------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
WHY CAN'T WE BE MORE THAN JUST FRIENDS – Homegrown 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

Tabbed by Juan Phoa from Malaysia 

Intro 
It first starts with just the bass. 

Both guitars (a&b) 
Let it ring 
|--5---------------------------------| 
|--5---------------------------------| 
|--7------------------6-7-6-9-7-6-7--| 
|--7----------------7----------------| 
|--5---------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------| 

Chorus 
Guitar a plays the chords on the top 
Guitar b plays the riff 
D Gb G A 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------7--| (x4) 
|--0—-0-7-5-4-0---0-4—-4-7-5-4-0---0-5-—5-7-5-4-0---0-7--7-5-4h5p4---| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Verse 
Mute with left hand 
|-----------------XX---XX---XX------| 
|-----------------XX---XX---XX------| 
|--77777-66666----XX---XX---XX------| 
|--XXXXX-XXXXX—-55XX-55XX-55XX-777--| (x2) 
|--55555-44444—-55XX-55XX-55XX-777--| 
|---------------33XX-33XX-33XX-555--| 

Bridge 
|-----------------------------------X--------------| 
|-----------------------------------X--------------| 
|----------4---------------4--------X---------4----| 
|--5555555-4-77777-4444444-4-5555555X-5555555-4-7--| 
|--5555555-2-77777-4444444-2-5555555X-5555555-2-7--| 
|--3333333---55555-2222222---3333333X-3333333---5--| 

Chorus again 

Guitar a plays the chords on the top 
Guitar b plays the riff 
D Gb G A 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------7--| 
|--0—-0-7-5-4-0---0-4—-4-7-5-4-0---0-5-—5-7-5-4-0---0-7--7-5-4h5p4---| (x2) 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Verse 
Mute with left hand 
|-----------------XX---XX---XX------| 
|-----------------XX---XX---XX------| 
|--77777-66666----XX---XX---XX------| (x2) 
|--XXXXX-XXXXX—-55XX-55XX-55XX-777--| 
|--55555-44444—-55XX-55XX-55XX-777--| 
|---------------33XX-33XX-33XX-555--| 

Bridge 
|-------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------| 
|----------4---------------4-----------------4----| 
|--5555555-4-77777-4444444-4-5555555-5555555-4-7--| 
|--5555555-2-77777-4444444-2-5555555-5555555-2-7--| 
|--3333333---55555-2222222---3333333-3333333---5--| 

Chorus 
Guitar a plays the chords on the top 
Guitar b plays the riff 
D Gb G A 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------7--| 
|--0—-0-7-5-4-0---0-4—-4-7-5-4-0---0-5-—5-7-5-4-0---0-7--7-5-4h5p4---| (x3) 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 

D Gb G A 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--0—-0-7-5-4-0---0-4—-4-7-5-4-0---0-5-—5-7-5-4-0---0-77777(slide off)-| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Guitar a&b 
XX X XXXXX 
|--------------------|--------------| 
|--------------------|--------------| 
|---------4----------|(x3)----------| (X=palm mute) 
|--44-4-4-4-5-55555--|-------777777-| 
|--44-4-4-2-5-55555--|-------777777-| 
|--22-2—2---3-33333--|-------555555-| 

Guitar a 
|-------------------|-------------| 
|-------------------|-------------| 
|-------------------|-------------| 
|--4444444-5555555--|-(x4)—-77777-| 
|--4444444-5555555--|-------77777-| 
|--2222222-3333333--|-------55555-| 

Guitar b 
|-------------------|---------------------| 
|-------------------|---------------------| 
|--777777777777777--|------11111-99999----| 
|--XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX--|-(x4)-XXXXX-XXXXX----| 
|--555555555555555--|------99999-77777----| 
|-------------------|---------------------| 

Chorus 
Just the riff (guitar b) 
Guitar a just plays the chords once 
After that the chorus goes like normal 
D Gb G A 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------7--| 
|--0—-0-7-5-4-0---0-4—-4-7-5-4-0---0-5-—5-7-5-4-0---0-7--7-5-4h5p4---| (x6) 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 

At the end both guitars play this 
|----------------10-| 
|---------7-8-10----| 
|---6-7-9-----------| 
|--7----------------| 
|-------------------| 
|-------------------| 

and the bass plays this 
|----6-7-6-9-7-6-7--| 
|--7----------------| 
|-------------------| 
|-------------------| 

The End. I hope you enjoyed it. I’m sure that everything is very accurate. 
If you think it’s crap or very well done then mail me about it at 
[email protected] 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------