Song was written in 1929, music by Kay Swift.
Ella & Louis recorded it in 1956 in Bb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh7oIP-QSHs
Here's me doing it in D: https://youtu.be/Dh3-Lz63S6A
Intro
[E7] [D#7] [Dmaj7] .
(ella singing)
Verse
[Em7] [A13]
I thought I'd found the man of my dreams
[Dmaj7] [Bm7] [Em7]
Now it seems, this is how the story ends
[A13]
He's going to turn me down and say
[Dmaj7] [F#m7] [Fm7]
"Can't we be friends?"
Verse
[Em7] [A13]
I thought for once it couldn't go wrong
[Dmaj7] [Bm7] [Em7]
Not for long! I can see the way this ends
[A13]
He's going to turn me down and say
[Dmaj7] [D7]
"Can't we be friends?"
Bridge
[Gmaj7] [G#dim]
Never again,
[Dmaj7] [Em7] [Dmaj7]
Through with love, through with men
[Am7] [C7] [B7]
They play their game without shame
[Em7] [A13] [A7+5] [A7]
And who's to blame?
Verse
[Em7] [A13]
I thought I'd found a man I could trust
[Dmaj7] [Bm7] [F#m7] [Fm7] [Em7]
What a bust, this is how the sto-ry ends
[A13]
He's going to turn me down and say
[Dmaj7] [F#m7] [Fm7]
"Can't we be friends?"
(louis singing)
Verse
[Em7] [A13]
Yes, I thought I knew the wheat from the chaff
[Dmaj7] [Bm7] [Em7]
What a laugh, this is how our story ends
[A13]
I'll let her turn me down and say
[Dmaj7]
"Can't we be friends?"
Verse
[Em7] [A13]
I acted like a kid out of school
[Dmaj7] [Bm7] [Em7]
What a fool, now I see this is the end
[A13]
I'll let her turn me down and say
[Dmaj7] [D7]
"Can't we be friends?"
Bridge
[Gmaj7] [G#dim]
Oh, why should I care?
[Dmaj7] [Em7] [Dmaj7]
Though she gave me the air
[Am7] [C7] [B7]
Why should I cry, ever sigh
[Em7] [A13] [A7+5] [A7]
And wonder why
Verse
[Em7] [A13]
Yes, I should have seen the signal to stop
[Dmaj7] [Bm7] [Em7]
What a flop, this is how the story ends
[A13]
She's gonna turn me down and say
[Dmaj7] [F#m7] [Fm7]
"Can't we be friends?"
(instrumental)
Verse
[Em7] [A13] .
[Dmaj7] [Bm7] [Em7] [A13] .
[Dmaj7] [F#m7] [Fm7]
Verse
[Em7] [A13] .
[Dmaj7] [Bm7] [Em7] [A13] .
[Dmaj7] [D7] .
(ella singing)
{Bridge]
[Gmaj7] [G#dim]
Why should I care?
[Dmaj7] [Em7] [Dmaj7]
Though he gave me the air.
[Am7] [C7] [B7]
And why should I cry, ever sigh
[Em7] [A13] [A7+5] [A7]
And wonder why
(both singing)
Verse
[Em7] [A13]
I should have seen the signal to stop
[Dmaj7] [Bm7] [F#m7] [Fm7] [Em7]
What a flop, this is how the sto-ry ends
[A13]
I let him turn me down and say
[Dmaj7] [C7] [B7]
Can't we be, can't we be, can't we be,
[Fm7] [Em7] [A13] [Dmaj7]
Can't we be, can't we be, can't we be friends?
Outro
[Ddim] [D9]
Oh, yes
