Can't We Be Friends chords by Carol Sloane

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Bsus4
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Bbaug
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Em
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Verse 1
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I took each word he
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said as gospel truth
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The way a silly little child would
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I   can't ex cuse it on
the grounds of youth
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I was no babe in       the wild,
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wild wood
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He didn't mean it,
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I should have seen it,
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But now it's too late.
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I thought I found the man of my dreams,
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Now it seems this is
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how the story ends.
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He's gonna turn me down and say,
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D 
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can't we be friends?
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I thought for once I
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couldn't go wrong,
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not for long
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I can't see the way this ends
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He's gonna turn me down and say,
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can't we be friends?
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Never again I'm through with love,
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through with men
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They play their game without shame,
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and who's to blame?
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I thought I found a man
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I could trust,
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what a bust
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C 
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Am 
This is how the story ends.
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Bbdim 
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He's gonna turn me down and say,
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Gm 
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Gdim 
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A 
G 
C 
G 
D 
B 
can't we be  friends?
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Eb 
D 
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Bdim 
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A 
Bm 
Bbdim 
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D 
G 
F 
G 
Bdim 
E 
Em 
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D 
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F#dim 
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Eb 
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C 
Bdim 
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Am 
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Eb 
D 
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Cm 
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C 
Am 
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D 
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Em 
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Em 
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I thought I knew the wheat from the shelf,
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what a laugh
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this is how the story end      s
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she's gonna turn me down
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and say can we be friends
I knew it all the time
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Em 
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I acted like
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a  kid out of school
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Eb 
G 
C 
what a fool now I  see
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this is the      end
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D 
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she's gonna turn me down
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and say can we be
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Why should I care,
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though he gave me the air?
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Why should I  sigh, ever cry,
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and wonder why?
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Ddim 
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Bsus4 
I should have
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C 
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seen the single star,
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G 
what a flop!
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C 
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Am 
This is how the story ends.
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Eb 
Em 
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She's gonna turn me
down and say,
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Can't we be, can't we be,
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can't we be,
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Can't we be, can't we be,
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Em 
can't we be friends?
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Oh yeah!
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