I had a friend chords by Lee Hazlewood

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Verse 1
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Did you ever notice that some people don't even think,
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let alone act like other people?
Now, you take
Tarzan.
Did you know that
Tarzan ain't even married to
Jane?
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Well, he ain't. I  can see that poor girl now squinting
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her eyes and looking up some big tree and saying,
Tarzan,
honey, let's get married this afternoon.
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And I can see old
Tarzan looking down at her saying,
Jane, darling, I'd love to,
but me and
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Cheetah's busy busting up
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coconuts for supper.
Did you know
Tarzan ain't never paid no income
tax?
Well, he ain't.
I can see that poor girl now saying,
Tarzan, you better pay your income
tax
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or they gonna come and get you.
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An d old
Tarzan is standing
right up there in that tree
and yell, let them come,
Jane, darling.
and me and
Cheeto will chuck them with these here
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coconuts.
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Did you know
Tarzan ain't even been vaccinated
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for smallpox?
I can just hear
Jane saying now,
Tarzan, come on down here
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and get vaccinated for smallpox.
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And old
Tarzan would say, phooey on you,
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Jane.
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Did you know
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Tarzan can't read?
Well, he can't.
Now I can just hear
Jane saying, ha, ha, ha,
Tarzan,
you can't read.
And old
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Tarzan would just stand right
up there in that tree
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with a big grin on his face and say,
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hit her with a coconut, cheetah.
I had a friend named
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Bill
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He lived over there on that big hill
I went to see him yesterday
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Then I  heard someone say
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You're just in time to be too late
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We shot
Bill this morning
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He read some books we didn't appreciate
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So we shot
Bill this mornin'
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You missed the crowd all filled with hate
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We burned his house last night at eight
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Ain't you sorry that you're late
We shot
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Bill this mornin'
I had a friend named
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Sam.
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Sam was a mighty man.
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I went to see him yesterday.
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Then I  heard someone say,
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You're just in time to be too late
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We hung
Sam this morning
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He had ideas he thought were great
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We hung
Sam this morning
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He said all men should be free
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But we know this can never be
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And  so we hung him to a tree
We hung
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Sam this mornin'
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