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Can't We Be Friends?
Words & Music by Kay Swift & Paul James, 1929
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1954
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.
FM7 D7/9 G G7
I thought I'd found the girl of my dreams,
CM7/6 Fdim CM7/6 C Edim G#7 G7
Now it seems, this is how the sto - ry 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?"
FM7 D7/9 G G7
I thought for once it couldn't go wrong,
CM7/6 Fdim CM7/6 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(III) 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+5 D7/9 Em7 D7/9 G
And wonder why, and won - der why?
FM7 D7/9 G G7
I thought I found the gal I could trust,
CM7/6 Fdim CM7/6 C Edim G#7 G7
Whatta bust, this is how the sto - ry ends --
G Am7 Gdim G C9 Fm Fdim C
She's gonna turn me down and say, "Can't we be friends?"
*Requested by recent visitor Federico Damiano.
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