Ella Fitzgerald feat Louis Armstrong - Can’t We Be Friends?

[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