How Many Friends

G                Am
  I'm feelin' so good right now
          F                    C                 G
There's a handsome boy tells me how I changed his path
             Am
He buys me a brandy
F                    C          Am      G
  Or could it be he's really just after my ass?
             Am
He likes the clothes I wear
F                   C               G
  He says he likes a man to dress in season
           Am               F                C
But no one else ever stares, he's being so kind
 Am            D     (no pause)
What's the reason?


[Chorus]

D         A             Bm    G
 How many friends have I really got?
                          A
 You can count 'em on one hand
D         A              Bm     G     A
 How many friends have I really got?
D         A              Bm     G
 How many friends have I really got?
     C   G          C   G           C    C/B (x20010) Am7 Am7/G  D
That love me, that want me, that'll take me           as I       am?


[Verse 2]

G                Am
Suddenly it's a silver screen
       F            C       Am     G
And a face so beautiful that I have to cry out
           Am
Everybody hears me
F                           C     Am      G
But, I look like a fool, now, with a cry and I shy out
          Am
She knows all of my friends
F                      C           Am     G
But it's nice to find a woman who'll stay on late
                      Am
But now I think I've reached the end
   F                   C       Am      D
I wonder in the dead of night, how do I rate?


[Chorus]

D         A             Bm    G
 How many friends have I really got?
                          A
 You can count 'em on one hand
D         A              Bm     G     A
 How many friends have I really got?
D         A              Bm     G
 How many friends have I really got?
     C   G          C   G           C    C/B (x20010) Am7 Am7/G  D
That love me, that want me, that'll take me           as I       am?


[Bridge]

Dm                 Dm/C  (pinky on A3)
   It's all like a dream you know
            C                    G
When you're still up early in the morning
Am                    G                   F                F/E
    And you all sit together to watch the sun come through
Dm                 Dm/C
  But things don't look so good
               Bb                     (bass Bb/A)
When you could use a bit of warning
Gm                                    A/E (?)                A
  Then you know that no one will ever speak the truth about you.


[Chorus]

D         A             Bm    G
 How many friends have I really got?
                          A
 You can count 'em on one hand
D         A              Bm     G     A
 How many friends have I really got?
D         A              Bm     G
 How many friends have I really got?
     C   G          C   G           C    C/B (x20010) Am7 Am7/G  D
That love me, that want me, that'll take me           as I       am?


[Verse 3]

G                        Am
When I first signed the contract,
       F                    C       Am         G
it was more than a handshake then, I know it still is.
              Am
But there's a plain fact
        F                           C    Am            G
We talk so much shit behind each other's backs, I get the willies
              Am                F             C
People know nothing about their own soft guts
                 Am G
So how come they can sum us up
         Am               F                C
Without suffering all the hype we've known
     Am         D
How come they bum us up


[Chorus]

D         A             Bm    G
 How many friends have I really got?
                          A
 You can count 'em on one hand
D         A              Bm     G     A
 How many friends have I really got?
D         A              Bm     G
 How many friends have I really got?
     C   G          C   G           C    C/B (x20010) Am7 Am7/G  D
That love me, that want me, that'll take me           as I       am?