Verses:
D        A            E7          A
I ain't lookin' to compete with you,
D        A         E7      A
Beat or cheat or mistreat you,
D      A       E7        A
Simplify you, classify you,
  D     A       E7    A
Deny, defy or crucify you.
A     E9              A    D A 
All I really want to do
     E7       A            D 
Is, baby, be friends with you.


A         D      A           E7         A
No, and I ain't lookin' to fight with you,
D         A        E7      A
Frighten you or uptighten you,
D        A         E7       A
Drag you down or drain you down,
D         A       E7        A
Chain you down or bring you down.
A     E9              A      D A 
All I really want to do
    E9       E7
Is, baby, be friends with you.


D        A          E7        A
I ain't lookin' to block you up
D        A        E7       A
Shock or knock or lock you up,
D   A         E7        A
Analyze you, categorize you,
D    A          E7        A
Finalize you or advertise you.
A     E9              A        D A 
All I really want to do
    E9       A            D 
Is, baby, be friends with you.


D       A         E7            A
I don't want to straight-face you,
D       A          E7             A
Race or chase you, track or trace you,
D  A             E7       A
Or disgrace you or displace you,
D      A       E7    A
Or define you or confine you.
A     E9             A          D A 
All I really want to do
    E7       A            D 
Is, baby, be friends with you.


D         A        E7      A
I don't want to meet your kin,
D         A       E7     A
Make you spin or do you in,
D     D         E7    A
Or select you or dissect you,
D    A          E7    A
Or inspect you or reject you.
A     E9              A       D A 
All I really want to do
    E7       A            D 
Is, baby, be friends with you.


D       A         E7      A
I don't want to fake you out,
D          A       E7        A
Take or shake or forsake you out,
D       A                    E7       A
I ain't lookin' for you to feel like me,
D        A     E7       A
See like me or be like me.
A     E9              A     D A 
All I really want to do
    E7        A            D 
Is, baby, be friends with you.