A  E G  D A E G  D 
 
Verse 1 
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A friend?s not a cheap little phony creep 
         G                          D   
Or a jerk trying to make a deal 
      A                E    
A friend is a person who, most of all, 
G                            D   
Cares about what you feel; 
        A              D       
And nothing is harder 
           A          D                      
Than learning a friend isn?t real 
      A                            E     
A friend sends notes back and forth all day 
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And doesn?t care that you can?t spell 
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A friend knows you?ve got a crush on your teacher, 
         Em                       D         
But a friend would never tell 
      A                  D       
A friend?s outside waiting 
         A              D       
The minute you both hear the bell 
 
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E                     A        
And if your heart is always breaking 
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Cause the world is just not fair 
A                   C#m  
When you?re at your worst 
        F#m                            D 
Your friend?s the first one there 
  A               Cm            Bm    
Giving you something to lean on 
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And that?s what it means to be a friend 
 
A  E G  D A E G  D 
 
Verse 2 
 
     A                            E        
A friend won?t smoke when she?s in your room 
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Or laugh at the poems you write   
      A                    E               
A friend won?t go start kissing your brother 
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The minute that you?re out of sight 
     A              D       
A friend is the person 
A                  D       
You call sixteen times every night 
 
Chorus  
 
                     E                A         
And if your heart is always breaking 
                E                   A           
And you want to run and hide 
                  C#m  
When your hope is gone 
         F#m                    D 
Your friend is on your side 
   A                 Cm               Bm    
If someone moves in ?round the corner 
    A          Cm               Bm    
And you want to show him you care 
    A        Cm             Bm            A 
So you give him all your last month of vacation 
    B                             E    
And all of the time you can spare 
    A                            B            
But then, on the first day of classes 
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He acts like you?re not even there, 
         D               A   
Then he doesn?t know? 
  D              A   
He doesn?t know! 
          A     A              Bm 
He?ll never know what it means 
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To be  
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a friend