Why Can't You chords by Al Jolson
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Verse 1
(C major) (F major) (A minor) (C major) (F sharpdim) (G major) You (C major) may
declare (B major) life (G major) is (A minor) unfair,
keeping (D major) your (G major) share of happiness.
(C major) You are to blame, (B major) they (G major) called your (A minor) name,
you did not claim (G major) your happiness,
(C major) you (F major) say you're through and you (C major) sigh, (G major)
how (A minor) do you know (E major) till (A minor) you try? (F major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) Viol (F major) ets from a tiny seed (C major)
fight their (F major) way up through the (C major) weed (D major) s.
(G major) Violets can do (B flat minor) it, why can (F major) 't you?
(C major) Little (F major) brooklets, breaking free,
(C major) wind (F major) their way down to the sea, (D major)
little (G major) brooks can do (B flat minor) it,
why (C major) can't (F major) you?
Hopes and dreams
are things that life can (D minor) shat ter.
(B flat major) learn (D minor) to lift (G major) your head
(F major) an d say (G major) it does (G minor) n't mat (C major) ter (G major) . (C major)
(F major) Birdies sing in cages too. (C major)
They know (F major) that's the thing to (D major) do.
Little (G major) birds can (C major) do it, (B flat minor) why can't (F major) you?
(C major) Vi (F major) olets from tiny seed (C major) s
fight (F major) their way up through the (D major) weeds.
(G major) Violets can do it, (E flat major) why (F major) can't you? (G minor)
(C major) And (F major) little brooklets, breaking free,
(C major) they (F major) wind their way down
to the (D major) sea.
(G major) Little brooks can do it,
(E flat major) why (F major) can't you?
Hopes and dreams
are things that life (D minor) can shatter (B flat major) .
Learn (G minor) (G major) to lift your head
and say, (G minor) it doesn't (C major) matter (G major) .
(C major) (F major) Birdies sing in occasions too. (C major)
(F major) They know that's the thing to (D major) do.
Little (G major) birds can (C major) do it, (E flat major) why can (C major) 't (F major) you?
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