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