Say You're Just A Friend Chords

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Say You're Just A Friend by Austin Mahone is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Verse 1:
 
G                                       C 
Hey hey baby you've been on my mind I knew you for a long time 
       Em                                D 
but I've been thinkin baby that you should know (oh oh yeah eh uh) 
G                                 C 
Hey hey baby can we compromise I really want you to be mine 
                Em                      D 
I've got a million places that we could go (o, oh yeah uh) 

Pre-Chorus:
 
     G                          C 
I wanna be your everything, I want to be the one you need 
       Em                                       D 
So tell me where ya been all my life, gonna make you mine tonight 



          G                     C 
Hey baby you, you got what I need 
         Em 
But you say you're just a friend 
          D 
yeah you say you're just a friend (2x)




Verse 2:
 
G 
Hey hey baby we've been on the phone 
C 
spendin time together alone, 
         Em                                          D 
but every time we talk the words don't come out right 

oh oh, yeah e uh 
G 
Hey hey baby when I look in your eyes 
C 
I can tell that you're holdin somethin inside 
             Em 
I've been thinkin bout oh oh oh 
                    D 
I've been thinkin bout eh eh eh 

Pre-Chorus:
 
   G                            C 
I wanna be your everything, I want to be the one you need 
       Em                                                D 
So tell me where ya been all my life, gonna make you mine tonight 


          G                     C 
Hey baby you, you got what I need 
        Em 
But you say you're just a friend 
          D 
yeah you say you're just a friend (2x)



 
G                                                       C 
Yeah, kinda been seein this most of my nights, tryna make other girls whistle 
                                Em 
but its a hell of a life how to make the wrong hit 
                        D 
no bring it tight round have a good time bro feelin good right now 
G                       C                    Em 
but I remember this marking 1989 maybe 90, can?t do me like 
                        D 
a song I wrote, cutting glass chasin you 'cuz you all I want 
        G                          C             Em                       D 
like you, you got what I need, and if not I'll just pretend but still, 
I can get your friend I'm playin, no 
G                                    C                                     Em 
but maybe thats too freaky lil, we brushin eyes I can see the twinkle in them 
                                                    D 
thought we'd be together til I see the wrinkle in them- 
but I guess not 




          G                     C 
Hey baby you, you got what I need 
           Em 
But you say you're just a friend 
             D 
yeah you say you're just a friend (4x)


 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante