Biography:
Andrew Maurice Gold (August 2, 1951 – June 3, 2011) was an American singer, songwriter, musician and arranger. His works include the Top 10 single "Lonely Boy" (1977), as well as "Thank You for Being a Friend" (1978) and "Never Let Her Slip Away" (1978).
Gold was a multi-instrumentalist who played guitar, bass, keyboards, accordion, synthesizer, harmonica, saxophone, flute, drums and percussion, as well as more arcane musical devices such as ukulele, musette, and harmonium.
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- Thank You For Being A Friend (golden Girls Theme)
- A River In Time
- Always For You
- Angel Woman
- Can Anybody See You
- Cant Get Used To Losing You
- Firefly
- Genevieve
- Go Back Home Again
- Goin Home
- Heartaches In Heartaches
- Here Without You
- How Can This Be Love
- Im Coming Home
- King Of Showbiz
- Kiss This One Goodbye
- Learning The Game
- Lonely Boy
- Looking For My Love
- Love Hurts
- Never Let Her Slip Away
- Oh Urania Take Me Away
- One Of Them Is Me
- Pal O Mine
- Ready To Go Home
- Teardrops
- Ten Years Behind Me
- Thank You For Being A Friend
- Thats Why I Love You
- Time Is Standing Still
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THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND - Andrew Gold
Capo on 1st
Intro:
A
A
Thank you for being a friend
D/A
Traveled down a road and back again
E11 A (A)
Your heart is true, you´re a pal and a confi - dant
A
I´m not ashamed to say
D/A
I hope it always will stay this way
E11 A (A)
My hat is off, won´t you stand up and take a bow
E/Ab -
Bridge:
F#m A7/E
And if you threw a par- ty
A/D C#7
In - vited everyone you knew
Em9 A7
Well, you would see
Bm7 F#m
The biggest gift would be from me
D D/C# D/B D/Ai E
And the card at - tached would say
Chorus:
E6 A
Thank you for being a friend
D/A
Thank you for being a friend
E11
Thank you for being a friend
A -
Thank you for being a friend
A/G# - A/F# - A/E -
D - D/C# - D/B - D/Ai -
A
If it´s a car you lack
D/A
I´d surely buy you a Cadillac
E11 A (Asus4 - A)
What - ever you need any time of the day of night
A
I´m not ashamed to say
D/A
I hope it always will stay this way
E11 A (A)
My hat is off, won´t you stand up and take a bow
E/Ab -
Bridge:
F#m A7/E
And when we both get older
A/D C#7
With walking canes and hair of gray
Em9 A7
Have no fear
Bm7 F#m
Even though it's hardly here
D D/C# D/B D/Ai E
I will stand real close and say
Chorus:
E6 A
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
D/A
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
E11
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
A
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
Asus4 A
Let me tell ya bout' friend (I wanna thank you)
D/A
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
E11
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
A (A - A -
Thank you for being a friend (friend)
C#) E F# Em6/G (Em6/G)
And when we die,
F#m (F#m)
and float a - way
Fmaj13 (Fmaj13)
Into the night,
A/E (A/E) - A -
the milky way
E F# Em6/G (Em6/G)
You'll hear me call
F#m (F#m)
as we as - cend
Fmaj13 (Fmaj13)
I'll say your name
A/E
then once a- gain
E/
Thank you for being a
A - A/G# - A/F# - A/E -
D - D/C# - D/B - D/Ai -
A A/G# A/F# A/E
Aah baba baah ba ba
D
Aah
Chorus:
D/C# D/B D/Ai A
thank you for being a friend
(I wanna thank you)
D/A
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
E11
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
A
Thank you for being a friend (friend)
A
People let me tell ya bout it friend (I wanna thank you)
D/A
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
E11
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
A
Thank you for being a friend (friend)
A
Oooh tell ya bout a friend
(let me thank you right now, for being a friend)
