G#  C#  G#  C#   
G#  Cm  Fm  G#7  C#  C#m  C#  D#      
 
          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 
 
Solo: G#   Cm    Fm     G#7 
                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 
 
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Contribuição: Francisco E. Galvão Filho(at_galvao@yahoo.com.br)