Dont Ask Me To Be Friends

Written by: Gerry Goffin, Jack Keller
Originally released as a 45" single (1964)
Now on the compilation album "From Nashville To Hollywood"
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Intro

| A | D E |

Verse 1

A                D
 After all we've been
A        E
 To one another
A            D
 How can we become
A                F#m E
 Like sister and bro-ther
F#m E     D A
 Darling, I beg of you
C#7               F#m    F#m E
 If our love must end
D             A
 Ask me to forget you
    E                 |   A   | D  E  |
But don't ask me to be friends

Verse 2

A                D
 After bein' the one
A              E
 That you took pride in
A                D
 I just couldn't be
A                  F#m  E
 The friend you confide in
F#m E    D   A
 If it's goodbye for us
C#7                F#m    F#m E
 We'll never meet again
D             A
 Ask me to forget you
    E                  |   A   | D  A  |
But don't ask me to be friends

Middle 8

D               C#m
 Wanting you so badly
Bm                A
 Needing you like this
D               C#m
 How can I just look at
    F#m       B         Bm     E
The lips that I used to ki-i-i-iss

Verse 3

A                   D
 If there's someone else
A             E
 Don't let me see him
A                    D
 Cause I'll spend my life
A                F#m E
 Wishing I could be him
F#m E     D A
 Darling, I beg of you
C#7               F#m    F#m E
 If our love must end
D             A
 Ask me to forget you
    E                 |   A   | D  A  |
But don't ask me to be friends
  (break)                    (ritardando)