I've Been My Own Worst Friend chords by
Sandy Denny
Sandy Denny
Strawbs
Strawbs

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Key: A major
Verse 1
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At
the gate you will wait
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And hesitate and you will lose
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I've got my life to live
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You must take what you make
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From the fake without a name
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I've nothing more to give.
Verse 2
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But if pleasure means money,
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then take it all
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I'll make sure I'm out
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the next time you call
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I know that something always
Em
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turns up in the end
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I've been my own worst friend.
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Verse 3
I was blind, you were kind
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Now I find that I was shy
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Nothing to do but leave
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I understand, it was planned
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Like the sand I'm high and dry
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I've no more dreams to weave.
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But if pleasure means
Verse 4
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money,
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then take it all
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I'll make sure I'm out
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the next time you call
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I know that something always
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turns up in the end
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I've been my own worst
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friend.
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Verse 5
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Like a fool, I was cool
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As a rule it works out fine
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This time it worked out wrong
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Now you've turned, I have learned
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And I've earned that which is mine
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Why not take me along.
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But if pleasure means money,
Verse 6
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then take it all
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I'll make sure I'm out
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the next time you call
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I know that something always
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turns up in the end
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I've been my own worst friend.
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