You could use these bass riffs on the verses... At times like... A friend in... I'm on my... e |---------------| e |---------------| e |---------------| B |---------------| B |---------------| B |---------------| G |---------------| G |---------------| G |---------------| D |---------------| D |---------------| D |---------------| A |---0---2---4---| A |---0---2---4---| A |---4---2---0---| E |---------------| E |---------------| E |---------------| The above pattern follows for the other similar verses. *********************************************************************** | / / /__/ / | / / / / | | / / /__/ / | / / / / | / /__/ / / | At times like these, when ene - mies can number more than friends, A friend in - deed is what I need, not someone who pretends, I'm on my way, I cannot stay another day! You're such a pain, must I ex - plain my every meaning to you? It's such a drag the way you nag at me, and make me feel blue, I'm on my way, I cannot stay another day! ( You're so pusillanimous, oh----, yeah, ( Nature's calling, and I must go---- there-----! | / / /__/ / | / / / / | | / / /__/ / | / / / / | / /__/ / / | A glass of wine with Gertrude Stein I know I'll never share, But I don't mind, that's just the kind of cross each man must bear, I'm on my way, I cannot stay another day! ( You're so pusillanimous, oh---, yeah, ( Nature's calling, and I must go---- there-----! | / / /__/ / | / / / / | | / / /__/ / | / / / / | / /__/ / / | Another day, I know they say that all the world's a stage, I'll play the fool, but, as a rule, I'd rather act my age, I'm on my way, I cannot stay another day! I'm on my way, I cannot stay another day, I'm on my way, I cannot stay another day!