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?