Are friends
electric
A - G - A -
G (2x)
A G - A - G
1. It's
cold outside,
A G - A - G
and
the paints peeling off of my walls.
A G
- A - G
There's a man outside,
A G A - G
in a
long coat, grey hat, smoking a cigarette.
+ D - D + A
- G - A - G (2x)
A G - A
- G
2. Now the
light fades out,
A G A - G
and I
wonder what I'm doing in a room like this.
A G - A - G
There's a knock on the door,
A G A - G
and
just for a second I thought I remembered you.
+ D - D + E
- Bm - D - A (2x)
E Bm D
- A
So, now I'm alone, oh, I can
think for myself
E
Bm - D A
about
little deals and S.U's, and things that I just don't understand.
E
Bm - D A
A white lie that night or a sly touch at times,
E - Bm
- D A
I
don't think it meant anything to you.
+ E - D - A (4x)
+ A - G - A - G (2x)
A G -
A - G
3. So I open the door,
A G - A - G
it's
the 'friend' that I'd left in the hallway.
A G
- A - G
‘Please sit down'
!
A G A - G
a
candle lit shadow on a wall near the bed.
+ D - D A -
G - A - G (2x)
A G
- A - G
4. You know I hate to ask,
A
G A - G
but
are 'friends' electric ?
A G - A - G
Only mine's broke down,
A - G A G
and
now I've no-one to love
+ D - D + A
- G - A - G + D - D + E - Bm - D
- A
(2x)
E Bm D - A
So I find out your reason for
the phone calls and smiles,
E Bm - D A
and
it hurts, and I'm lonely, and I
should never have tried.
E Bm - D
A
And I missed you tonight, it must
be time to leave,
E - Bm
- D A
you see, it meant everything to me.
+ E - D - A (4x)
+ A - G - A - G (4x)
...
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Tubeway Army /
Gary Numan)