I Couldn't Be Your Friend Chords

KeyF CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays465

I Couldn't Be Your Friend by Tegan and Sara is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, C, Dm, A# and F/E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
F
Text
16
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Intro: F    C    Dm    A# 

F 
  Does your heart ache  
         C 
When you get around me? 
Dm 
  Does your heart break  
             A# 
When you think about me?  

F 
Now you wanna say I was a liar 
C 
Led you astray, I won't deny it 
Dm 
I did what they 
                  A# 
Thought would be good for me 

F 
Now you wanna cry, call me a cheater 
C 
Left you to die, though I did neither 
Dm 
Thought that it would 
                 A# 
That it would be best for me 



A#         F 
   Do you cry? 
     C              C 
Oh, do your worst 
A#         F 
   Do you topple? 
 C              C 
Do your worst 



A#    F               C  
  I couldn't be your friend 
     C              A# 
Even if I tried again 
    F               C        C 
I couldn't be your friend 
          A# 
Try to conceive it 
          F 
I wont believe it 
     C              C 
Even if I tried again 
A#   F               C        C 
 I couldn't be your friend 



F 
  Does your body shake  
         C 
When you get around me? 
Dm 
  Does your body wake 
             A# 
When you think about me? 

F 
Now you wanna say I was a criminal  
C 
Stole you away, that sounds so fictional 
Dm 
I did what they 
                  A# 
Thought would be good for me 



A#         F 
   Do you cry? 
     C              C 
Oh, do your worst 
A#         F 
   Do you topple? 
 C              C 
Do your worst 



A#    F               C  
  I couldn't be your friend 
     C              A# 
Even if I tried again 
    F               C        C 
I couldn't be your friend 
          A# 
Try to conceive it 
          F 
I wont believe it 
     C              C 
Even if I tried again 
A#   F               C        C 
 I couldn't be your friend 



F 
Now you want to say 
F/E 
You had it all wrong 
Dm 
Now you wanna say 
A# 
You had me all wrong 

F 
Now you want to say 
F/E 
You had it all wrong 
Dm 
Now you wanna say 
A# 
You had me all wrong 



A#    F               C  
  I couldn't be your friend 
     C              A# 
Even if I tried again 
    F               C        C 
I couldn't be your friend 
          A# 
Try to conceive it 
          F 
I wont believe it 
     C              C 
Even if I tried again 
A#   F               C        C 
 I couldn't be your friend 

          A# 
Try to conceive it 
          F 
I wont believe it 
     C              C 
Even if I tried again 
A#   F               C        C 
 I couldn't be your friend 

A#    F    C    C 
A#    F    C               C 
         Couldn't be your friend 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante