African Friend
Standard Tuning
Chords used:
EADGBe
Am: 002210
Asus2:002200
C/G: 332010
Em/A: 002000
F: 133211
G: 320033
Intro Riff w/chords: (repeat x2)
GCFG
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------1-----------1------|
G|-------0-----------0---------2---2-------2---2----|
D|-----0---0-------2---2-----3-------3---3-------3--|
A|---2-------2---3-------3--------------------------|
E|-3-----------3-----------1-----------1------------|
Verse 1 chords: (play chords or play Intro Riff)
G C/G F
Your beautiful African friend
G C/G F
Next to him I look so white
G C/G F
So white that you turned away
G C/G F
And wanted me out of your sight
Interlude: G C/G F G C/G F
Verse 2: (use verse 1 chords)
To be exotic and I did pretend
In the backyard to slowly undress
As you pulled the twigs from my hair
That I put there myself I confess
Chorus Chords:
F G C/Em/A2
So come lay on the couch with me
F G C/G Em/A2
Cause nature??s too wild and free
F G
Come lay on the couch
F G C/G F/G
We don??t have to work on our tan
Verse 3: (use verse 1 chords)
A beautiful African man
Next to him I look so white
As white as the page in a book
That I read but still don??t understand
Verse 4: (use verse 1 chords)
So I joked of a forbidden fruit
As we argued into the night
In a city of tanning salons
And TV screens all shining bright
Final Chorus Chords:
F G C/Em/A2
So come lay on the couch with me
F G C/G Em/A2
Cause nature??s too wild and free
F G
Come lay on the couch
F G C/G C/G
We don??t have to work on our tan