Australia 
My Friend - Oblivia 
Written by Tony Juke 
Tabbed by Luke R (luke__007@hotmail.com). 
 
Listen to the song for the timing etc. For tabbing out the intro the number 
of times I put in the chords to play isn't the exact number as you're 
probably aware. So just listen to timing. And do no get mixed up with the 
bass riff which plays a different last note. I will tab out the bass too. On 
the B7 chord the 7th note is played on the top string for this song. It's 
pretty simple song to play. Enjoy. 
 
CHORDS 
------- 
    B7  C#  B   A(o)G#  A(p)E 
e|--5---4---2---0---4---5---7------------------------------| 
B|--4---6---4---2---4---5---9------------------------------| 
G|--4---6---4---2---5---6---9------------------------------| 
D|--4---6---4---2---6---7---9------------------------------| 
A|--4---4---2---0---6---5---7------------------------------| 
E|--2---------------4---5----------------------------------| 
 
INTRO (Guitar) 
------ 
    B7 
e|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--| 
B|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--| 
G|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--| 
D|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--| 
A|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--| 
E|-----------------------| 
 
    C#          B           A           B 
e|--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2---------| 
B|--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--4--4--4--4---------| 
G|--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--4--4--4--4---------| X 4 
D|--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--4--4--4--4---------| 
A|--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2---------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------| 
 
INTRO/VERSE (Bass) 
------------ 
 
G|---------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0---------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------4--4--4--4---------| 
 
CHORUS (Bass) 
 
G|---------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------7--7--7--7---------| 
E|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--5--5--5--5---------------------| 
 
 
LYRICS 
------- 
 
VERSE 
------ 
C#    B    A   B   C#    B    A    B 
My Friend has been born again 
C#    B    A   B   C#    B    A    B 
Turned his back on his life 
C#    B    A   B   C#    B    A    B 
Got his sights on another one 
C#    B    A   B   C#    B    A    B 
He says 'I could save you' 
C#            B 
Turn my head, roll my eyes, 
A                  B 
Shrug my shoulders and then say goodbye 
 
FILL: C# B A B 
 
CHORUS 
------- 
G# 
'Cause you're as individual 
        A(p)            E 
As this cold world will allow you brother 
G# 
It gets you towing the line, in time 
       A(p)             B7 
In one fashion or another 
 
FILL: C# B A B: X 2 
 
VERSE 
------ 
C#    B    A   B   C#    B    A    B 
My friend sees things differently 
C#    B    A   B   C#    B    A    B 
Tossed in his job, dumped his girl, 
C#    B    A   B   C#    B    A    B 
Said so long to his family 
C#    B    A   B   C#    B    A    B 
He says 'it's not my cup of tea' 
C#         B 
Head down, shut your mouth, 
A                    B 
Bite your tongue and watch life tick away 
 
FILL: C# B A B 
 
CHORUS 
------- 
G# 
'Cause you're as individual 
        A(p)            E 
As this cold world will allow you brother 
G# 
It gets you towing the line, in time 
       A(p)             B7 
In one fashion or another 
 
FILL: C# B A B: X 4 
 
VERSE (Less distorted) 
------ 
C#    B    A   B   C#    B    A    B 
My friend is on medication 
C#    B    A   B   C#    B    A    B 
No one hears the voice and the messages inside his head 
 
Distorted sound again 
C#    B    A   B   C#    B    A    B 
They say there's no explanation 
C#              B 
So he's sedated in a low in a depth 
A               B 
No one's ever known 
 
C#    B    A   B 
My friend 
C#    B    A   B 
My friend 
C#    B    A   B 
Sees things differently 
C#    B    A   B 
To you and me. 
 
Finish on B7 
 
 
Any comments, abuse etc, please email me. 
 
 
 
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