Jesse Welles – Friends chords | Learn to play like a beginner

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: E
• Capo: 4th fret
• Chords: C, F, G, Am, G/B
• BPM: 79
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

[Intro]

C
 
 
[Verse]

         C           F
Will all promises be kept?
        G             Am
Will we all be better off?
          F               C
I get the notion we won't know
          G              C
Until the ketamine wears off
                      F
I looked up and to my left and saw
  G         Am
A canopy of greed
  G      F            C
I do not need to be unburdened
       G               C
I just need someone to lead
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]

          Am            C
And if it looks a bit familiar
        G             Am
Like it did the other time
     G        F               C
They say that history don't repeat itself
    G            C
No, history just rhymes
 
 
[Chorus]
            F
The river's deep
            C
The river's wide
          G                   
And there ain't no way across it 
                          Am
'cept to swim or sink and die 
           F
The way is long
            C
The path is mеan
        G                           
I ain't got none of my friends left,  
                         Am
thеy all vanished in the stream 
        F              C           
I ain't got none of my friends left, 
         G               C
they all vanished in the stream
 
 
[Verse]

C                           F
When the black cat with his chainsaw
         G              C
Picked a child from his litter
G/B  Am             F
To remind us he's a man
       G              C
I'll admit I did feel bitter
                      F
And I wondered if the jester knew
     G              C
That he's in on the joke
     G/B         Am               F
Some folks don't ask whats in the wagon
          G                 C
They just grin and bear the yoke
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]

          Am            C
And if it looks a bit familiar
        G             Am
Like it did the other time
     G        F               C
They say that history don't repeat itself
    G            C
No, history just rhymes
 
 
[Chorus]

            F
The river's deep
            C
The river's wide
          G                   
And there ain't no way across it 
                          Am
'cept to swim or sink and die 
           F
The way is long
            C
The path is mеan
        G                            
I ain't got none of my friends left, 
                         Am
thеy all vanished in the stream
        F              C             
I ain't got none of my friends left, 
         G               C
they all vanished in the stream
 
 
[Solo]

C   F  
G   C
Am  F  
G   C
 
 
[Verse]

C                       F
When they pave over the bodies
      G             Am
And democratize the stones
       F              C
I will leave a Yelp review
       G             C
In the valley of the bones
                           F
When the thirsty get their blood
            G                Am
And all the people's souls departed
         F              C
They can raise the holy swollen
       G             Am
Golden temple of the arches
G              C
Onward history marches
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]

          Am            C
And if it looks a bit familiar
        G             Am
Like it did the other time
     G        F               C
They say that history don't repeat itself
    G            C
No, history just rhymes
 
 
[Chorus]
            F
The river's deep
            C
The river's wide
          G                   
And there ain't no way across it 
                          Am
'cept to swim or sink and die 
           F
The way is long
            C
The path is mеan
        G                           
I ain't got none of my friends left, 
                         Am
thеy all vanished in the stream
        F              C              
I ain't got none of my friends left, 
         G               C
they all vanished in the stream
 
 
[Outro]

C

Track Info

• Song: Friends
• Artist: Jesse Welles
• Written by Jesse Welles
• Produced by Eddie Spear
• Album: Friends
• Release Date: 9 May 2026