G# C# G# C#
G# C7 Fm G#7 C# C7 A#m7 D#
Chorus:
G#
Why can't we be friends
C7
Why can't we be friends
Fm
Why can't we be friends
F# G#7
Why can't we be friends
C#
I seen ya, I seen ya, I seen ya
G#
?round for a long long time
A#m7
I really, I really, I really
D# G#
remember when you drank my wine
[Chorus]
C#
I seen ya, I seen ya, I seen ya
G#
walkin down in chinatown
A#m7
I called ya, I called ya, I called
D#
but you did not look around
D# D C#
yeah yeah
C#
I pay my, I pay my, I pay my money
G#
to the welfare line
A#m7
I seen ya, I seen ya, I seen ya
D#
standing in it everytime
[Chorus]
C#
The color, the color, the color of
G#
your skin don't matter to me
A#m7
As long as, as long as, long as we
D# D# D C#
can live in harmony yeah yeah
C#
I kinda, I kinda, I kinda, like to
G#
be the president
A#m7
And I could, and I could, and I
D#
could show you how your money's spent
Solo:
G# Cm Fm G#7
C#
Why can't we be friends
Cm
Why can't we be friends
A#m
Why can't we be friends
D# G#7
Why can't we be friends
C# G#
Sometimes I don't speak right
A#m D#
But did I know what I was talking
D# D C#
about
C# G#
I know you're working for the CIA
A#m D# G#
They wouldn't have you in the mafia
C#
Why can't we be friends
Cm
Why can't we be friends
A#m
Why can't we be friends
D# G#7
Why can't we be friends
C#
Why can't we be friends
Cm
Why can't we be friends
A#m
Why can't we be friends
F# G#7
Why can't we be friends