This Is Why We Cant Have Nice Things

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Artist: Taylor Swift
Song: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
Album: Reputation
Key: F major
BPM: 82
[Chords]
F Bb Dm C
e|-1-----1----1-----0--|
B|-1-----3----3-----1--|
G|-2-----3----2-----0--|
D|-3-----3----0-----2--|
A|-3-----1----------3--|
E|-1-------------------|
[Verse 1]
F Bb
It was so nice throwing big parties
F
Jump into the pool from the balcony
Bb
Everyone swimming in a champagne sea
F Bb
And there are no rules when you show up here
F
Bass beat rattling the chandelier
Bb
Feeling so Gatsby for that whole year
[Pre-Chorus]
Bb C
So why'd you have to rain on my parade?
Dm Bb C
I'm shaking my head, I'm locking the gates
[Chorus]
F Dm Bb C F
This is why we can't have nice things, darling
Dm
Because you break them
Bb
I had to take them away
C F Dm Bb C
This is why we can't have nice things, ho-ney
F Dm Bb
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
C
This is why we can't have nice things
[Verse 2]
F Bb
It was so nice being friends again
F
There I was, giving you a second chance
Bb
But then you stabbed in the back while shaking my hand
F
And therein lies the issue
Bb
Friends don't try to trick you
F
Get you on the phone and mind-twist you
Bb
And so I took an axe to a mended fence
[Pre-Chorus]
Bb C
But I'm not the only friend you've lost lately
Dm Bb C
If only you weren't so shady
[Chorus]
F Dm Bb C F
This is why we can't have nice things, darling
Dm
Because you break them
Bb
I had to take them away
C F Dm Bb C
This is why we can't have nice things, ho-ney
F Dm Bb
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
C
This is why we can't have
[Bridge]
F Bb
Here's a toast to my real friends
F
They don't care about that he-said-she-said
Bb
And here's to my baby
F
He ain't reading what they call me lately
Bb
And here's to my momma
Had to listen to all this drama
F Dm
And here's to you
Bb C
'Cause forgiveness is a nice thing to do
N.C
Haha, I can't even say it with a straight face
[Chorus]
F Dm Bb C F
This is why we can't have nice things, darling (darling)
Dm
Because you break them
Bb
I had to take them away
C F Dm Bb C
This is why we can't have nice things, ho-ney
F D Bb
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
C F Dm Bb C F
This is why we can't have nice things, darling (And here's to my real friends)
Dm
Because you break them
Bb
I had to take them away
C F
And here's to my baby
F Dm Bb C
Nice things, ho-ney
(He didn't care about that he-said-she-said)
F Dm Bb
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
C
This is why we can't have nice things

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Artist: Taylor Swift
Song: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
Album: Reputation
Key: F major
BPM: 82
[Verse 1]
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Had to listen to all this drama
N.C
Haha, I can't even say it with a straight face
[Chorus]
(He didn't care about that he-said-she-said)

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