Smash Mouth - Why Cant We Be Friends
Flat tune
Intro
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A |C#7 |F#m |G |D |C#7 |Bm7 |E ||
Chorus
A C#7
Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?
F#m G A7
Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?
Verse 1
D C#7
I seen ya, I seen ya, I seen ya round for a long long time
F#m A E
I really, I really, I really remember when you drank my wine
Chorus
A C#7
Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?
F#m G A7
Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?
Verse 2
D C#7
I seen ya, I seen ya, I seen ya walking down in China-Town
F#m A E Eb
I called you but you did not look around--yeah yeah
D C#7
I pay my, I pay my, I pay my money to the welfare line
F#m A E
I see you standing in it every time
Chorus
A C#7
Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?
F#m G A7
Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?
Verse 3
D C#7
The color, the color, the color of your skin don't matter to me
F#m A E Eb
As long as we can live in harmony, yeah yeah
D C#7
I kinda, I kinda, I kinda like to be the President
F#m A E
And I could, and I could, and I could show you how your money's spent
Solo A |C#7 |F#m |G A7 ||
Chorus
D C#m
Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?
Bm G A7
Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?
Verse 4
D C#7
Sometimes I don't speak right
F#m A E Eb
But did I know what I was talking about?
D C#7
I know you're working for the C.I.A.
F#m G A
They wouldn't have you in the mafia
Chorus
D C#m
Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?
Bm G A7
Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?
(repeat this chorus x12 as the music falls apart)
