Why Can't You Be chords by Third Eye Blind
Verse 1
Am
Are you frightened by the
weight you possess
C
Or is this lie just weightlessness
G
Smoggy twilight in L.A.
D
G
I can't think of one real thing to say
Am
And Robbie Williams is
walking in the canyons
C
Forgets that we were friends
G
I guess it all depends on your mood
D
Why can't these med's be
G
any damn good
Verse 2
Am
And she said,
C
Why can't you be like my wa
ter pick shower massager
G
D
A sweet reliable machine
And to tell the truth
Am
I don't feel less alone
C
My water massagers
G
The purest love I've ever known
Am
Why can't you be,
C
like when I was thirteen
G
He said
Verse 3
Am
Why can't you be
C
Like an art house foreign movie
G
Frank and sexy red balloons and ennui
D
G
D
And aloof to me and
Am
Why can't you be,
C
a little more of a mystery
Verse 4
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
And we won't spend this life
G
Alone
Verse 5
Am
She said,
Why can't you be
C
Like and out sourced government contract
G
And I'm a fat cat getting
D
away with anything
Kicking some secret spe
Am
cial powers
C
Illumination rounds in showers
Verse 6
G
'Cause your tearing our hair out
D
When we could have a bed of flowers
Verse 7
Am
Why can't you be
C
Like the chicks out on the road
Am
G
Some girls are happy just to see me
Verse 8
Am
Cause you got moxie
and a broken nose
C
You take em away from this prose
G
Sometimes a blow job's not enough
Am
C
Why can't you play
Interlude 1
A little less rough
G
Am
C
G
F
Am
G
Gsus4
G
Verse 9
F
Am
G
Can we, just leave it be
F
C
We could live our lives
G
Separately
F
Could you forget
C
Am
C
What happens to
G
you and me
F
When we're dead
Am
And we'll be dead
G
We'll have eternity
F
And I will spend it all
Am
G
Missing you and me
F
Am
F
Am
So while I'm alive
C
G
I will always be
F
C
Seeking you out, wondering about
Am
How'd we go so far down
G
And what's do wrong with you and me
Verse 10
Am
Why can't you be,
C
someone looking a little deeper into me
G
Like J.D. Sallenger,
Verse 11
D
Why do I challenge her
Am
In all the surface ways that you displease
C
G
Why can't you be a little more at ease
Verse 12
Am
Why can't you be,
C
like a hand rolled cigarette
I'm not joking
G
D
This masochistic, self- pity of smoking
Am
C
And this silly ditty that keeps provoking you
G
To leave me
Verse 13
Am
Why can't you be like a
C
candle I can snuff
G
You're still a diamond
in the rough
D
And I swear to god I've had enough
Am
C
How can I
Call your bluff
Why Can't You Be
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