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All I Really Want to Do

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Chords 
C/d    xx0553
G/d    xx0433
C/g    3x2013
G'/d   xxx430 (or  occasionally (i.e. accidentally)  xx0430)
D7'    xxx210 (or xx0210)

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.

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