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Why Don’t We – Just Friends Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
F Am G
     Yeah, yeah
C G  F
     Yeah, yeah, yeah
F Am G
     Yeah, yeah
C G F

[Verse 1: Corbyn]
              F         Am G
Can't keep control of it
               C       G F
When you come around me
            F         Am G
Gotta get a hold of it
                  C
Tell me if you're ready
 G         F
'cause I'm ready

[Pre-Chorus: Daniel]
      F
Yeah, you know what you're doing
Am       G
when you walkin' in that dress
C                     G
Baby, I can tell that you
      F
ain't easily impressed
F                    Am
I got tunnel vision, think
     G
it's time that I confess
   C                G  F
If I could just get my arms
around you

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[Chorus: Zach & All, Jack]
      F            Am    G
Baby, don't you say that we're
just friends
         C       Em
When you know we could
   F
be lovers instead
      F
Wanna give you a night
Am     G
you'll never forget
       C         Em    F
Do the things wе never did
                F
You're out your hеad,
       Am   G
so out your mind
              C
To think that I would
        Em      F
let you pass me by
          F            Am
Oh, baby, don't you say that
G
we're just friends
         C       Em
When you know we could
   F
be lovers instead

[Verse 2]
                F
You know you're beautiful
 Am    G
(Beautiful)
              C
I don't gotta say it
 G     F
(Gotta say it)
           F            Am G
You try to brush me off
                       C
But I know that you're playing,
G    F
quit playing

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[Pre-Chorus: Daniel]
      F
Yeah, you know what you're doing
Am       G
when you walkin' in that dress
C
Baby, I can tell that
G         F
you ain't easily impressed
F
I got tunnel vision,
Am         G
think it's time that I confess
   C            G      Am
If I could just get my arms
around you

[Chorus: Zach & All, Jack]
      F            Am
Baby, don't you say
     G
that we're just friends
         C       Em
When you know we could
   F
be lovers instead
      F
Wanna give you a
      Am     G
night you'll never forget
       C         Em    F
Do the things we never did
                F
You're out your head,
       Am   G
so out your mind
              C
To think that I would
        Em      F
let you pass me by
          F            Am
Oh, baby, don't you say
    G
that we're just friends
         C       Em
When you know we could
   F
be lovers instead

[Outro]
F Am G
     Yeah, yeah
          C
(Could be lovers instead)
Em   F
     Yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
          F           Am
Oh, baby, don't you say
     G
that we're just friends
         C       Em
When you know we could
   F
be lovers instead
Yeah, yeah, yeah

How to play Just Friends: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Just Friends by Why Don’t We on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Just Friends by Why Don’t We is written in C major (no sharps or flats) and moves through 5 chords: F, Am, G, C and Em.

The backbone of the song is F – Am – G – C (IV – vi – V – I in C major). In solfa, that is fah – lah – soh – doh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.