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🎧 OLD FRIEND — Recordable Demo Version
⏱️ Song Structure + Timing (≈ 3:10 total)
🎸 Intro (0:00–0:10)
• Soft guitar (or just hum)
• Play: G – D – Em – C
👉 Hum melody:
“mmm… mmm… mmm…”
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🎤 Verse 1 (0:10–0:40)
(Very soft, almost spoken at first)
My friend, old friend
You know me well
And I know you
Like stories we tell
Since we were young
Since we were free
Carrying dreams
Through memory
👉 Melody tip:
• Stay low and gentle
• Let “old friend” fall slightly downward
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🎤 Verse 2 (0:40–1:10)
My love for you
Is ages old
I love your laugh
And tales you’ve told
You don’t see
The light you bring
But I see everything
👉 Build slightly here (a little more breath, more feeling)
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🌊 Chorus (1:10–1:40)
(Lift—this is the emotional center)
Oh, you shine brighter than you know
Through every high and every low
You’ve weathered storms, you’ve stood so tall
You’ve given more than you recall
And I feel your sorrow, I share your joy
Through every year, since we were young
And through it all, one truth remains
You hold my heart… you always will
👉 Melody tip:
• “Oh, you SHINE…” → go higher here
• Let “always will” stretch and soften
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🎤 Verse 3 (1:40–2:05)
(Drop back down—intimate again)
I feel your sorrow
I share your joy
A wiser soul
Since we were young
In quiet strength
In all you do
There’s something rare
And deeply true
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🌙 Bridge (2:05–2:30)
(Slow + emotional, almost like a prayer)
God loves you dearly
So do I
Even when your restless side
Leads you down those winding roads
Still, you’re never on your own
👉 Pause slightly before last line
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🌅 Final Chorus (2:30–3:10)
(Full emotion, but not loud—warm and steady)
Oh, you shine brighter than you know
Through every high and every low
Tomorrow comes, but one thing’s true
My heart will always stay with you
Sending love through all your days
Through every turn, through all your ways
Old friend, my friend—this will not part
You’ll always, always hold my heart
👉 End softly on “heart
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