C Bb C Bb x2
C Bb C Bb
It's cold outside
C Bb C Bb
And the paint's peeling off of my walls
C Bb C Bb
There's a man outside
C Bb C Bb
In a long coat, grey hat, smoking a cigarette
F x8
C Bb C Bb x2
C Bb C Bb
Now the light fades out
C Bb C Bb
And I'm wondering what I'm doing in a room like this
C Bb C Bb
There's a knock on the door
C Bb C Bb
And just for a second I thought I remembered you
F x8
G D F C x2
G D F C
So now I'm alone, now I can think for myself
G D F C
About little deals and S.U's, and things that just I don't understand
G D F C
Like a white lie that night or a slight touch at times
G D F C
I don't think I meant anything to you
G F C x4
C Bb C Bb x2
C Bb C Bb
So I open the door
C Bb C Bb
It's the `friend' that I'd left in the hallway
C Bb C Bb
Please sit down
C Bb C Bb
A candle lit shadow on a wall near the bed
F x8
C Bb C Bb x2
C Bb C Bb
You know I hate to ask
C Bb C Bb
But, are `friends' electric? are they?
C Bb C Bb
mine's broke down
C Bb C Bb
And now I've no one to love
F x8
C Bb C Bb
F x8
G D F C x2
G D F C
So I find out your reason for the phone calls and smiles
G D F C
And it hurts and I'm lonely and I should never have tried
G D F C
And I missed you tonight, so it's time to leave,
G D F C
You see it meant everything to me
G F C x4
C Bb C Bb x6
Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/gary_numan/are_friends_electric_chords_2484011