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Why I Cant Draw

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On the C major chord between beats 12 and 15 you can add colour to the sound by using
your pinky on the higher E string (x32013). On F chords play higher E string open.
[Intro]
F       C       F   G   C
[Verse]
FI found an old notebook filled up with pictures
CFound my friends in hospital beds with facial stitches
FWe sat around the table, drinking hoping no one would ever Cdie
FA scribble of an elephant with
C"Why I can't draw and why everyone is evil"
FWritten above it in faded black inCk
FHeated debate about the legal system
CLet's have a rally, let's start a revolution
FSet fires under our feet and do our best not to stamp Cit out
FAnd all I can see through the rooftops and the chimneys
CIs the top of a billboard that reads "love"
FAnd I think it's an advert for nasal spray technology but in my cCurrent state it doesn't matter much
[Bridge]
FAnd these things are Gconsuming but there's Fmore to me than lack of Gsleep and anxiety
FAnd darling you've befriended Gdropouts and drifters, Fso why would you expect Ganything different?
CBut this is a Em7summer Am7song, and I Cwant you Em7all to sing Am7alongG  
[Chorus]
It goes Fda dadadada da da da dadadada
CDa dadadada da da da dadadada
FDa dadadada da dGa da da-a-aC-aa
[Verse 2]
FAnd a woman with a face that slid right down to the top of her dress
CTold me I'd succeed because I'd been touched by a goddess
FIf technology's taught me anything it's that writing is much easier Cthan speaking
FThat walking's best done in silence
CAnd rooftops are best left leaking
FAnd as we boarded up the walls where our fists had fell the night before
CI said, "I'm sorry that I shout, I'm not sorry that I don't put out
FI'm sorry I can't understand things unless I find Cmusic in them."
FAnd you know that you feel like I left you, Cbut you left me without much of a choice
FI haven't learnt to draw but at least CI never lost, never lost my voice
[Bridge]
FAnd these things are Gconsuming but there's Fmore to me than lack of Gsleep and anxiety
FAnd darling you've befriended Gdropouts and drifters, Fso why would you expect Ganything different?
CBut this is a Em7summer Am7song, and I Cwant you Em7all to sing Am7alongG  
[Chorus]
It goes Fda dadadada da da da dadadada
CDa dadadada da da da dadadada
FDa dadadada da dGa da da-a-aC-aa
FDa dadadada da da da dadadada
CDa dadadada da da da dadadada
FDa dadadada da dGa da da-a-aC-aa

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Why I Cant Draw

by Wil Wagner

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

Am7

On the C major chord between beats 12 and 15 you can add colour to the sound by using

your pinky on the higher E string (x32013). On F chords play higher E string open.

[Intro]

F C F G C

[Verse]

I found an old notebook filled up with pictures

Found my friends in hospital beds with facial stitches

F C

We sat around the table, drinking hoping no one would ever die

A scribble of an elephant with

"Why I can't draw and why everyone is evil"

F C

Written above it in faded black ink

Heated debate about the legal system

Let's have a rally, let's start a revolution

F C

Set fires under our feet and do our best not to stamp it out

And all I can see through the rooftops and the chimneys

Is the top of a billboard that reads "love"

F C

And I think it's an advert for nasal spray technology but in my current state it doesn't matter much

[Bridge]

F G F G

And these things are consuming but there's more to me than lack of sleep and anxiety

F G F G

And darling you've befriended dropouts and drifters, so why would you expect anything different?

C Em7 Am7 C Em7 Am7 G

But this is a summer song, and I want you all to sing along

[Chorus]

It goes da dadadada da da da dadadada

Da dadadada da da da dadadada

F G C

Da dadadada da da da da-a-a-aa

[Verse 2]

And a woman with a face that slid right down to the top of her dress

Told me I'd succeed because I'd been touched by a goddess

F C

If technology's taught me anything it's that writing is much easier than speaking

That walking's best done in silence

And rooftops are best left leaking

And as we boarded up the walls where our fists had fell the night before

I said, "I'm sorry that I shout, I'm not sorry that I don't put out

F C

I'm sorry I can't understand things unless I find music in them."

F C

And you know that you feel like I left you, but you left me without much of a choice

F C

I haven't learnt to draw but at least I never lost, never lost my voice

[Bridge]

F G F G

And these things are consuming but there's more to me than lack of sleep and anxiety

F G F G

And darling you've befriended dropouts and drifters, so why would you expect anything different?

C Em7 Am7 C Em7 Am7 G

But this is a summer song, and I want you all to sing along

[Chorus]

It goes da dadadada da da da dadadada

Da dadadada da da da dadadada

F G C

Da dadadada da da da da-a-a-aa

Da dadadada da da da dadadada

F G C

Da dadadada da da da da-a-a-aa

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