Intro: CGFadd9F x4
CGFadd9F
When I saw him last he had that look in his eyes
CGFadd9F
I said, "Do you need to talk?", he said, "No."
CGFadd9F
So I called him up, asked him again and I waited a while
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he began to speak, then he started to cry
AmGF
You know some things are best left unspoken
AmGF
and some things just never work out
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Sometimes, seems you try and you try and whatever you do
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There's a fix that you're in, and you just can't get out
AmFAmGAmGF
He said, "I need your help, I need it now
AmFAmGC
Give me the strength to go on"
Though I didn't know what I knew that something was wrong
He still had his pride, he'd tell me in time
Well this feeling inside kept eating at me
I was losing a friend, and I had to know why
When I heard the voice on the phone, I knew it was bad news
So I rushed to be by his side
And we said goodbye for the last time
I gently hugged him, and kissed him goodbye
He whispered, "I need your help, I need it now.
Give me the strength to go on."
FC
We were always laughing, I just remember laughing, mama
F
We were always laughing
Oh I need your help, I need it now
Give me the strength to go on
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Though as time goes by, and it all becomes clear
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We can see the deceit, we see the lies
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So I asked myself, over and over, and over again
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What did they know? What did they hide?
BbmAbGb
Fools, leading the innocent blindly
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Fools, turning away
And I know that when I think of my friend with that look in his eyes
And if they told the truth, he might be here today
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I need your help, I need it now
BbmGbBbmAbDb
Just give me the strength to go on
BbmAbGb
I remember the laughing, We were always laughing
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Oh no, it's just strength we need now
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