Friends and Company
(Transcribed by Jim McGuire)


Instrumental
C   F    G     C    Am     F      G      G7

Verse 1
Too much singing for my living tonight to a song for friends and company
C        F               G      C           Am        F              G     G7
Too much is the matter with the giving on spite
C                F                G         C
Here's one for the giving and the other for free
  Am                  F               G         C

Instrumental
F     G       C      Am    F      G      G7

Verse 2 the same as Verse 1
The straw that broke that camels back has blown upon my window sill
I may look beaten but I don't look back when you break my heart you feed my will

Middle 8
This should be an instrumental but it seems I made up words
Am   G      Am                         C               G
Though they have a way of getting in the way what a way to be absurd
           Am                   G             F           G        Am
It's a way of being hurt
G                      Am
Instrumental
F    G    G7    C       F    G      C      Am      F       C
Verse 3 as before
Too much is the matter with the giving on spite 
Here's one for the giving and the other for free

Too much time for resting easy not enough to sleep all night
Am   G    Am                          C                     G
In the shooting star I take for dreaming wakes me now
        Am                   F               G 
The doctor's right is the doctor ever right
              Am             G             Am

OH la   etc etc etc
Am   C       Am     G      C       Am   F       G       

Oh God I need to swallow you whole again I gotta mend the old soul again
C         F       G           C          F       G             C
All I need is some inner peace
F                          G

As per instrumental the chords for the next verse are as before

Give the soul a way to fly to soothe the eyes of memory
Let's give it all for an answer why if you reach for heaven the spirits on me
There's too much singing for my living tonight 
To a song for friends and company
Too much is the matter with the giving on spite
Here's one for the giving and the other for free