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Old Friends

Ben Rector G# Vote rhythm

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1 years ago
Capo 1
Tone: [G]
Verse 1:
[G] I can still find W[D]Wiley's hous[Em]house [C]
[G] Riding [D]on my bike with e[Em]eyes closed
I can n[G]name every girl that [D]he took ou[Em]out [C]
[G] And from my m[D]memory, dial his ho[Em]house phone
 
Chorus:
Can you t[G]ake me back wh[Bm]en w[Em]e were just k[C]ids
Who weren't sc[G]ared of getting old[Bm]er? -yeah y[Em]eah-[Eb]
'Cause no one kn[D]knows you like they know y[Am]you
And no one pr[Em]probably ever wil[C]will
You can gr[G]grow up, make n[Am]new ones
But tr[Em]truth is there's nothing like [C]old friends [G]-o[D]-oooh-
[Em] 'Cause you can't make [C]old friends [G]-oo[D]-oooh- -[Em]-mmm yeah-
 
Verse 2:
[G] I can still feel the w[D]windows down[Em]down [C]
Listening to J[G]Jimmy Eat World
riding [D]3-wide on Blake's b[Em]bench seat -yeah-
[G] My God, it's been t[D]ten years no[Em]now [C]
I would h[G]have his back tom[D]tomorrow
And he'd still f[Em]fight anyone who tried to to[C]touch me
 
Chorus:
Can you t[G]ake me back wh[Bm]en w[Em]e were just k[C]ids
Who weren't sc[G]ared of getting old[Bm]er? -yeah y[Em]eah ooo[Eb]h-
'Cause no one kn[D]knows you like they know y[Am]you
And no one pr[Em]probably ever wil[C]will
You can gr[G]grow up, make n[Am]new ones
But tr[Em]truth is there's nothing like [C]old friends [G]-o[D]-oooh-
[Em] 'Cause you can't make [C]old friends [G]-oo[D]-oooh-[Em]oh- [C]
 
Bridge:
[G] And I've got some go[D]good friends now[Em]now
[G] But I've never se[D]seen their parents' b[Em]back porch
[G] I wouldn't change how th[D]things turned ou[Em]out [C]
But there's n[G]no one in this t[D]time zone
Who knows what [Em]inline skates that [C]I wore
 
Chorus 2:
Can you t[G]ake me back wh[Bm]en w[Em]e were just k[C]ids
Who weren't sc[G]ared of getting old[Bm]er? -yeah y[Em]eah ooo[Eb]h-
'Cause no one kn[D]knows you like they know y[Am]you
And no one pr[Em]probably ever wil[C]will
You can gr[G]grow up, make n[Am]new ones
But the tr[Em]truth is [C]
That we gr[D]ow up, then w[Am]ish we could go b[Em]ack then
There's nothing like [C]old friends [G]-o[D]-oooh[Em]ooh-
'Cause you can't make [C]old friends[G] -[D]oo[Em]oh-[C] [G]

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