All of My Friends Were There chords by The Kinks
Verse 1
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My big day,
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it was the biggest day of my life.
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It was the summit of my long career,
But I felt so down,
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and I drank too much beer,
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And my manager said that I
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should not appear.
I walked out onto the stage
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and started to speak.
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The first night I've missed
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for a couple of years,
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I explained to the crowed
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and they started to jeer,
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And just when I wanted no one to be there,
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All of my friends were there.
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Not just my friends,
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but their best friends too.
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All of my friends were there
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to stand and stare,
Say what they may,
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all of their friends need not stay.
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Those who laughed were not
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friends anyway.
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All of my friends were there
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to stand and stare.
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Verse 2
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Days went by,
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I walked around dressed in a disguise.
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I wore a mustache and I parted my hair,
And gave the impression
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that I did not care,
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But oh, the embarrassment,
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oh, the despair.
Came the day,
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helped with a few last glasses of gin,
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I nervously mounted the stage once again,
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Got through my performance
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and no one complained,
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Thank God I can go back to normal again.
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I went to that old cafe,
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Where I had been in much happier days,
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And all of my friends were there,
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And no one cared.
Say what they may,
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all of my friends were there.
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Not just my friends,
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but their best friends too.
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All of my friends were there,
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Now I don't care.
All of My Friends Were There
The Kinks
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