G#  C#  G#  C#    
G#  C7  Fm  G#7  C#  C7  A#m7  D#       
  
          G#  
Why can?t we be friends  
          C7  
Why can?t we be friends  
          Fm  
Why can?t we be friends  
          F#    G#7  
Why can?t we be friends  
  
C#                                            G#  
I seen ya, I seen ya, I seen ya ?round for a long long time  
A#m7                                             D#      G# 
I really, I really, I really remember when you drank my wine  
  
Refrão  
  
C#                                               G#  
I seen ya, I seen ya, I seen ya walkin? down in chinatown  
A#m7                                           D#                D#  D  C#  
I called ya, I called ya, I called but you did not look around   yeah yeah 
C#                                         G#  
I pay my, I pay my, I pay my money to the welfare line  
A#m7                                             D#  
I seen ya, I seen ya, I seen ya standing in it everytime  
  
  
Refrão  
  
C#                                                      G#  
The color, the color, the color of your skin don?t matter to me  
A#m7                                             D#         D#  D  C#   
As long as, as long as, long as we can live in harmony    yeah  yeah 
C#                                          G#  
I kinda, I kinda, I kinda, like to be the president  
A#m7                                                 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  
          Cm  
Why can?t we be friends  
          A#m 
Why can?t we be friends  
          D#    G#7  
Why can?t we be friends  
  
C#                  G#  
Sometimes I don?t speak right  
A#m                         D#            D# D C# 
But did I know what I was talking about  
C#                        G#  
I know you?re working for the CIA  
A#m                         D#   G# 
They wouldn?t have you in the mafia  
  
          C#  
Why can?t we be friends  
          Cm  
Why can?t we be friends  
          A#m 
Why can?t we be friends  
          D#     G#7 
Why can?t we be friends  
  
  
          C#  
Why can?t we be friends  
          Cm  
Why can?t we be friends  
          A#m  
Why can?t we be friends  
          F#    G#7  
Why can?t we be friends