Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
No capo
Intro:
D MajorD C majorC G+G
D MajorD C majorC G+G
Verse 1:
B minorBm G+G
When we know something is true
D MajorD
Beyond question or doubt
B minorBm G+G
There's no particular point
D MajorD
In pointing it out
B minorBm G+G
Blue is the color of sky
D MajorD
'Cause mothers all worry
G+G
And old people die
B minorBm
A augmentedA phone rings, a bee stings
D MajorD E MajorE
It's something you don't need to hear
G+G
It's just clear
Chorus:
D MajorD
Why go stating the obvious?
C majorC
It's so painfully obvious
G+G
How could you miss
A augmentedA B minorBm
Something that's this plain to see
A#A# Am7Am7
When it's glaring, and staring
E minorEm A*
Right at you
D MajorD
So obviously
C majorC G+G
D MajorD C majorC G+G
Verse 2:
B minorBm G+G
When you get bored you draw stars
D MajorD
On the cuffs of your jeans
B minorBm G+G
You still fill out the quizzes you find
D MajorD
In those teen magazines
B minorBm G+G
And you dance like nobody's there
B minorBm
Awkward and perfect
G+G
You don't even care
B minorBm D MajorD
Something courageous, amazing, contagious
E MajorE
And kind
G+G
All combined
Chorus:
D MajorD
Why go stating the obvious?
C majorC
It's so painfully obvious
G+G
How could you miss
A augmentedA B minorBm
Something that's this plain to see
A#A# Am7Am7
When it's glaring, and staring
E minorEm A augmentedA
Right at you
E MajorE
So obviously
Bridge:
G+G
Sometimes the words
D MajorD
We tend to withhold
E MajorE G+G
But they're exactly the words
D MajorD
Someone needs to be told
B minorBm A augmentedA
But oh, thinking they know
E minor 7Em7
We never say "I love you
E minor 7Em7
I love you
G+G
I love you
G+G
I love you."
Chorus:
D MajorD
'Cause why go stating the obvious?
C majorC
It's so painfully obvious
G+G
How could you miss
A augmentedA B minorBm
Something that's this plain to see
A#A# Am7Am7
When it's glaring, and staring
E minorEm A*
Right at you
D MajorD
So obviously
C majorC G+G
D MajorD C majorC G+G
End on D MajorD