This is the chords of Can We Be Friends by Conan Gray on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.
[Verse 1] C
Could you be my best friend? FCG
Let’s hang out every weekend Am
We’re driving every night C
Stare at people that we like C
Could you be my best friend? FCG
I’ll tell you all my secrets Am
I’ll tell you all the times FC
That I wished that I could die
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[Verse 2] GC
And if anybody fcks with you
They fck with me GF
So, if anybody fucks with you C
I’ll knock their teeth out (Yeah) G
Could you be my best friend? C
Can we be friends? GF
Could you be my best friend? C
Can w be friends?
How to play Can We Be Friends: key, chords and progression
Can We Be Friends by Conan Gray is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 4 chords: C, F, G and Am.
The backbone of the song is C – F – C – G (I – IV – I – V in C major). In solfa, that is doh – fah – doh – soh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.
Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, C, D, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.
