A Friend Is A Friend tab by Pete Townshend

Open D tuning: DADADE

[intro]
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[bridge]
   D6sus4/G   D/F#   Dmaj9/E   D
When eyes meet in silence a pact can be made
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D6sus4/B   D/A    Aadd4       Aadd4   D  D2 D  Aadd4
A life-long alliance that won't be betrayed, won't be betrayed
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D Ds2 D Aadd4...
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[chorus]
  D Dsus2 D   Aadd4  D Ds2 Dsus4 D Aadd4
  Be friendly,        befriend me now.
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D D2 D Dsus2 D  Aadd4  D D2 D
    Be friendly
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[verse]
A friend is a friend, nothing can change that
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Arguments, squabbles can't break the contract that
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each of you makes   to the death, to the end
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Aadd4                 D...
Deliver your fu-ture      into the hands of your friend
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[repeat chorus]
Be friendly, befriend me now

[repeat verse]
A promise is a promise, a handshake will seal it
No amount of discussion can ever repeal it
Commitment forever to borrow or lend
To deliver your future into the hands of your friend

[repeat chorus]

[bridge 2]
   D6sus4/G   D/F#   Dmaj9/E   D
When eyes meet in silence a pact can be made
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D6sus4/B   D/A    Aadd4        Aadd4
A life-long alliance that won't be betrayed, (won't be betrayed)
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Bm/F#   A/E    G     Bm  A
 You need a mate when facing the end, but
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Bm/F#    A/E   G     Bm  A
 what is the fate now facing my friend?
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Em    Bm/F#   A/C# Bm Asus4   D Dsus2 D  Aadd4...
 Facing my friend, yeah,  what faces my       friend, yeah
                    (Be friendly...)
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[repeat verse]
A friend is a friend, nothing can change that
Arguments, squabbles can't break the contract
That each of you makes to the death, to the end
Deliver your future into the hands of your friend, yeah

[repeat chorus and fade]