Why chords by
Shawn Mendes

2018Pop1.7K views

Key: Eb major

Intro 1

Eb

Fm

Cm

Abm

Verse 1
Eb Eb 
 
I   know a girl, she's like a curse
Fm Fm 
 
We  want each other, no one will break first
Cm Cm 
 
So  many nights, trying to find someone new
Abm Abm 
 
They  don't mean nothing
Eb Eb 
 
compared to her, and I know
When people ask about us, now,
Fm Fm 
 
we just brush it off
I don't know why we act
Cm Cm 
 
like it means nothing at all
I wish that I could tell you
Abm Abm 
 
that you're all that I want, yeah

Chorus 1
Eb Eb 
 
Fm Fm 
 
I   pretend that I'm not ready
Cm Cm 
 
Why do we put each other through hell?
Abm Abm 
 
Why can't we just  get over ourselves?
Eb Eb 
 
Fm Fm 
 
And you say hi like you just met me
Cm Cm 
 
Why do we put each other through hell?
Abm Abm 
 
Why can't we just  get over ourselves?

Interlude 1

Why can't we

Eb

(just get over ourselves?)

Fm

Cm

Abm

Verse 2
Eb Eb 
 
When I   hear you sing,
it gets hard to breathe
Fm Fm 
 
Can't help but think
every song's about me
Cm Cm 
 
And every line, every word that I write
Abm Abm 
 
You   are the muse in the back of my mind, oh
Eb Eb 
 
Don't want to ask about it
Fm Fm 
 
'cause you might brush it off
I'm afraid you think
Cm Cm 
 
that it means nothing at all
I don't know why I won't admit
Abm Abm 
 
that you're all I want

Chorus 2
Eb Eb 
 
Fm Fm 
 
I   pretend that I'm not ready
Cm Cm 
 
Why do we put each other through hell?
Abm Abm 
 
Why can't we just  get over ourselves?
Eb Eb 
 
Fm Fm 
 
And you say hi like you just met me
Cm Cm 
 
Why do we put each other through hell?
Abm Abm 
 
Why can't we just  get over ourselves?

Solo 1

Eb

Fm

Cm

Abm

Eb

Fm

Cm

Abm

Chorus 3
I pretend that I'm not ready
Why do we put each other through hell?
Why can't we just get over ourselves?
And you say hi like you just met me
Cm Cm 
 
Why do we put each other through hell?
Abm Abm 
 
Why can't we just  get over ourselves?

Outro 1

Eb

I know a girl, she's like a curse

Fm

We want each other, no one will break first

Cm

So many nights, trying to find someone new

Abm

They don't mean nothing compared to you

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsEb Fm Cm Abm

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