G    C        F           Am        G7
Oh, listen my dear friends and I'll tell you a story
C          Am        G7  G
About someone I barely knew at all
      C        F          Dm         G7
He was a friend of my friends and they told me about him
    C    Dm            G7
How he had nothing to break his fall


G  C      F  Dm          G7
He had that bad religion in his blood
  F              Am        Dm           G7
The kind that brings you down and can never lift you up
G      F          G7                C
He was a beautiful young man on the streets of Austin
C      F                G7              C
He was a ghost faced junkie on the streets of New Orleans
C          F            Am    G
I could barely recognize him when I saw him
C      F          Am    F      Dm                       G7
He had to look me in the face and say my name before I knew it was him
    C     F    C      Dm      G
Oh buddy, I wish I'd been a better friend


Dm                Am    F       Am
What if they only gave you love when you lied?
Dm            Am       F  Am
It's bound to really rip you up inside
    F                    Am                F         Dm
Pressures a person into that horrible mouth that leaves a bloody aftermath
Dm                G
Everything minus one is everything


  F            G7          C
He treated me with what I considered kindness
    F                G7                        C
When I crawled off to sleep in my car he was worried about me
      F              G7                        C
When we payed our respects to the moon on the outskirts of Austin
  Dm       Am Dm      C                       G7
I'm sorry to say I was too shy to stay in touch with him
G7      Am    F      C      G
Oh buddy, I wish I'd been a better friend

  Dm            Am        F          Am
And I wonder what it takes just to save one little life
F              Am   Dm     Am    G7
Icarus almost made it back to the shore

Dm          Am      F                Am
When I was really down, there were three little words
      F           Am         Dm           G7
From a couple of good people that kept me holding on


    F      C      Dm        G
Oh buddy, I'll never get a chance again
    F      C      Dm         G
Oh buddy, I wish I'd been a better friend
    F      C      Dm       G
Oh buddy, I'll never get a chance again
    F      C      Dm        G
Oh buddy, I wish I'd been a better friend