HE WAS FRIEND OF MINE BY WILLIE NELSON IN A great song from the pen of Bob Dylan, adapted with some changes and used by Willie Nelson as the soundtrack for the film Brokeback Mountain. It is in the same key but a little slower in tempo than the Dylan original. The intro can be played throughout each verse, and the instrumentals follow the same chord pattern as the verses. and are barre chords. If you are not up to them yet, omit the 5th and 6th strings. Metronome 56 Mike Perry Chords e 0 2 3 2 2 2 3 0 2 3 0 2 0 3 4 2 0 0 2 4 A 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 2 (picking melody over chord) He was a friend of mine He was a friend of mine Every time I think of him I just can't keep from cryin' 'Cause he was a friend of mine He died on the road He died on the road He just kept on moving Never reaped what he could sow And he was a friend of mine Instrumental I stole away and cried I stole away and cried I never had too much money And I never been quite satisfied And he was a friend of mine He never done no wrong He never done no wrong A thousand miles from home And he never harmed no one And he was a friend of mine Instrumental He was a friend of mine He was a friend of mine Every time I hear his name Lord I just can't keep from cryin' 'Cause he was a friend of mine
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