Cant We Be Friends - Ella Fitzgerald Chords
Chords: E7, D#7, Dmaj7, Em7, A13, Bm7, F#m7, Fm7, D7, Gmaj7
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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
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