Best Friend chords by Foster The People

Capo: 1 | Key: C#



Chorus:
      Em      F      G  Am
(When your best friend's all strung out)
    Em       F
You do everything you can
        G      Am
'Cause you're never gonna let it get 'em down
     Em    F   G  Am
(When you find it all around)
  Em         F     G         Am
Yeah, it comes in waves but it's hardest from the start

Verse 1:
Am
Feelings sleeping in the field again
   G
I can feel, I can feel, I can feel
          Am  Dm Em
It's beginning to end
Am
Premonitions smiling in the dark
   G
I can see, I can see, I can see
             Dm C/B F
The story's starting to arc
G
 It dries up


Pre-chorus:
Am
 I've been a spoken word
Am
 I've been a river bed
Am
 I've been a rabid force
Am
 And let it flow out from within
G                          Dm  C/B
 Sometimes it feels like I only dream in black and white
  F     G
And color's so oh


Chorus 2:
      Em      F      G  Am
(When your best friend's all strung out)
    Em       F
You do everything you can
        G      Am
'Cause you're never gonna let it get 'em down
     Em    F   G  Am
(When you find it all around)
     Em         F
Yeah you say it's what you need
       G        Am
And hide your eyes when you're close to me
      Em    F    G  Am
(With your feet up in the clouds)
  Em       F       G         Am
Well, it comes to waves but it's hardest from the start


Verse 2:
Am
Waves in theta sleeping into dreams
   G
I can feel, I can feel, I can feel
        Am  Dm Em
The celestial beings
Am
Wilted pleasures leave you with a breath
   G
I can see, I can see, I can see
          Dm C/B F
The beauty in the mess
G
 It dries up


Pre-chorus 2:
Am
 I've been a river bed
Am
 I tried to salt the wound
Am
 I've carried more than I can
Am
 I feel I've got a lot to prove
G                          Dm C/B
 Sometimes it feels like I only dream in black and white
  F     G
And color's so oh


Chorus 3:
      Em      F      G  Am
(When your best friend's all strung out)
    Em       F
You do everything you can
        G      Am
'Cause you're never gonna let it get 'em down
     Em    F   G  Am
(When you find it all around)
     Em         F
Yeah you say it's what you need
       G        Am
And hide your eyes when you're close to me
      Em    F    G  Am
(With your feet up in the clouds)
Em       F      G       Am
 You oughta know that I'm here no matter where you wanna go
      Em      F   G  Am
(With your head hanging upside down)
  Em       F       G         Am
Well, it comes to waves but it's hardest from the start


Bridge:
F Am G   Em            F
    I am here, no matter where you are
  Am        Em
I'm waiting here with open arms
           F
No matter where you are
       Am          Em
Sometimes you have to wait until it passes by
           F
Like a satellite or star
  Am        Em
No matter where you are


Instrumental (x2): Em F G Am


Ending:
      Em      F      G Am
(When your best friend's all strung out)
      Em     F G     Am
You know it! Uh uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh
      Em    F    G
(With your feet up in the clouds)
    Am      Em     F G     Am
Oh yeah, you know it! Uh uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh
      Em      F      G
(When your best friend's all strung out)
   Am
Oh yeah, you know it!
Em       F      G       Am
 You oughta know that I'm here no matter where you wanna go
      Em      F   G
(With your head hanging upside down)
   Am
Oh yeah, you know it!
Em         F
 That's how you know
     G       Am