Why Me? chords by Golden Earring

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Verse 1
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I'm  (A minor)  (D major)  (A minor)  (D major)  (A minor)  (D major)  (A minor)  (D major) 
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 (A minor) standing on the cliff top,
watchin' storm clouds grow
It's disappointment time again,
I've been up here before
The wind balloons my jacket,
seabirds collide below
A pier stands on a hundred stilts,
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some stranded  (E minor)  (A minor) UFO
I've stopped the car,
in a dead end street
Rear view mirror,
nothing but empty seats
I could brace myself,
smash through the concrete
Find what's behind that wall of insecurity
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 (E minor)  (C major) From gin and jag (D major) s,
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to squalor and scab  (C major) 
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Selena, what  (D major) a drag  (C major) 
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Once we were,  (D major) back to back  (C major) 
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Almost there, but  (D major) white was black  (E minor) 
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Why me,  (B minor) designed to com (E minor) pete
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Always,  (B minor) flirtin' with de (E minor) feat
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Why me, I knew  (B minor) it when we met
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Hell,  (E minor) what  (B minor) else could you expect
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Why  (E minor) me,  (B minor) hungry for affection
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 (E minor) It ends, with chaos  (B minor) and re
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jection  (E minor)  (C major)  (A minor) 
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 (E minor) 
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 (A minor) Through the wall and over the cliff
I made the decision,
you took quite a risk
Selena says, as she strokes my head
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With luck like yours, you should be  (E minor) dead
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 (C major) Forget the past  (D major) and melt
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my silver spoon  (C major) 
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Selena,  (D major) not a minute too soon  (C major) 
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Broke the chains of  (D major) negativity
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At  (C major) last I  (D major) score a victory
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Why  (E minor)  (B minor) me, no need to
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com (E minor) pete
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Nowadays,  (B minor) I think at de (E minor) feat
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She's me, I  (B minor) felt it when me met
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 (E minor) That feel, can (B minor) cels all regret  (E minor) 
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Me, the center  (B minor) of attrac (E minor) tion
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The end,  (B minor) adds to your
confusion
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I'm standin'  (E minor)  (B minor) on  the cliff top,  (E minor) waving,  (B minor)  (E minor) waving  (B minor)  (E minor)  (B minor) 
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 (E minor) Why me,  (B minor) no need to compete
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 (E minor) Nowadays,  (B minor) I wink at defeat
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She's  (E minor) me, I felt  (B minor) it when we met
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 (E minor) That feel, can (B minor) cels all regret
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Still  (E minor) me, the center  (B minor) of attraction
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The  (E minor) end,  (B minor) adds to your
confusion
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I'm standin',  (E minor)  (B minor) on  the cliff top
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Waitin'  (E minor)  (B minor) for the cops