Can't We Be Friends Chords
by Carol Sloane
Can't We Be Friends by Carol Sloane is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords G, Am7, Gdim, C9, Fm, Fdim, C, Em7, Am, D, Dm, E7, G/B, Dm7, F, Cdim, C/B, A7, D7/9, G5, F7M, G7, Cm7/9, Edim, G#7, A and A7/13-. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G Am7 Gdim G C9 Fm Fdim C
Em7 Am Em7 Am D
I took each word she said as gospel truth
Dm E7 G/B Em7 Am
The way a silly little child would
Em7 Am Em7 D
I can't excuse it on the grounds of youth
Dm G Em7 Dm Dm7 Am
I was no babe in the wild, wild wood
F Am Cdim Am
She didn't mean it, I should have seen it
Fdim G C C/B A7 Gdim Dm7 D7/9 G5
But now it's too late
F7M D7/9 G G7
I thought I'd found the girl of my dreams,
Cm7/9 Fdim Cm7/9 C Edim G#7 G7
Now it seems, this is how the story ends
G Am7 Gdim G C9
She's gonna turn me down and say
Fm Fdim C Edim Dm7 Fdim G
"Can't we be friends"
F7M D7/9 G G7
I thought for once it couldn't go wrong
Cm7/9 Fdim Cm7/9 C Edim G#7 G7
Not for long, I can see the way this ends
G Am7 Gdim G C9 Fm Fdim C
She's gonna turn me down and say, "Can't we be friends"
F Fdim Fm Cdim Dm7 C G Fdim C
Why should I care though she gave me the air
C E7 A Em7 A7
Why should I cry, heave a sigh
A7/13- D7/9 Em7 D7/9 G
And wonder why, and wonder why
F7M D7/9 G G7
I thought I found the gal I could trust
Cm7/9 Fdim Cm7/9 C Edim G#7 G7
Whatta bust, this is how the story ends
G Am7 Gdim G C9 Fm Fdim C
She's gonna turn me down and say, "Can't we be friends"