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Okay, this is one of my favorite bands and this version is off their EP album RED STAR. Chords used Am C G F D/F# C/G Cadd9(made up last2 names,chords are right in song) e-0-- 0 3 1 2 0 3 B-1-- 1 3 1 3 1 1 G-2-- 0 0 2 2 0 0 D-2-- 2 0 3 0 0 2 A-0-- 3 2 3 x 2 3 E-x-- x 3 1 2 x x Am(strum once) Are you frightened by the weight you possess oh C (strum once) Is this life just weightlessness G (strum once) The smoggy twilight in LA
IG can't thinD/F#k of one real thing to say Am (strum once) And Robbie Williams is walking in the canyons C(strum once) Forgets that we were friends G(strum once) G D/F# (strum each once) I guess it all depends on your mood D/F# G (strum each once) Why can't these meds be any damn good
And she said
WAmhy can't you be LCike my waterpik shower massager AG sweet reliable macD/F#hine And to tell the truth AmI don't feel less alone AC water massagers is the purest love I've ever known G Am Am C/G Cadd9 (play the Am and C/G once) Why can't you be LCike when I was G13 Am (strum once) Am Why can't you be LCike an art house foreign movie Frank and seGxy, red balloons and ennuD/F#i
And allude to me Am Am C/G C (play the Am and C/G once and quickly) And why can't you be
AC little more of a mystery G
WhGy can't you be TAmhe part of me that's missing ThCan leaving me for some other SaGid we're perfect for each other AndF I know we wont go spend our Amlives alone. Cadd9 G Am(strum Once) Why can't you be AmLikCe an outsourced government contract I'm aG fat cat gettin' away with anytD/F#hing Kicking some secret Amspecial powers Illumination Crounds in showers GCause your tearing your hair out WD/F#hile we can have a bed of flowers
And I said
AmWhy can't you be Like the Cchicks out of the road Some girls are Ghappy just to see me Because you gotAm moxie and a broken nose Take him Caway from this close Sometimes a Gblowjobs not enough Am Am C/G C (play the Am and C/G once quickly) Why can’t you play (stop playin for a sec) A little less rough
GWhy can't you be TAmhe part of me that's missing Instead of lCeaving me for some other Say we're pGerfect for each other F Am C G (strum both one time) And I know we wont go spend our lives alone
( THE NEXT PART DONT STRUM SO MUCH AND DO A LIL MORE PICKIN)
CFan we.Am.. jGust leave it be And we canF live... Amour lives... Gseparately Could you Fforget...Am what happens to you YGou and me WFhen we're dead... anAmd you'll be dead We'll have eGternity And I will spend it aFll... Ammissing you SGeeing you with me So while I'm alivFe...Am GI will always be
(BACK TO STRUMMIN)
WAmhy can't you be LCookin' a little deeper into me Like GJD Salinger Why do I D/F#challenge her In all these surfaceAm ways
That you displease
Why cCan't you be A little Gmore at ease
WAmhy can't you be Like a Chand rolled cigarette
I’m not joking
GThis masochistic seD/F#lf-pity of smoking AAmnd this city ditty I kCeep provoking you to Gleave me
She said
AmWhy can't you be CLike a candle I can snuff You’re still Ga diamond in the rough And ID/F# swear to god I've had enough HAmow can I C call your bluff? G
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