D                G       D                           A
My bark of life was tossing down the troubled stream of time,
      D                G                D         A      D
since first I saw your smiling face and youth was in its prime.


[Chorus]

         G            D                                 A
Oh, I'll ne’er forget where’er I roam, wherever you may be,
    D          G                   D         A         D
if ever I have had a friend you've been that friend to me.

[Verse 2]

   D                 G        D                        A
Misfortune nursed me as her child and loved me fondly, too,
  D                   G             D      A        D
I would have had a broken heart had it not been for you.


[Chorus]

         G            D                                 A
Oh, I'll ne’er forget where’er I roam, wherever you may be,
    D          G                   D         A         D
if ever I have had a friend you've been that friend to me.

[Verse 3]

  D             G        D                           A
I now look back upon the past across life's troubled sea,
    D                  G                   D      A         D
and smile to think mid all I've seen you've been a friend to me.


[Chorus]

         G            D                                 A
Oh, I'll ne’er forget where’er I roam, wherever you may be,
    D          G                   D         A         D
if ever I have had a friend you've been that friend to me.