Why Trust You chords by Alice Cooper

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


🤘 Intro:

Cm


🤘 Verse 1:

Cm
You come on strong with a great big smile
         Bb
But your teeth are as sharp as a crocodile
    F
You promised me the moon and the stars and the sun
        Ab
But you never did nothin' for anyone
      Cm
Can't look me in the face or straight in the eye
    Bb
I'd buy the movie rights to your alibi
  F
I wonder how low you will go
  Ab
I wonder how high your head will blow
         G
You're a psychopathic liar

Your soul is on fire
       F
You're bluffin' with nothin' while the stakes are gettin' higher


🤘 Chorus:

Cm
Why trust you
Eb
You never made a dream come true
F
Why trust you
        Ab               Bb              Cm
Give me one good reason, one good reason why


🤘 Verse 2:

Cm
Well, you come to me all teary-eyed
          Bb
With your big tall tale way up in the sky
F
Begging on your knees for another chance
    Ab
But everybody knows that's a song and a dance
            Cm
Yeah, there used to be a time when you were the best
    Bb
You had the fastest tongue in the west
          F
Ya gave a look and a line like nobody else
      Ab
You'd try to sell the Bible to the Devil himself
    G
You sadistic little liar

You're walkin' on the wire
       F
You're bluffin' up with nothin'

And the bills are gettin' higher


🤘 Chorus 2:

Cm
Why trust you
Eb
You never made a dream come true
F
Why trust you
        Ab               Bb
Give me one good reason, one good reason
Cm
Why trust you


🤘 Solo:

Cm Eb F Ab Bb
Cm Eb F Ab Bb


🤘 Interlude:

G
The noose is getting tighter

Your face is turning whiter
        F
You can stuff it up your muffin and go stick it in the fire


🤘 Chorus 3:

Cm
Why trust you

(You never made a dream come true)

You never never never made a dream come true
                        Ab               Bb
(Why trust you, give me one good reason, one good reason)

You stinkin' little liar baby you should tell, your pants on fire
Cm                  Eb
(Why trust you, you never made a dream come true)

Why trust you, you better spit out what you mean
F                       Ab               Bb
(Why trust you, give me one good reason, one good reason)

Come clean, you're acting like an addict with a holy holy automatic
Cm
Why trust you (Why trust you)

I'm through (Why trust you)

I'm gone (Why trust you)

Into the next song (Why trust you)

Why trust you?