African Friend Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1 chords: [play chords or play Intro Riff]

 Your bGeautiful AfC/Grican Ffriend

GNext to him C/GI look so wFhite

 So Gwhite that C/Gyou turned aFway

 And Gwanted me C/Gout of your Fsight

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 So come lay on the cGouch with C/Gme G Am Asus2 Em/A

F Cause nature’s too wGild and C/Gfree G Am Asus2 Em/A

F Come lay on the cGouch

F We don’t have to Gwork on our C/Gtan G Am G C G F G C G F

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 So come lay on the cGouch with C/Gme G Am Asus2 Em/A

F Cause nature’s too Gwild and fC/Gree G Am Asus2 Em/A

F Come lay on the coGuch

F We don’t have to Gwork on our C/Gtan G C G G C/G G C/G G C G