(intro) C (verse) Am Em My Old Friend, I recall F C Dm G the times we had hangin' on my wall Am Em I wouldn't trade them for gold. F C F C they laugh and they cry me, somehow sanctify me, F C Dm G they're woven in the stories I have told, and tell again (verse 2) Am Em My old friend I apologize F C Dm G For the years that have passed since the last time you and I Am E Dusted off those memories F C F G the running and the races, the people and the places F C G G there was always somewhere else I had to be, and time gets thin Am My old friend (tag) F C Don't know why, don't know why (x2) (7 bar interlude) CFC (verse 3) Am Em My old friend, this song's for you F C Dm G 'Cause a few simple verses is the least that I could do Am Em To tell the world you were here F C F G 'Cause the love and the laughter will live on long after F C G All of the sadness and the tears. G Am We'll meet again, my old friend. (tag 2) F C Goodbye, goodbye (repeat and fade)