A  D  G  A
D  G  A  D (x2)

[Verse 1]
A            D         G        A
Not for the first time I look back
D   G     A      D
On all those years
A            D         G        A
Not for the last time names will ring
D   G     A      D
In my ear
D    G         A      D
When there was just a gang of us
D           G         A        D
Storming the town by train and bus
A            D         G        A
A moment of thought this heart sends
D   G     A
To old friends

[Verse 2]
Em            D         G        A
Not for the first time I look back
D   G     A      D
On my first love
A            D         G        A
Unable to speak or think or move
D   G     A      D
Hand in glove
D              G       A       D
But what of it now and where is he
D              G       A       D
He who once meant so much to me
A            D         G        A
Because we are not, I can't pretend
D   G     A      D
Now old friends

[Chorus]
D      Bm               G       D
I was told love should hold old friends
D      Bm               G       D
I was told love should hold old friends
Bm           D            Bm          A
But when you leave you will close the door
A
Behind you
D          A
Dont' we always
   G     Bm     A      D
And time won't make amends

[Verse 3]
A            D         G        A
Standing here with my arm around you
D   G     A      D
Life's moved on
A            D         G        A
And all its borderlines
D   G     A      D
Are being redrawn
D              G         A        D
The winter has come the roads are white
D         G       A       D
Everyone's home late tonight
A       D         G        A
May we stay or will it depend
D   G     A      D
As old friends
D       G     A      D
In the end still old friends