JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Lagu "Can't We Be Friends?" yang dibawakan Ella Fitzgerald dan Louis Armstrong sebenarnya sudah ada sejak 1929.
Lagu ini diciptakan oleh Paul James serta Kay Swift dan telah dibawakan ulang oleh beberapa penyanyi lain, seperti Bing Crosby dan Frank Sinatra.
Kini, lagu "Can't We Be Friends?" versi Ella Fitzgerald dan Louis Armstrong sudah bisa Anda nikmati lewat platform musik digital.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Can't We Be Friends?" dari Ella Fitzgerald dan Louis Armstrong.
[Intro]
E D# D .
(ella singing)
[Verse]
Em A
I thought I'd found the man of my dreams
D Bm Em
Now it seems, this is how the story ends
A
He's going to turn me down and say
D F#m Fm
"Can't we be friends?"
[Verse]
Em A
I thought for once it couldn't go wrong
D Bm Em
Not for long! I can see the way this ends
A
He's going to turn me down and say
D
"Can't we be friends?"
[Bridge]
G G#m
Never again,
D Em D
Through with love, through with men
Am C B
They play their game without shame
Em A
And who's to blame?
[Verse]
Em A
I thought I'd found a man I could trust
D Bm F#m Fm Em
What a bust, this is how the sto-ry ends
A
He's going to turn me down and say
D F#m Fm
"Can't we be friends?"
(louis singing)
[Verse]
Em A
Yes, I thought I knew the wheat from the chaff
D Bm Em
What a laugh, this is how our story ends
A
I'll let her turn me down and say
D
"Can't we be friends?"
[Verse]
Em A
I acted like a kid out of school
D Bm Em
What a fool, now I see this is the end
A
I'll let her turn me down and say
D
"Can't we be friends?"
[Bridge]
G G#m
Oh, why should I care?
D Em D
Though she gave me the air
Am C B
Why should I cry, ever sigh
Em A
And wonder why
[Verse]
Em A
Yes, I should have seen the signal to stop
D Bm Em
What a flop, this is how the story ends
A
She's gonna turn me down and say
D F#m Fm
"Can't we be friends?"