Can Old Lovers Ever Just Be Friends chords by Tom Odell

• Key: Bb
• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro:

G
G C G C

Verse 1:
G         C
  Here we are
G               C                G           C
  Two strangers standing in the doorway of a bar
G           C                 G
  Nervously talking about the past
                       C
Easy to laugh about it now
                         G                      C  N.C. D
It wasn't so long ago it hurt just to hear your name

Chorus:
G                C            D
  Can old lovers ever just be friends?
              B7                 Em
One drink, it all comes flooding back again
       C                     Am
You're looking at me and you smile
                            G
I think I haven't felt like this in a while
       C               D
And we look out at the rain
       B7               Em
And we see how much our lives have changed
    C                Am      D               G
Our future's rearranged and somehow just the same

Verse 2:
            C
And here we are
G               C               G             C
  Two strangers standing on the pavement by a car
G               C            G
  You rest your head upon my arm
                       C
Easy to laugh about it now
                            G
I watch your cigarette burn out
               C  D
On the pavement

Chorus:
G                C            D
  Can old lovers ever just be friends?
           B7                Em
One drink, go their separate ways again
C                   Am
You and I won't fight
        D                 G
I think maybe it's time I said good night
        C            D
But I'm happy that I came
        B7                  Em
Just to see your eyes still have their flame
      C                Am
Their beauty and their pain
   D                G
It feels like yesterday

Post-Chorus:
             C
That I was yours
               G
And you were mine
             C                G
And we were living in paradise
                        C
And you button up your coat
                  G
And the bill gets paid
               C                D      G
And we leave behind this life we almost made

Chorus:
G                C            D
  Can old lovers ever just be friends?
              B7              Em
One drink and go our separate ways again
       C                     Am
You're looking at me and you smile
          D                 G
I think I haven't felt like this in a while
        C              D
And we look out at the rain
       B7               Em
And we see how much our lives have changed
    C            Am         D                G
Our future's rearranged and somehow just the same

Outro:
        C        D
La lala lala lalala
      B7       Em
La la lalalala lalala
   C           Am
La lala lala lala
   D          G
La lala la la la la la
C        D
Lala lalala
      B7       Em
La la lalalala lalala
   C           Am
La lala lala lala
   D          G
La lala la la la

G D/F# Em7 D7 C D7