OLD FRIEND
As recorded by J.J. Cale
(From the 2009 Album ROLL ON)



[Intro]
          
           


[Verse 1]

How you been?
             
It would be so

        
 nice to see y

ou, my old fri

end

What's been go

ing on?
             
Are you still 

            
singing that s

ame old song?
             
Has your days 

             
been treating 

    
you well?
             
Are the nights

      
 still cold as

 hell?
              
It would be so

             
 nice to hear 

         
from you again

My old friend


[Verse 2]
             
I hear all the

             
 old folks are

        
 gone, I guess

 we're the one

s now
              
That's the way

              
 it goes, thos

            
e crowded days

       
 are behind us

 now
             
May your backs

             
ide catch the 


wind
             
May you have m

        
any more days 

to spend
              
I could see yo

   
u again
      
My old friend


[Guitar Solo]
           
            


[Verse 3]
             
We always knew

             
 those days wo

           
uld forever la

st
              
And all those 

             
friends we had

      
 would never p

ass
             
But they did a

             
nd the numbers

      
 grow small
             
For a time we 

      
had it all
             
Like to see yo

           
u again someti

me
             
I'll try to ca

           
ll, my old fri

end


[Guitar Solo]



[Verse 4]
            
May your backs

             
ide catch the 


wind
             
May you have m

        
any more days 

to spend
              
I could see yo

   
u again
      
My old friend


[Outro]