Friends and neighbours (1954)     (video)    (midi)

 

    Em - A - D

 

                                 B7

1. When you've got friends and neighbours,

                  E

    all the world is a happier place,

       A                                              D

    friends and neighbours put a smile on the gloomiest face.

             G                                                         - F#                               Bm

    Just take your little troubles and share 'em        with the folks next door,                                    
                      E                                     - A                                      A7

    make's it twice as easy to bear 'em,       that's what friends are for.

 

                            B7

2. 'Cos if you've friends and neighbours

                 E

    that is something money won't buy,

      A            A7                        F#

    you can hold your head up high.

                               Em      A                       D                                   B7

    Although you've not a penny and your house may be tumbling down,

              Em              A                               A7                   D

    with friends and neighbours you're the richest man in town.

 

+  instrumental = verse 1

 

+  repeat verse 2

 

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Billy Cotton & his Orchestra)