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Thank you for be ing a friend.
Trav eled down the road and back a gain.
Your (F)heart is true, need you’re a pal and a con fi dant.
I’m not a shamed to say
I hope it al ways will stay this way.
My (F)hat is off, won’t you stand up and take a bow?
And if you threw a par (Bb7)ty,
in (Eb)vit ed ev ’ry one you knew,
well, (Fm9)you would (Bb7)see the big gest (Cm7)gift would be (Gm)from me and the (Eb)card (Bb)at (Cm9)tached would say: (F7)Thank you for be ing a friend.
(I wan na thank you.) Thank you for be ing a friend.
(I wan na thank you.) Thank you for be ing a friend.
(I wan na thank you.) Thank you for be ing a friend.
If it’s a car ing you lack,
I’d sure ly buy you a Cad il lac,
what (F)ev er you need an y time of the day or night.
I’m not a shamed to say
I hope it al ways will stay this way.
My (F)hat is off, won’t you stand up and take a bow?
And when we both get old (Bb7)er
with (Eb)walk in’ canes and hair of gray,
well, (Fm9)have no (Bb7)fear, the e ven (Cm7)though it’s hard (Gm)ly here, I will (Eb)stand (Bb)real (Cm9)close and say: (F7)Thank you for be ing a friend.
(I wan na thank you.) Thank you for be ing a friend.
(I wan na thank you.) Thank you for be ing a friend.
(I wan na thank you.) Thank you for be ing a friend.
(I wan na thank you.) Let me tell you ’bout it.
And when we (Ab6)die
and float a (Gm)way
in to the (Gb)night,
the Milk y (Bb)Way,
you’ll hear me (Ab6)call
as we as (Gm)cend.
I’ll say your (Ebm7)name
then once a (Bb)gain
thank you for be ing a (Bb)Ba
ba ba (Dm7)ba (Bb)ba ba (Eb)ba.
Thank you (Cm)for be ing (Cm7)a friend.
(Bb)Ba
ba ba (Dm7)ba (Bb)ba ba (Eb)ba.
Thank you (Cm)for be ing (Cm7)a friend.
(I wan na thank you.) Thank you for be ing a friend.
(I wan na thank you.) Thank you for be ing a friend.
(I wan na thank you.) Thank you for be ing a friend.
Peo ple, let me tell you ’bout it.
(I wan na thank you.) Thank you for be ing a friend.
(I wan na thank you.) Thank you for be ing a friend.
(I wan na thank you.) Thank you for be ing a friend.
Peo ple, let me tell you ’bout it.
This page shows “Thank You For Being A Friend” by Andrew Gold in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Eb at 114 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.