JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "You've Got a Friend" merupakan lagu James Taylor yang dirilis pada 1971.
Lagu ini dimuat dalam album Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon keluaran Warner Records.
Album ini merupakan album ketiganya setelah debutnya pada 1968.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Long Ago and Far Away - James Taylor
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "You've Got a Friend" dari James Taylor.
[Intro]
G C D G F#m B
[Verse 1]
Em B Em B Em
When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand,
Am D G
and nothing, oh, nothing is going right,
F#m B Em B Em
close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there
Am Bm D
to brighten up even your darkest night.
[Chorus]
G C Am
You just call out my name, and you know wherever I am,
G D
I'll come running to see you again.
G C Em
Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you got to do is call
C Bm Am D
and I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
D G C G F#m B
You've got a friend.
[Verse 2]
B Em B Em B Em
If the sky above you should turn dark and full of clouds,
Am D G
and that old north wind should begin to blow,
F#m B Em B Em
keep your head together and call my name out loud.
Am Bm D
Soon I'll be knocking upon your door.
[Chorus]
G C Am
You just call out my name, and you know wherever I am,
G D
I'll come running to see you again.
G C Em
Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you got to do is call
C Bm Am D
and I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Bridge]
F C
Hey ain't it good to know that you've got a friend when
G C F
people can be so cold. They'll hurt you and desert you.
Em A
they'll take your soul if you let them.
D
Oh yeah, but don't you let them.
[Chorus]
G C Am
You just call out my name, and you know wherever I am,
G D
I'll come running to see you again.
G C Em
Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you got to do is call
C Bm Am D
and I'll be there, yes I will.
G C G
You've got a friend. You've got a friend.
C G
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend?
C G
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend?
C G
Oh, yeah, yeah. You've got a friend.