Key: Ab major•
Verse 1
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so we'd kind of like you to join
us on one if you would please.
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This has always been my very favorite sing
-along song
in the whole world.
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It comes from my home state of Texas,
and it's called He Was a Friend of Mine.
Hey! Is there somebody from
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Texas back there?
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Is that right? Big deal.
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It goes something like this.
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Well, he was a friend of mine,
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he was a of mine,
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didn't have a dime,
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but he was a of mine,
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Listen, y 'all, people when they usually end this song just end it,
you know, he was a friend of mine,
So I want you to pay real close
attention to everything
so you can kind of sing along with us, you know, and really make a, you know,
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and everything.
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Well, he, did you get the little ee?
You got to remember that because that's kind
of important and everything, see.
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But, this is the best part.
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Was a friend of mine.
Okay, everybody sing along
and really put your heart into it.
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Hot dog, I guess I'm excited.
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Well, he was a friend of mine.
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He was a friend of mine
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Didn't have a dime
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But he was a friend of mine
One more time, everybody!
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He was a friend of mine
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He was a of mine
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didn't have a dime,
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but he was a friend of mine.
We got it!
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I don't know where he come from.
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I don't know where he come from.
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I don't know where
Everybody sing!
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Well, he was a friend of mine
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He was a friend of mine
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Didn't have a dime
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But he was a friend of mine
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I stole away and cried,
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I stole away and cried
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the night that my friend died
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I stole away and cried by yourselves
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Be a friend of mine
That's pretty cruddy
I hear there's about 800
You come here,
it's a big night of the week, right?
Saturday night,
everybody gets excited
Probably get your favorite date
You probably took a bath
You come out here for a big evening
in the whole world and I want
because you know if
you do if you do it right
you get chills all over yeah
so everybody one more time
now
I really expect to hear it now
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here we go
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Alright! died a king in paradise
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He was a of mine
Now why did you do that the first time?
Clots.
Okay, now look,
I want everybody to sing
in what's real soft and quiet
and we're gonna sing
harmonies and stuff.
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He was a friend of mine
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He was a of mine
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He died that day
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Didn't have a dime
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But he was a of mine
Let's really hit it now
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He was a of mine
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He was a of mine
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He died without me, didn't have a dime
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So he was a friend of mine
All right, you guys.
When you do a sing -along,
you gotta follow the bouncing folk singers,
right?
Okay, one more time.
When I cut it off,
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everybody, cut it off.
Well, he...
What a retarded section.
One more time.
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Will he?
I tell you what, we're getting there,
but what we've gained in precision,
we've lost in soul.
So everybody sing it one more time,
now really get into it, you guys,
you know, right deep down in the old pack of cigarettes and really...
Here we go.
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Will he?
All right!
One more time.
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Will he?
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He was a friend of mine.
You
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