Why Can't We Be Friends chords by Smash Mouth

Smash Mouth - Why Cant We Be Friends
Flat tune

Intro
   A   D A    D A   | D  G D   ||x2
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-x-x-2--x-2-2--2---x-x-2-2--x-x|-7--x-7--7------|
-x-x-2--x-2-4--2---x-x-4-2--x-x|-7--x-9--7------|
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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?



(repeat this chorus x12 as the music falls apart)