Hey Kind Friend
Amy Ray

Indigo Girls
Shaming of the Sun
1997

I'm still doing acoustic songs from the Indigo Girls'
latest CD, so here's one of the best on the album.
There's not too much too it, except you have to get
the rhythm right.  So listen to the CD and get to it!

Lyrics
Chords

Capo 2nd

INTRO (play 4x):

   G                 F       G                           F       G
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:---0---0---2---2-|-----------0---0-|---0---0---2---2-|-----------0---0-|
A:-----------------|---3---3---------|-----------------|---3---3---------|
E:-3---3---3---3---|-1---0---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|-1---0---3---3---|

This is the verse:

     hey kind friend                     I don't know...again        on a
   G                         F         G                         F
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:---0---0---2---2-|---0---0---------|---0---0---2---2-|---0---0---------|
A:-----------------|-----------3---3-|-----------------|-----------3---3-|
E:-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---1---0---|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---1---0---|


   ferryboat bound to Victoria   layin' down to
   C                 D
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----------------|-----------2-----|
B:-------1---------|-----3-------3---|
G:-----0-------0---|---2-----------2-|
D:---2-----------2-|-0---------------|
A:-3---------------|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|


   hide from the wind
   G                 F       G                           F       G
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:---0---0---2---2-|-----------0---0-|---0---0---2---2-|-----------0---0-|
A:-----------------|---3---3---------|-----------------|---3---3---------|
E:-3---3---3---3---|-1---0---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|-1---0---3---3---|


     The big dipper...city               you know everything...for me   and it ain't no
   G                         F         G                         F
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:---0---0---2---2-|---0---0---------|---0---0---2---2-|---0---0---------|
A:-----------------|-----------3---3-|-----------------|-----------3---3-|
E:-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---1---0---|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---1---0---|


   use in explainin'    the scenery
   C                 D                 G                 F       G
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----------------|-----------2-----|-----------------|-----------------|
B:-------1---------|-----3-------3---|-----------------|-----------------|
G:-----0-------0---|---2-----------2-|-----------------|-----------------|
D:---2-----------2-|-0---------------|---0---0---2---2-|-----------0---0-|
A:-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---3---3---------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-3---3---3---3---|-1---0---3---3---|

LYRICS:

Hey kind friend
Don't know when I'll see you again
On a ferryboat bound for Victoria
Laying down to hide from the wind

The Big Dipper hangin' over the city
You know everything now is different for me
And it ain't no use in explainin' the scenery

CHORUS
      C          D
I said "hey kind friend
           G               Gmaj7
Help me forget where we've been
     C
Hey kind friend
D
   Remember who I am"

play intro figure 1x


It's too late in Spokane
So I caught a ride through the Cascade Range
I saw the sun dying in Olympia
Running down on Capitol Lake

Now I ask you for some relief
And it's one true root that you bring to me
It's three A.M. and it's good company

CHORUS
      C          D
I said "hey kind friend
           G               Gmaj7
Help me forget where we've been
     C
Hey kind friend
          D            G       Gmaj7
Help me remember who I am
     C
Hey kind friend
           D             G       Gmaj7
Don't know if I'm gonna see you again
       C
It's OK friend
D         G
   It's OK friend"


INSTRUMENTAL

play G for several measures

then play chorus chords until dulcimer and intro figure return

play second half of verse

So I'll meet you in New Orleans I'll see you around
Cause I don't know if it's worth coming down
I'm calling you from a gold rush town

CHORUS
I said "hey kind friend
Help me forget where we've been
Hey kind friend
Help me remember who I am
Hey kind friend
Don't know if I'm gonna see you again
It's OK friend
I'm OK friend
I said I'm OK friend
I'm OK friend"


G for several measures

intro figure returns and fades


CHORDS:

C	x32010
D	xx0232
G	320003
Gmaj7	3x0002


To learn why these chords are named this way, check out Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory.