Chord/Tab song: Why

Ripped Up Jeans And Silly Dreams
2010 Kind Of Like Records
Submitted by: [email protected]

Key: D

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
D/F# - 2x023x
G - 320033
Bm - x24432
A - x02220
D - xx0232
Em - 022000
A/C# - x476xx
[F#m] [-] [244222]

Intro: D/F#--G-- x2

Verse 1:
[D/F#] Why don't you ever
[G]want to talk to [D/F#]me[G]
[D/F#] I stare at the s[G]ky
always [D/F#]wondering [G]why
[Bm] you only call[A] when I [G]call
D--G-- x2
and you don't stop by
[D] So let me be the
[G]set of s[D]trings[G]
[D] that answer [G]you when
you [D]sing[G] They say "[Bm]Why
can't I fall [A]in [A/C#]love
I can't [D]hear my
Em(hold)
heartbeat over the drums"

Chorus 1:
Oh [D]Why can't I be [G]something
you can use, a [D]tank
of gasoline when your
[G]car's already full
Oh [D]Why can't I be
that [G]headline in


A/C# D--G--D/F#--G-- x2

the news that says

Verse 2:
[D] So Let me be the [G]batte[D]ry[G]
[D] You put into your
[G]tape ma[D/F#]chine[G]
[Bm] so you can hear [A]me [A/C#]sing
[D] but now I'm running
Em(hold)
out of energy

Chorus 2:
Oh [D]Why can't I be [G]something
you can use, a [D]tank
of gasoline when your
[G]car's already full
Oh [D]Why can't I be
that [G]headline in
the [A/C#]news that says
[F#m]things are working out
for the [Bm]people you love
[D]Why can't I be
that [G]headline in
the [A/C#]news that says
[F#m]things are working out
Bm G(hold)
for the people you tried
D G G D/F# Em x2, D(hold)
to