The melody of Why Can’t We Be Friends? by War runs 198 notes across 56 bars, 1:47 long in Eb at 200 beats per minute. The tab sits almost entirely in the first two frets, one note at a time — no chords to barre and no strumming pattern to keep up with. A piano backing track plays the chords and bass underneath, so the line you are learning sounds like the record even at half speed.
Prefer to strum and sing it instead? Why Can’t We Be Friends? chords and lyrics.