[Intro]
      

[Verse 1]
             
When you're do

           
wn and trouble

            
d and you need

         
 a helping han

d,
           
and nothing, o

        
h, nothing is 

              
going right,
          
close your eye

            
s and think of

            
 me and soon I

           
 will be there
           
to brighten up

           
 even your dar

             
kest night.

[Chorus]
             
You just call 

         
out my name,  

             
and you know w

          
herever I am,
             
I'll come runn

         
ing   to see y

        
ou again.
             
Winter, spring

             
, summer, or f

         
all,  all you 

             
got to do is c


all
             
and I'll be th

           
ere,     yeah,

   
 yeah, yeah.
        
You've got a f

          
riend.

[Verse 2]
        
If the sky abo

              
ve you should 

            
turn dark and 

            
full of clouds


,
           
and that old n

        
orth wind shou

              
ld begin to bl

      
ow,
          
keep your head

            
 together and 

          
call my name o

   
ut loud.
          
Soon I'll be k

            
nocking upon y

       
our door.

[Chorus]
             
You just call 

         
out my name,  

             
and you know w

          
herever I am,
             
I'll come runn

         
ing   to see y

        
ou again.
             
Winter, spring

             
, summer, or f

         
all,  all you 

             
got to do is c


all
             
and I'll be th

           
ere,     yeah,

   
 yeah, yeah.

[Bridge]
             
Hey ain't it g

              
ood to know th

   
at you've got 

a friend when
             
people can be 

         
so cold.     T

             
hey'll hurt yo

      
u and desert y

ou.
            
they'll take y

              
our soul if yo

  
u let them.
             
Oh yeah, but d

         
on't you let t

      
hem.

[Chorus]
             
You just call 

         
out my name,  

         
and you know w

          
herever I am,
             
I'll come runn

         
ing   to see y

      
ou again.
             
Winter, spring

             
, summer, or f

         
all,  all you 

             
got to do is c


all
             
and I'll be th

        
ere, yes I wil

  
l.
              
You've got a f

            
riend.  You've

       
 got a friend.
             
Ain't it good 

              
to know you've

 
 got a friend?
             
Ain't it good 

              
to know you've

         
 got a friend?
             
Oh, yeah, yeah

              
.  You've got 

           
a friend.