Why Must I Be Sad? They Might Be Giants
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 1995 19:42:03 -0400
Subject: why_must_i_be_sad?.crd
Why Must I Be Sad?
by They Might Be Giants (from the CD "John Henry")
transcribed by Gary Snegaroff (SnegG@aol.com)
(Intro riff then) D Em F C D Em F C
[D]No [Dmaj7]more Mister [Gm]Nice [Gm7]Guy
[C]I [C7]love the [F]dead[A]
[D]I've been [Dmaj7]thinking a[Gm]bout [Gm7]it
Now I under[C]stand [C7]what he [F]said[A]
CHORUS:
[D]Ask [Em]me [F]now [C]I
[D]under[Em]stand the [F]words that [C]Alice [D]said
I [Em]kick the [F]rocks be[C]neath me
[D]I squint [Em]at the [F]sun[C]
[D]Sad, [G]sad, [F#m]sad, [Bm]sad
[Em]Why must [G]I be [A]sad?
[D]The rows of [G]dande[F#m]lions [Bm]growing [Em]all a[F#m]round me
[G]Why must [A]I be [D]sad?[Em] [F] [C] [D] [Em] [F] [C]
[D]No one knows these [Dmaj7]things but me and [Gm]him[Gm7]
so I'm [C]writing everything [C7]down in a spiral [F]notebook[A]
[D]in the [Dmaj7]hopes that one [Gm]day other [Gm7]people
will [C]feel as [C7]low as [F]this[A]
(repeat Chorus)
[Dm]No [Dm/Bd]more Mister [Dm/B]Nice [Dm/C]Guy
[Bdm]I lo[Bdm7]ve the [Fm]dead[Dd]
[Ddim7]I've been thin[Edim7]king about it
Now I under[Ddim7]stand what he [F+]said[A]
(repeat Chorus, except last line is...)
[G]Why must [A]I be [Em]sad?[F#m]
(repeat until)
[G]Why must [A]I be [D]sad?[Em] [F] [C] [D] [Em] [F] [C] [D]
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