Album version
Capo 2nd fret (sounding key A major)
Intro: G
C/d G/d D G
I ain't lookin' to compete with you
C/g G D7 G
Beat or cheat or mistreat you
C/d G/d D G
Simplify you, classify you
C/g G D7 G
Deny, defy or crucify you
G'/d D7' (G'/d D7') G C/g G'/d
All I really want to do
D7' G C/g
Is, baby, be friends with you.
G C/g G C/g G D7 G C/g G G
No, and I ain't lookin' to fight with you
Frighten you or uptighten you
Drag you down or drain you down
Chain you down or bring you down
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.
I ain't lookin' to block you up
Shock or knock or lock you up
Analyze you, categorize you
Finalize you or advertise you
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.
I don't want to straight-face you
Race or chase you, track or trace you
Or disgrace you or displace you
Or define you or confine you
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.
I don't want to meet your kin
Make you spin or do you in
Or select you or dissect you
Or inspect you or reject you
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.
I don't want to fake you out
Take or shake or forsake you out
I ain't lookin' for you to feel like me
See like me or be like me
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.
Budokan version
Capo 6th fret (sounding key Db major)
Played in a very square rhythm
C G D G
I ain't lookin' to compete with you
C G D G
Beat or cheat or mistreat you
C G D G
Simplify you, classify you
C G D7 G
Deny, defy or crucify you
G Am7 G Am7
All I really want to do
G Am7 G Am7
All I really want to do
G Am7 G Am7
All I really want to do
D G
Is, baby, be friends with you.
