[C] [G] how many [Am] friends have I [F] really got, [C] how [G] [Am]
[F] [G] [C] [G] many [F] friends have I really got, [F] that love me, that
want me, [Bb] that'll [F] take [Bb] me as [C] I am,
[F] we [Gm] were assigned a contract, [Eb] it was more than a [Bb] handshake
[Gm] then, I [F] know it still is, [Gm] but there's a plain fact, [Eb] we talk so much [Gm] shit behind each other's
[F] backs, I get the willies, [Gm] people know nothing, [Eb] about their own soft [Bb] guts, so, [Gm] how [F] can they
consume us up, [Gm] without suffering, [Eb] all the heart we [Bb] know, how [C] come they bother us up,
how many [Am] friends have I [F] really got, well you can count them on [C] one hand, [G] how many [F] friends
have I really got, [G] [C] [G] how many [Am] friends have I [F] really got, that love me, [F] that want me, [Bb] that'll
[F] take [Gm] me [Bb] as [C] I am.
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F
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Gm
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Eb
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Bb
12341111
C
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F
134211111
Gm
123111113
Eb
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To start learning The Who - How Many Friends chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: F, Gm, F, Gm, Eb, Bb, Gm, F, C, G and Am. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 38 BPM before aiming for the song's 78 BPM. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: F Major.

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[F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] I'm [Gm] feeling so good right [Eb] now, there's a handsome [Gm] boy, tells me how I [F] changed his mind, [Gm] he buys
me a brandy, [Eb] what could it [Bb] be, he's [Eb] really just [F] after my ass, [Gm] he likes the clothes I
[Eb] wear, he says he [Bb] likes a [Gm] man to [F] dress in the season, [Gm] but no one else ever [Eb] stares, he's
[Gm] so kind, [C] what's the reason, how [G] many [Am] friends have I [F] really got, then count [G] them all [C] in
one hand, how [G] many [Am] friends have I [F] really got, _ _ [C] _
_ [G] how many [F] friends have I really got, _ [F] that love
me, [Bb] that [F] want me, [Bb] that'll [F] take [Gm] me [Bb] as [C] I am, _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ suddenly it's [Gm] a silver [Eb] screen, and a face
[Gm] so beautiful, [F] that I have to cry out, everybody [Gm] hears [Eb] me, but I look like [Bb] a fool [Gm] now, who
[F] would come try and shy out, [Gm] she knows all my [Eb] friends, but it's nice to find a [Gm] woman
who [F] is the only, [Gm] but now I think I've reached [Eb] the end, I wonder [Gm] in the dead of night, [C] how
do I rate, [G] how many [Am] friends have [F] I really got, _ _
[C] _ [G] how many [Am] friends have I [F] really got, _ _
[C] _ [G] how
many [Am] friends have [F] I really got, _ that love me, that want [Bb] me, [F] that'll [Eb] take me [Bb]
[C] as I am, _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ it's all like a [Eb] dream you [Bb] know, when you're still up [F] early in the morning, [Gm] and [F] you all
sit together [Eb] to watch the sun come through, _
[Cm] _ [Eb] but things don't look so [Ab] good, when you could
use a bit of warning, [Fm] then you know, but no one [C] will ever speak the truth, [G] about you,
_ _ [C] _ [G] how many [Am] friends have I [F] really got, _ [C] how _ [G] _ [Am] _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] many [F] friends have I really got, _ [F] that love me, that
want me, [Bb] that'll [F] take [Bb] me as [C] I am, _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] we [Gm] were assigned a contract, [Eb] it was more than a [Bb] handshake
[Gm] then, I [F] know it still is, [Gm] but there's a plain fact, [Eb] we talk so much [Gm] shit behind each other's
[F] backs, I get the willies, [Gm] people know nothing, [Eb] about their own soft [Bb] guts, so, [Gm] how [F] can they
consume us up, [Gm] without suffering, [Eb] all the heart we [Bb] know, how [C] come they bother us up,
how many [Am] friends have I [F] really got, well you can count them on [C] one hand, [G] how many [F] friends
have I really got, _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] how many [Am] friends have I [F] really got, _ that love me, [F] that want me, [Bb] that'll
[F] take [Gm] me [Bb] as [C] I am. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was penned by Pete Townshend.

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