Cant We Be Friends – Ella Fitzgerald · Song Chords

Cant We Be Friends

Ella Fitzgerald · D

Real Key

D

D

0.2x

120

BPM

1

2

3

4

Rhythm

2/4

3/4

4/4

5/4

6/8

7/8

No Accent

Downbeat

Backbeat

All Equal

1 & 3

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

Chords Used (17)

Guitar

Ukulele

E7

1 / 4

D#7

1 / 4

Dmaj7

1 / 4

Em7

1 / 7

A13

1 / 4

Bm7

7fr

1 / 5

F#m7

1 / 6

Fm7

1 / 6

D7

1 / 4

Gmaj7

1 / 4

G#dim

1 / 4

Am7

1 / 6

C7

1 / 4

B7

1 / 4

A7

1 / 4

Ddim

1 / 4

D9

4fr

1 / 4

Song Info

Real Key

D

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