Can Old Lovers Ever Just Be Friends
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: BbCapotraste:
3rd traste
[Intro]
G
G C G C
[Verse 1]
G C
Here we are
G C G C
Two strangers standing in the doorway of a bar
G C G
Nervously talking about the past
C
Easy to laugh about it now
G C N.C. D
It wasn't so long ago it hurt just to hear your name
[Chorus]
G C D
Can old lovers ever just be friends?
B7 Em
One drink, it all comes flooding back again
C Am
You look at me and you smile
D G
I think I haven't felt like this in a while
C D
And we look out at the rain
B7 Em
And we see how much our lives have changed
C Am D G
Our future's rearranged but somehow just the same
[Verse 2]
C
And here we are
G C G C
Two strangers standing on the pavement by a car
G C G
You rest your head upon my arm
C
Easy to laugh about it now
G
I watch your cigarette burn out
C D
On the pavement
[Chorus]
G C D
Can old lovers ever just be friends?
B7 Em
One drink, go their separate ways again
C Am
You and I won't fight
D G
I think that maybe it's time I said good night
C D
But I'm happy that I came
B7 Em
Just to see your eyes still have their flame
C Am
Their beauty and their pain
D G
It feels like yesterday
[Post-Chorus]
C
That I was yours
D
And you were mine
C G
And we were living in paradise
C
And you button up your coat
D
And the bill gets paid
C D
And we leave behind this life we almost made
[Chorus]
G C D
Can old lovers ever just be friends?
B7 Em
One drink and go their separate ways again
C Am
You look at me and you smile
D G
I think I haven't felt like this in a while
C D
And we look out at the rain
B7 Em
And we see how much our lives have changed
C Am D G
Our future's rearranged but somehow just the same
[Outro]
C D
La lala lala lalala
B7 Em
La la lalalala lalala
C Am
La lala lala lala
D G
La lala la la la la la
C D
Lala lalala
B7 Em
Lalalala lalala
C Am
La lala lala lala
D G
La la la lala
G D/F# Em7 D7 C G/B D/A D7
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