D G D A
My bark of life was tossing down the troubled stream of time,
D G D A D
since first I saw your smiling face and youth was in its prime.
[Chorus]
G D A
Oh, I'll ne’er forget where’er I roam, wherever you may be,
D G D A D
if ever I have had a friend you've been that friend to me.
[Verse 2]
D G D A
Misfortune nursed me as her child and loved me fondly, too,
D G D A D
I would have had a broken heart had it not been for you.
[Chorus]
G D A
Oh, I'll ne’er forget where’er I roam, wherever you may be,
D G D A D
if ever I have had a friend you've been that friend to me.
[Verse 3]
D G D A
I now look back upon the past across life's troubled sea,
D G D A D
and smile to think mid all I've seen you've been a friend to me.
[Chorus]
G D A
Oh, I'll ne’er forget where’er I roam, wherever you may be,
D G D A D
if ever I have had a friend you've been that friend to me.