D/A
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna tell you right now and tell you again)
E11
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna thank you, thank you)
A
Thank you for being a friend (friend)
Outro:
(A) - A/G# - A/F# - A/E - D - D/C# - D/B - D/Ai - A //
A x02220
D/A x04232
E11 002130
E/Ab 422100
F#m 244222
A7/E 002020
A/D xx0220
x57655
C#7 x46464
x43421
Em9 020002
A7 x02020
Bm7 x24232
D xx0232
D/C# x40232
D/B x20232
D/Ai x00232
E6 022120
E 0xxxxx
A/G# 4x2220
A/F# 2x2220
A/E 0x2220
Asus4 x02230
A x0xxxx
C# x4xxxx
E xx2xxx
F# xx4xxx
Em6/G xx5420
Fmaj13 100210
E 022100
Capo on 1st
Intro:
A
A
Thank you for being a friend
D/A
Traveled down a road and back again
E11 A (A)
Your heart is true, you´re a pal and a confi - dant
A
I´m not ashamed to say
D/A
I hope it always will stay this way
E11 A (A)
My hat is off, won´t you stand up and take a bow
E/Ab -
Bridge:
F#m A7/E
And if you threw a par- ty
A/D C#7
In - vited everyone you knew
Em9 A7
Well, you would see
Bm7 F#m
The biggest gift would be from me
D D/C# D/B D/Ai E
And the card at - tached would say
Chorus:
E6 A
Thank you for being a friend
D/A
Thank you for being a friend
E11
Thank you for being a friend
A -
Thank you for being a friend
A/G# - A/F# - A/E -
D - D/C# - D/B - D/Ai -
A
If it´s a car you lack
D/A
I´d surely buy you a Cadillac
E11 A (Asus4 - A)
What - ever you need any time of the day of night
A
I´m not ashamed to say
D/A
I hope it always will stay this way
E11 A (A)
My hat is off, won´t you stand up and take a bow
E/Ab -
Bridge:
F#m A7/E
And when we both get older
A/D C#7
With walking canes and hair of gray
Em9 A7
Have no fear
Bm7 F#m
Even though it's hardly here
D D/C# D/B D/Ai E
I will stand real close and say
Chorus:
E6 A
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
D/A
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
E11
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
A
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
Asus4 A
Let me tell ya bout' friend (I wanna thank you)
D/A
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
E11
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
A (A - A -
Thank you for being a friend (friend)
C#) E F# Em6/G (Em6/G)
And when we die,
F#m (F#m)
and float a - way
Fmaj13 (Fmaj13)
Into the night,
A/E (A/E) - A -
the milky way
E F# Em6/G (Em6/G)
You'll hear me call
F#m (F#m)
as we as - cend
Fmaj13 (Fmaj13)
I'll say your name
A/E
then once a- gain
E/
Thank you for being a
A - A/G# - A/F# - A/E -
D - D/C# - D/B - D/Ai -
A A/G# A/F# A/E
Aah baba baah ba ba
D
Aah
Chorus:
D/C# D/B D/Ai A
thank you for being a friend
(I wanna thank you)
D/A
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
E11
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
A
Thank you for being a friend (friend)
A
People let me tell ya bout it friend (I wanna thank you)
D/A
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
E11
Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you)
A
Thank you for being a friend (friend)
A
Oooh tell ya bout a friend
(let me thank you right now, for being a friend)
D/A
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna tell you right now and tell you again)
E11
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna thank you, thank you)
A
Thank you for being a friend (friend)
Outro:
(A) - A/G# - A/F# - A/E - D - D/C# - D/B - D/Ai - A //
A x02220
D/A x04232
E11 002130
E/Ab 422100
F#m 244222
A7/E 002020
A/D xx0220
x57655
C#7 x46464
x43421
Em9 020002
A7 x02020
Bm7 x24232
D xx0232
D/C# x40232
D/B x20232
D/Ai x00232
E6 022120
E 0xxxxx
A/G# 4x2220
A/F# 2x2220
A/E 0x2220
Asus4 x02230
A x0xxxx
C# x4xxxx
E xx2xxx
F# xx4xxx
Em6/G xx5420
Fmaj13 100210
E 022100
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