Why Can't You chords by Bryant Barnes

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: Eb

Verse 1:
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B|---8------8----8-----8-----6------6----6-----6-----4-----4-----4-----4-----3--3--3--3--3--3--3----|
G|-----8-----8-----8-----8-----7-----7-----7-----7-----5-----5-----5-----5-----3-----3-----3-----3--| (x2)
D|-6-----------6-6---------5-----------5-5---------3-----------3-----3-----1-----1-----1-----1------|
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E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Abmaj7
Here I am again, love
                 Gm7                   Fm7
I hope you don't mind, hope you don't mind
                                                  Ebmaj7
'Cause I don't wanna be alone, for the rest of my life
Abmaj7
Tried to hide my sins, now
                     Gm7
But where could they lie?
              Fm7
You're in control, and I can't let go
                  Ebmaj7
I'm here, 'til we die (Ooh, ooh)

Pre-Chorus:
e|-8-----8-----8-----8-----6-----6-----6-----6-----4-----4-----4-----4-----6-----6-----7-------------|
B|---8---x--8----8---x-8-----6---x--6----6---x-6-----4---x-4-----4---x-4-----6---x-6---6-------------|
G|-----8-x---8-----8-x---8-----7-x---7-----7-x---7-----5-x---5-----5-x---5-----7-x---7-7-------------|
D|-6-----x-----6-6---x-----5-----x-----5-5---x-----3-----x-----3-3---x-----5-----x-----5-------------|
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       Abmaj7
Mental solitude
           Abmaj7
I remember it was subtle
                  Gm7
You would tell me in the summer
                Gm7
You could never love another (Ooh)
        Fm7
It's no longer true
                Fm7                              Gm7
Now I'm waiting for a phone call, where are you, pride?
                         G7
Are you alive? Is this a sign?

Chorus:
            Abmaj7
To get over you-ooh-ooh
       Gm7
I love you-ooh-ooh
          Fm7                        Ebmaj7
Why can't you (Why can't you), be in love? (Be in love)
              Abmaj7
Oh, why can't you-ooh-ooh?
          Gm7
What do I do? (I love you-ooh-ooh)
Gm7 F#m7  Fm7        Ebmaj7
Why can't you, be in love?

Verse 2:
Abmaj7
Here I am again, love
                 Gm7                   Fm7
I hope you don't mind, hope you don't mind
                                                  Ebmaj7
'Cause I don't wanna be alone, for the rest of my life, yeah
Abmaj7                                                 Gm7
And if you were to change your ways for me, I would cry
                    Fm7
'Cause then I would know if we'd still have hope
                     Ebmaj7
And maybe we could survive (Ooh, ooh)

Pre-Chorus:
       Abmaj7
Mental solitude
           Abmaj7
I remember it was subtle
                  Gm7
You would tell me in the summer
                Gm7
You could never love another (Ooh)
        Fm7
It's no longer true
                Fm7                              Gm7
Now I'm waiting for a phone call, where are you, pride?
                         G7
Are you alive? Is this a sign?

Chorus:
            Abmaj7
To get over you-ooh-ooh
       Gm7
I love you-ooh-ooh
          Fm7                        Ebmaj7
Why can't you (Why can't you), be in love? (Be in love)
              Abmaj7
Oh, why can't you-ooh-ooh?
          Gm7
What do I do? (I love you-ooh-ooh)
Gm7 F#m7  Fm7        Ebmaj7
Why can't you, be in love?

Outro:
Abmaj7        Gm7
Oh, I’m so in love with you
Gm7F#m7Fm7       Ebmaj7
So can we, be in love?