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Why Can't You & I? easy guitar chords by
Janis Ian
Janis Ian

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Verse 1
C
Cm
G
Dsus4
Am
D
G

Hope

dies,
B

withered on the vine
Em

Cold before its time
G
C

Water into brine and dreams die
Cm
C

Waiting to be fed
Dsus4
Em
A

Long before they're wet to life
D
G

So here we are
Bsus4
B

Two ships without a sail
Em
G

No rudder for the gale winds
C

Or the tail spins, I miss you
Cm

Even when you're near
Dsus4
G
Dbdim

You're leaving, pouring out like tears
Dsus4

If dreams die before we give them life
D
G
Dsus4

Why should love survive?
D
G

Hope tries
Bsus4
B

First you're holding hands
Em

Then dreams become demands
G

And passion turns to plans
C

And love tries
Cm

Blinded by a tooth
Am
G
Em
A

to turn its anger into truth
D
G

So here we are,
Bsus4

two ships upon the land
B
Em

No anchor for the sand dunes
G
C

When the earth moves, I miss you

Even when you're near,
Cm
G

you're leaving
Dbdim

Pouring out like tears
Dsus4

If hope tries to fight the test of time
D
G
Dsus4
D

Why can't you and I?
G
B

Feed me, pluck me from the vines,
Em

stop the hands of time,
G
C

turn water into wine and seal me.
Cm

Treasure every seed,
C
Dsus4
G
Em

pleasure in the need
A
D
G

Be mine, here you are
Bsus4

My comet in the sky
B
Em

Afraid to spin into it high
G

And burning as it flies
C

I'll miss you even when you're near
F
G

You're bleak,
Dbdim
A

ring -boring and like tears
Em
Dbdim
Dsus4

If dreams die
G
Dsus4

Then why should you and I
D
G
Dsus4
D
G
Dsus4

We were born to fly
Eb

We were born to fly
F
C
F
C
G

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Chords
  • C

  • Cm

    3
  • G

  • Dsus4

  • Am

  • D

  • B

    2
  • Em

  • A

  • Bsus4

    2
  • Dbdim

    4
  • F

  • Eb

    6

Capo: 3

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