The reason I wrote this song is 
because when I was about 7 years old. 
I had a friend named Ryan. We hung 
out together all the time. And In 
the year 2000 my mom got a phone call, 
my best friend Ryan had been killed. 
He was playing on a Giant tree log 
and it rolled over on top of him. 
So this is the song I wrote about that

This song is 100% True and 100% for my Best friend

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*                             *
* Cadd9= x320033              *
* (There are two different    *
* ways of playing Am7 so I    *
* Labeled them:)              *
*                             *
* Am7e (open e string)= x02010*
* Am7f (3rd fret)= x02013     *
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(Intro:)
   G       Cadd9    Am7e Am7f D Dsus Cadd9
E----3---3---3-3-3----0--3-3--2-3----3----------------------
B----3---3---3-3-3----1--1-1--3------3----------------------
G----0---0---0-0-0----0--0-0--2------0----------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A------2---3---3-3--0----0-0-------3------------------------
E--3--------------------------------------------------------

(Verse 1: Intro pattern throughout)
  G                       Cadd9
I had a friend when I was 7 years old
Am7e Am7f        D Dsus  Cadd9
And his name was Ryan
   G            Cadd9
It hit me right when my mom said it
Am7e Am7f D Dsus               Cadd9
But I hurt to bad to feel like cryin'

(Intro 1x)

(Bridge strum)
Am                        C
Well I know he went to heaven
D               Bm
but I sure miss him

(Chorus)
         G  Cadd9 D Cadd9      G       Cadd9 D Cadd9
And he's m---------------y old friend
G        Cadd9                    D       Cadd9
And he's havin' a good time up in heaven
                      G
where the streets are gold

(Intro to verse 2)
E-----------5-3-2--10---------------------------------------
B--------3-2------------------------------------------------
G-----2-4---------------------------------------------------
D--2-4------------------------------------------------------
A-5---------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------

(verse 2 same pattern and chords as verse 1)

His favorite song was "Big House"
And he's the one I'm singin' for
and I know by now 
He's won the battle and the war

(Bridge, also same chords)

And I know he'd know my name
If he saw me in heaven

(Chorus)

Bridge:
(no chord)
And I know he's thinkin'
       G   Cadd9 D
It's a big, big house
      Cadd9           G
Where we can play football
       G  Cadd9 D
It's a big, big house
Cadd9            G
It's my father's house

(Strum: G, Cadd9, Am, C, Am7f, D, Dsus, F, G)

(Chorus)

Ending strum:
  G                       Cadd9
I had a friend when I was 7 years old
Am7e    D        G
And his name was Ryan