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Dont Expect Me To Be Your Friend

by Lobo

Biography:

Lobo (born Roland Kent Lavoie, July 31, 1943), is an American singer-songwriter who was successful in the early 1970s, scoring several Top 10 hits, including "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo," "I'd Love You to Want Me" and "Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend." Lobo's songs have been characterized by their sweet melodies, sumptuous instrumentation and soulful lyrics. This has made him well known outside the Western world, including Africa, India and Southeast Asia.

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This is the first time I've tabbed anything out, so forgive me if
the format is a bit off. The picking isn't necessarily perfect,
but it should give you an idea of what to do. Tab and chords are
relative to capo.

Capo 6th fret, standard tuning.

Verse and intro picking:

G Am7 G Am7

E-3--------3----|-3--------3----|-3---------3----|-3--------3----|
B------0--------|------1--------|------0---------|------1--------|
G---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
D--------0------|----2-------2--|--------0-------|----2-------2--|
A----2-------2--|-0------0------|----2--------2--|-0------0------|
E-3-------------|---------------|-3--------------|---------------|

Verse to Chorus fill:

Dsus4 Dsus4-D-Dsus2-D

E-3--------3----|-3p2--0---2----|
B------3--------|------------3--|
G----2---2---2--|---------------|
D-0-------------|----2---2------|
A---------------|-0-------------|
E---------------|---------------|

G Am7 G Am7

First Verse:

G Am7 G Am7
I stopped sending flowers to your apartment
G Am7 G Am7
You said you aren't at home much anymore
G Am7 G Am7
I stopped dropping by without an appointment
G Am7 G Am7
Cause I'd hear laughter coming through your door

G Am7 G Am7

Second Verse:

G Am7 G Am7
Sometimes late at night you'll still call me
G Am7 G Am7
Just before you close your eyes to sleep
G Am7 G Am7
You make me vow to try and stop by sometime
G Am7 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
But Baby that's a promise I can't keep

Chorus (strum the chords):

C D G G/F# G/E
I love you too much to ever start liking you
C C/B Am7 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
So lets just let the story kinda end
C D G G/F# G/E
I love you too much to ever start liking you
C C/B Am7 G (back into picking) Am7
So don't expect me to be your friend

G Am7

Third verse:

G Am7 G Am7
I don't walk down through the village or other places

G Am7 G Am7
That we used to go to all the time

G Am7 G Am7
I'm trying to erase you from my memory

G Am7 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
Cause thinking of you jumbles up my mind

Chorus:

C D G G/F# G/E
I love you too much to ever start liking you
C C/B Am7 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
So lets just let the story kinda end
C D G G/F# G/E
I love you too much to ever start liking you
C C/B Am7 G (back into picking) Am7
So don't expect me to be your friend

Harmonica solo (picking is similar)
G Am7 C D G Am7 G Am7

G Am7 G Am7
You always act so happy when I see you

G Am7 G Am7
You smile that way you take my hand and then

G Am7 G Am7
Introduce me to your latest lover

G Am7 G Am7
That's when I feel the walls start crashing in

Chorus:

C D G G/F# G/E
I love you too much to ever start liking you
C C/B Am7 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
So lets just let the story kinda end
C D G G/F# G/E
I love you too much to ever start liking you
C C/B Am7 G (back into picking) Am7
So don't expect me to be your friend

G to Am7 until the song fades out

G 320003
Am7 x02013 or x02010
Dsus4 xx0233
D xx0232
Dsus2 xx0230
C x32010
G/F# 2x0003
G/E 020003
C/B x2x010