Smash Mouth – Why Cant We Be Friends (Guitar)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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Chords

Flat tune
Intro  
     A      D  A       D A     | D    G  D      ||x2
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-x-x-2--x-2-3--2---x-x-3-2--x-x|-7--x-8--7------|
-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------|
-----0----0----0---------------|----------------|
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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)