Chord/Tab song: Why Bother

Why Bother by Allison Weiss

Capo 3rd Fret (she plays it on 2nd fret sometimes too but the EP version is 3rd)


RELATIVE TO CAPO

[E] [Ab] [A] [B] [Db]

--0-- --0-- --0-- --0-- --0--
--0-- --0-- --0-- --0-- --0--
--9-- --5-- --6-- --8-- --6--
--9-- --6-- --7-- --9-- --6--
--7-- --6-- --7-- --9-- --4--
--0-- --4-- --5-- --7-- --0-- 

The picking is fairly random and you can pick up the general idea just by listening to the song.
Something like this works for the verse:

e------------------|-----------------|
B--------0---------|-----------------|
G----9-------9-----|-------5-------6-|
D------9---9-----9-|---6-------7-----|
A--------------7---|-----------------|
E--0---------------|-4---4---5---5---|

And the chorus is like this:

e------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B--------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|
G----6-------6-----|---8-------8-----|---9-------9-----|---6-------6-----|
D------7---7-----7-|-----9---9-----7-|-----9---9-----9-|-----6---6-----6-|
A--------------7---|-------------7---|-7-----------7---|-4-----------4---|
E--5---------------|-7---------------|-----------------|-----------------|

VERSE 1

[E]I'm not a mystery [Ab]everything I [A]think is written [E]down

[Ab]keeping me from [A]keeping you [E]around

[Ab]can't keep my [A]feet on the [E]ground

[E]and there's a million ways [Ab]I can mess it [A]up I always [E]do

[Ab]making plans and [A]making them too [E]soon

[Ab]I can't make much [A]sense out of [E]you

CHORUS

[Ab] [A] why bother [B] I'd rather [E]call it off than [Db]wait for it to [A]work

and why bother [B] I bet you're [E]better off with some [Db]other hopeless [A]jerk

and I [B]like you [E] but what can [Db]I do

there's [A]too much space to [B]make you stay[E]


VERSE 2

[E]and there's a price to pay for [Ab]doing what I [A]do but I can't [E]stop

I [Ab]open up my [A]heart like it's my [E]job

I [Ab]tell myself it's [A]over but it's [E]not

[E]I've got a running list of [Ab]all the times I've [A]tried to break my [E]fall

and [Ab]all the times I've [A]wished that you would [E]call

and [Ab]all the times I've [A]wished for you at [E]all


CHORUS

[Ab] [A] why bother [B] I'd rather [E]call it off than [Db]wait for it to [A]work

and why bother [B] I bet you're [E]better off with some [Db]other hopeless [A]jerk

and I [B]like you [E] but what can [Db]I do

there's [A]too much space to [B]make you stay[E]


INSTRUMENTAL
[E] [Ab] [A] [E]
[Ab] [A] [E]
[Ab] [A] [E]
[Ab] [A] [B] [E] [Db]
[A] [B] [E] [Db]
[A] [B] [E] [Db]
[A] [B] [E]

VERSE

[E]I'm not a mystery [Ab]everything I [A]think is written [E]down

yeah [Ab]everything I [A]think is written [E]down

[Ab]keeping me from [A]keeping you [E]around


CHORUS

[Ab] [A] why bother [B] I'd rather [E]call it off than [Db]wait for it to [A]work

and why bother [B] I bet you're [E]better off with some [Db]other hopeless [A]jerk

and I [B]like you [E] but what can [Db]I do

there's [A]too much space to [B]make you stay[Db]

there's [A]too much space to [B]make you stay[E]