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
G D/F#
I can't think 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
Am
Why can't you be
C
Like my waterpik shower massager
G D/F#
A sweet reliable machine
Am
And to tell the truth I don't feel less alone
C G
A water massagers is the purest love I've ever known
Am Am C/G Cadd9 (play the Am and C/G once)
Why can't you be
C G
Like when I was 13
Am (strum once) Am
Why can't you be
C
Like an art house foreign movie
G D/F#
Frank and sexy, red balloons and ennui
And allude to me
Am Am C/G C (play the Am and C/G once and quickly)
And why can't you be
C G
A little more of a mystery
G
Why can't you be
Am
The part of me that's missing
C
Than leaving me for some other
G
Said we're perfect for each other
F Am Cadd9 G
And I know we wont go spend our lives alone.
Am(strum Once)
Why can't you be
Am C
Like an outsourced government contract
G D/F#
I'm a fat cat gettin' away with anything
Am
Kicking some secret special powers
C
Illumination rounds in showers
G
Cause your tearing your hair out
D/F#
While we can have a bed of flowers
And I said
Am
Why can't you be
C
Like the chicks out of the road
G
Some girls are happy just to see me
Am
Because you got moxie and a broken nose
C
Take him away from this close
G
Sometimes a blowjobs 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
G
Why can't you be
Am
The part of me that's missing
C
Instead of leaving me for some other
G
Say we're perfect 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)
F Am
Can we...
G
just leave it be
F Am G
And we can live... our lives... separately
F Am
Could you forget... what happens to you
G
You and me
F Am
When we're dead... and you'll be dead
G
We'll have eternity
F Am
And I will spend it all... missing you
G
Seeing you with me
F Am
So while I'm alive...
G
I will always be
(BACK TO STRUMMIN)
Am
Why can't you be
C
Lookin' a little deeper into me
G
Like JD Salinger
D/F#
Why do I challenge her
Am
In all these surface ways
That you displease
C
Why can't you be
G
A little more at ease
Am
Why can't you be
C
Like a hand rolled cigarette
I’m not joking
G D/F#
This masochistic self-pity of smoking
Am
And this city ditty
C G
I keep provoking you to leave me
She said
Am
Why can't you be
C
Like a candle I can snuff
G
You’re still a diamond in the rough
D/F#
And I swear to god I've had enough
Am C
How can I
G
call your bluff?
ENJOY
