Old Friend copyright 2009 Stan Lyness 4/4 112 C for me INTRO 1 (47 57) 1 5 Old friend, such a sight for sore eyes! 1 (5 1 ) Old friend, what a wondrous surprise! 1 (6m 5 ) Put down your backpack, pull up a chair, 4 (5 6m) pardon my slack-jawed wide-open stare, 4 (5 6 ) and please excuse this goofy grin. 2m 5 Old friend of mine, welcome in. (47 57) 1 5 Old friend, what's brought you this way? Old friend, how long can you stay? You've got some decades to tell me about! Start where we left off, leave nothing out, tell me everywhere you've been. Old friend, welcome in. (47 57) 1 Bridge: Last I heard, you were cycling for charities, 3 (4 1 ) chaining yourself to trees,(4 1 ) or marching for peace? (1 57) Didn't I hear you were hiking the Pyrenees, 3 (4 1 ) earning advanced degrees, (4 1 ) or raising your family? (2m 2 ) (5 4)(1 2) (5 4)(17 5) (5 4) 6m 5 Old friend, rest your feet a bit more. Old friend, in the meantime I'll pour a couple of mugs of your current vice. We'll toast to the loves and struggles of life and to the lives that might have been. My old friend, welcome in. INSTRUMENTAL HALF BRIDGE 3 (4 1 ) (4 1 ) (1 57) Half Bridge: You ain't changed a bit since university; 3 (4 1 ) got all your hair I see - (4 1 ) your turn now: lie to me. (2m 2 ) (5 4)(1 5) 6m 2 5 57 Old friend, stay if you can. Old friend, I understand. Thanks for rememb'ring who we were before, for never forgetting the road to my door. Now, before you disappear again, promise if you're near again, you'll be stoppin' here again. You'll be welcome in, (47 57) 6m 6m You'll be so very welcome in. (47 57) 1 1> - for the Plough crowd that became the Sal's crowd