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Can We Still Be Friends

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  Em     Bm     Am     D  Cmaj7...
Cmaj7We can't play this game anymore
But Emcan we still be friends?Em7  
Cmaj7Things just can't go on like before
But Emcan we still be friends?
We had Cmaj7something to Bmlearn
Now it's Amtime for the D7wheel to Gmaj7turn
Grains of Cmaj7sand, one by Bmone
Before you Asus4know    iAt's    Dsus4all     Dgone
Cmaj7Let's admit we made a mistake
But Emcan we still be friends?Em7  
Cmaj7Heartbreak's never easy to take
But Emcan we still be friends?
It's a Cmaj7strange sad aBmffair
Sometimes Amseems that we D7just don't Gmaj7care
Don't waste Cmaj7time feeling Bmhurt
We've been through Asus4hell    Ato - Dsus4get   -  Dher
Interlude:
EDanBmnana Ametc
DCan we still be friends
Cmaj7Dannana
Can we Emstill get together sometimes?Em7  
Cmaj7Dannana
Hey babe, can we Emstill go on?
We aCmaj7woke from our Bmdream
Things are Amnot always D7what they Gmaj7seem
MemroCmaj7ies linger Bmon 
It's like a Asus4sweet, sAad, Dsus4old     Dsong
Repeat interlude till fade...
Written by Todd Rundgren
This version done by Robert Palmer

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Can We Still Be Friends

by Robert Palmer

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cmaj7

Em7

Gmaj7

Asus4

Dsus4

Em Bm Am D Cmaj7

...

Cmaj7

We can't play this game anymore

Em Em7

But can we still be friends?

Cmaj7

Things just can't go on like before

But can we still be friends?

Cmaj7 Bm

We had something to learn

Am D7 Gmaj7

Now it's time for the wheel to turn

Cmaj7 Bm

Grains of sand, one by one

Asus4 A Dsus4 D

Before you know it's all gone

Cmaj7

Let's admit we made a mistake

Em Em7

But can we still be friends?

Cmaj7

Heartbreak's never easy to take

But can we still be friends?

Cmaj7 Bm

It's a strange sad affair

Am D7 Gmaj7

Sometimes seems that we just don't care

Cmaj7 Bm

Don't waste time feeling hurt

Asus4 A Dsus4 D

We've been through hell to - get - her

Interlude:

E Bm Am

Dannana etc

Can we still be friends

Cmaj7

Dannana

Em Em7

Can we still get together sometimes?

Cmaj7

Dannana

Hey babe, can we still go on?

Cmaj7 Bm

We awoke from our dream

Am D7 Gmaj7

Things are not always what they seem

Cmaj7 Bm

Memroies linger on

Asus4 A Dsus4 D

It's like a sweet, sad, old song

Repeat interlude till fade...

Written by Todd Rundgren

This version done by Robert Palmer

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