Bb7        Eb
Why can't we be friends?
        D7
Why can't we be friends?
         Gm7
Why can't we be friends?
         Fm7    Bb7
Why can't we be friends?

Eb                        D7
I've seen you 'round for a long long time
Cm7                       Fm7      Bb7
I remembered you when you drank my wine

         Eb
Why can't we be friends?
        D7
Why can't we be friends?
         Gm7
Why can't we be friends?
         Fm7    Bb7
Why can't we be friends?

Eb                        D7
I've seen you walking down in Chinatown
Cm7                       Fm7      Bb7
I called you but you could not look around

         Eb
Why can't we be friends?
        D7
Why can't we be friends?
         Gm7
Why can't we be friends?
         Fm7    Bb7
Why can't we be friends?

Eb                        D7
I paid my money to the welfare line
Cm7                       Fm7      Bb7
I see you standing in it every time

         Eb
Why can't we be friends?
        D7
Why can't we be friends?
         Gm7
Why can't we be friends?
         Fm7    Bb7
Why can't we be friends?

Eb                        D7
The color of your skin don't matter to me
Cm7                       Fm7      Bb7
As long as we can live in harmony

         Eb
Why can't we be friends?
        D7
Why can't we be friends?
         Gm7
Why can't we be friends?
         Fm7    Bb7
Why can't we be friends?

Eb                        D7
I'd kind of like to be the President
Cm7                       Fm7      Bb7
So I can show you how your money's spent

        Eb
Why can't we be friends?
        D7
Why can't we be friends?
         Cm7
Why can't we be friends?
         Fm7    Bb7
Why can't we be friends?

Eb                        D7
Sometimes I don't speak right
Cm7                       Fm7      Bb7
But yet I know what I'm talking about

         Eb
Why can't we be friends?
        D7
Why can't we be friends?
         Cm7
Why can't we be friends?
         Fm7    Bb7
Why can't we be friends?

Eb                        D7
I know you're working for the CIA
Cm7                       Fm7      Bb7
They wouldn't have you in the Mafi-A

         Eb
Why can't we be friends?
        D7
Why can't we be friends?
         Cm7
Why can't we be friends?
         Fm7    Bb7
Why can't we be friends?

         Eb
Why can't we be friends?
        D7
Why can't we be friends?
         Cm7
Why can't we be friends?
         Fm7    Bb7
Why can't we be friends?