Betty Carter

Can't We Be Friends(Chords)

Betty Carter

Key: C

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Introduction: G Am7 Gdim G C9 Fm Fdim C 

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 
F7M   D7/9                  G           G7 
 I  thought I'd found the girl of my dreams  
C7M/9   Fdim  C7M/9    C       Edim  G#7 G7 
 Now it seems, this is how the story    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.' 
F7M D7/9               G           G7 
I thought for once it couldn't go wrong  
C7M/9   Fdim C7M/9      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       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  
A7/13-       D7/9       Em7   D7/9  G 
And wonder why, and wonder    why 
F7M   D7/9                 G             G7 
 I thought I found the gal I could trust 
C7M/9    Fdim  C7M/9    C     Edim  G#7  G7 
Whatta bust, this is how the story ends  
G      Am7    Gdim   G     C9     Fm    Fdim       C 
She's gonna turn me down and say, 'Can't we be friends.'
	        

Written by Paul James/Kay Swift/James Warburg

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