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Friend Like Me
Alan Menken
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Song: Friend Like Me
Artist: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice
From the movie, Aladdin
Tricky chords:
Bb7 = x13131
A7#5 = x03021
Fm6/C = x8868x
Bb13 = 686786
Cdim7 = xx1212
G#dim7 = xx3434
Cm6 = x3x243
D7#5 = xx4536
D#7b5 = xx1223
Intro:
Dm Bb7 A7
Dm Bb7 A7
Dm Bb7 A7
Bb7 A7 Dm
A7 A7/C# Dm
Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves
A7 A7/C# Dm
Scheherezade had a thousand tales
A7 Dm
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves
E7 A7
You got a brand of magic never fails
Dm
You got some power in your corner now
A7 Dm
Some heavy ammunition in your camp
A7 Dm
You got some punch, pizzazz, yahoo and how
E7 A7x
See, all you gotta do is rub that lamp
A7 Dm
And I'll say
Bb7 A7
Mister Aladdin, sir
Dm Bb7 A7
What will your pleasure be?
F F7/Eb
Let me take your order
Bb/D C#
Jot it down
F A7#5 D
You ain't never had a friend like me
Bb7 A7 Dm
No no no
Bb7 A7
Life is your restaurant
Dm C# Fm6/C Bb13*
And I'm your maitre d'
F F/Eb Bb/D Bbm/C#
C'mon whisper what it is you want
F A7 Dm
You ain't never had a friend like me
Bb7
Yes sir, we pride ourselves on service
Dm
You're the boss
A7 Dm
The king, the shah
Bb13
Say what you wish
It's yours! True dish
Gm A7 Dm
How about a little more Baklava?
Bb7 A7
Have some of column "A"
Dm Bb7 A7
Try all of column "B"
F F/Eb Bb/D C#7
I'm in the mood to help you dude
F A7 Dm Bb7 A7
You ain't never had a friend like me
Dm
Wa ah ah
Bb7 A7
Oh my
Dm
Wa ah ah
Bb7 A7
No no
Dm
Wa ah ah
Bb7 A7 Bb7 A7 Dm
Na na na
Dx
Can your friends do this?
Do your friends do that?
F7
Do your friends pull this
G7 Ab7 A7 Bm7 Cdim7
out their little hat?
A7/C# Dm D
Can your friends go, poof?
Eb E F
Well, looky here
Gm7 G#dim7 A7 Bm7 Cm A7/C#
Can your friends go, Abracadabra, let 'er rip
A7 Bm7 Cm6 A7/C# D7 Em7 Fm6
And then make the sucker disappear?**
D7/F# D7 Gm
So doncha sit there slack jawed, buggy eyed
D7 Gm
I'm here to answer all your midday prayers
D7 Gm
You got me bona fide, certified
A7 D7#5
You got a genie for your charge d'affaires
D7 Gm
I got a powerful urge to help you out
D7 Gm
So what cha wish? I really wanna know
D7 Gm
You got a list that's three miles long, no doubt
A7 D7 Gm
Well, all you gotta do is rub like so and oh
Eb7 D7 Gm Eb7 D7
Mister Aladdin, sir, have a wish or two or three
Bb Bb/Ab Eb6/G F#7
I'm on the job, you big nabob
Bb/F
You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend
F#7
You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend
D#7b5
You ain't never had a
D7sus4 D7 Gm Eb7 D7
friend like me
Gm Eb7 D7
Wa ah ah
Gm Eb7 D7
Wa ah ah
Eb7 D7 Gm
You ain't never had a friend like me, hah!
*Dm C# Fm6/C Bb13 can be played Dm Bb13
**Alternate:
Dx
Can your friends do this?
Do your friends do that?
F7
Do your friends pull this
G7 A7
out their little hat?
A7/C# D
Can your friends go, poof?
F
Well, looky here
Bm7 Cm A7/C#
Can your friends go, Abracadabra, let 'er rip
A7 D7
And then make the sucker disappear?