Why Cant You Be

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Am C G F G/F# Am/E
0 0 3 1 3 0
1 1 3 1 3 1
2 0 0 2 0 2
2 2 0 3 0 2
0 3 2 3 x 0
x x 3 1 2 0
[Intro]
Am
Are you frightened by the weight you possess or
C
Is this life just weightlessness
G
Smoggy twilight in LA
G/F#
I can't think of one real thing to say
Am
And you and me are walking in the canyons
C
She forgets that we were friends
G
I guess it all depends on your mood
G/F# G
Why can't these meds be any damn good
[Verse 1]
(And she said)
Am
Why can't you be
C
Like my waterpik shower massager
G G/F#
A sweet reliable machine
Am
And to tell the truth I don't feel less alone
C G
A water massager's the purest love I've ever known
[Verse 2]
Am
Why can't you be
C G
Like when I was 13 (and I said)
Am
Why can't you be
C
Like an art house foreign movie
G G/F#
Frank and sexy, red balloons and ennui
And aloof to me
Am
And why can't you be
C
A little more of a mystery
[Chorus]
G
Why can't you be
Am
The part of me that's missing
C
Instead of leaving me for some other
G
Said we're perfect for each other
F Am
And I know we won't spend this life, alone. (and she said)
[Verse 3]
Am
Why can't you be
C
Like an out sourced government contract
G G/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
G/F#
While we can have a bed of flowers (and I said)
[Verse 4]
Am
Why can't you be
C
Like the chicks out on the road
G
Some girls are happy just to see me
Am
Because you got moxie and a broken nose
C
You take 'em away from this prose
G
Sometimes a blowjob's not enough
Am
Why can’t you play
C
A little less rough
[Chorus]
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 G
And I know we wont go spend this life, alone
[Bridge]
F Am/E
Can we...
G
just leave it be
F Am/E G
We could live... our lives... separately
F Am/E
Could you forget... what happens to you
G
To you and me
F Am/E
When we're dead... and we'll be dead
G
We'll have eternity
F Am/E
And I will spend it all... missing you
G
Missing you and me
F Am/E
So while I'm alive...
G
I will always be
F
Seeking you out, diggin' you out,
Am/E
wondering about how'd we go so far down
G
And what's wrong with you, what's wrong with you and me
[Verse 5]
(and she said)
Am
Why can't you be someone
C
Looking deeper into me
G
Like J.D. Salinger
G/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, well
[Verse 6]
Am
Why can't you be
C
Like a hand rolled cigarette
I’m not joking
G G/F#
This masochistic self-pity pot smoking
Am
And this city ditty
C
I keep provoking you to leave me
[Outro]
(and she said)
Am
Why can't you be
C
Like a candle I can snuff
G
You’re still a diamond in the rough
G/F#
And I swear to god I've had enough
Am C G
How can I call your bluff?

Why Cant You Be chords and lyrics

Free chords for Why Cant You Be by Third Eye Blind. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

1   1   3   1   3    1
2   0   0   2   0    2
2   2   0   3   0    2
0   3   2   3   x    0
x   x   3   1   2    0
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
(And she said)
[Verse 2]
And aloof to me
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
[Verse 4]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[Verse 5]
(and she said)
That you displease
[Verse 6]
I’m not joking
[Outro]
(and she said)

Why Cant You Be Chords by Third Eye Blind

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