Leanna Firestone - “Do You Wanna Be Friends?” / newly unrequited

B
“Do you wanna be friends?”
E
I mean I wanna be more
B E
But if friends is how I get to have you, then sure

B
I’ll be quiet in my pining
E
I won’t tell you about the pain
B E
I’ll be silent in the night when I know that you’re asleep
B E
But I wanna ask you if you’re awake

B
And so we’ll be friends
E
And I’ll be okay
B
The world won’t end If you don’t love me
E
Even if it feels that way

B
I’ll be quiet in my pining
E
I won’t tell you about the pain
B E
I’ll be silent in the night when all I wanna do
B E
is tell you how pretty I thought you looked today

G#m G#m7 F#m
I don’t know where the line is
E
So I’ll stay on my side even when you’re not on yours
G#m7
I’ll tread lightly
F#m E
In case I might be breaking a boundary

We used to break before

B
And so I’ll be your best friend
E
Simple as that
F# B
And when you play pretend

That things are the way they were
E
I won’t flirt back

B
No, I’ll be quiet in my pining
E
I won’t tell you about the pain
B Emaj7
I’ll be silent in the night when you text me
E B
And ask, “Hey, are you awake?”

E F# B

B

B B
I know I said we could be friends
B B
I’m sorry I went back on my word
B
But please know I did try
B
I just hadn’t realized
B B
How bad seeing you be fine without me was going to hurt

B B
I was devastated, it was humiliating
B
Because you never owed me anything
E
Much less reciprocation
B
Love newly unrequited
B
It made me villanize you
B
I was so hurt
E
It was easier to be angry than to be sad

B

B
So we can’t be friends
B
But not because I don’t like you
B
We can’t be friends
B
Because of how much I do