[Intro]
D    A     Bm    G 
D    A     Bm    G
[Strophe]
D                    A      Bm 
What will I do when you are gone? 
G                   A     D 
Who's gonna tell me the truth? 
                A            Bm  G 
Who's gonna finish the stories I start, 
             A     D 
The way you always do?
[Strophe]
D                A      Bm 
When somebody knocks at the door, 
G                 A 
Someone new walks in. 
D             A      Bm 
I will smile and shake their hands, 
G                   A 
but you can't make old friends.
[Refrain]
                G     D 
You can't make old friends 
                  Bm  A 
Can't make old friends 
          D                  A       Bm 
It was you and me, since way back when. 
G                            A 
But you can't make old friends.
[Instrumentale]
D    A     Bm    G 
D    A     Bm    G
[Strophe]
D             A               Bm 
How will I sing when you are gone? 
G                     A 
Cause it wont sound the same. 
D                    A      Bm   G 
Who will join in on those harmony parts, 
             A    D 
When I call your name?
[Refrain]
               G    A 
You can't make old friends 
           Bm  A 
Can't make old friends 
        D               A       Bm 
It was you and me, since way back when. 
G                  A   D 
But you can't make old friends.
[Post-Refrain]
G                         D 
When Saint Peter opens the gate, 
G                    A 
And you come walking in. 
Bm                  D 
I will be there just waiting for you. 
Bm                   A 
Cause you can't make old friends 
G                    A     D 
Cause you can't make old friends.
[Interlude]
D            A              Bm  G 
When I am out on the stage all alone 
                       A 
And I hear the music begin. 
D    A          Bm            G 
We all know the show must go on. 
G                  A    D 
But you can't make old friends.
[Outro]
               G    D 
You can't make old friends. 
                   Bm 
Can't make old friends 
   D             A          Bm 
And you and me, will be young again. 
G                       A   D 
You can't make old friends. 
D            A        Bm    G 
You and me, will be together again. 
Em                  A 
Cause we both know, we will still be old friends. 
D              A 
You can't make old friends 
Bm              D    A     Bm 
Not the way we have always been.