Why Am I Like This Ukulele Chords by Orla Gartland

Why Am I Like This Ukulele chords by Orla Gartland

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: D G B E (D G B E)

Tabs and chords for the baritone ukulele transcribed from orla's yt video!
Fingerpicking stuff is an octave higher than the original but the chords should match well!
Lyrics probably aren't perfectly alligned to the tabs

Chords:
Bm 4432
A* 7655
G* 5433


Intro:

E|------2-----3------2----------------2------3-----2-------------------------|
B|----3----------------------3------3---------------------3------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-------0------0------0------0-------0-------0------0---------------------|

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E|------2-----3------2----------------2------3-----2-------------------------|
B|----3----------------------3------3---------------------3------------------|
G|-0-------0-----0------0----------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------2--------2------2-----2----------------------|


Verse 1:

E|------2-----3------2----------------2------3-----2-------------------------|
B|----3----------------------3------3---------------------3------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-------0------0------0------0-------0-------0------0---------------------|

Last night i smoked a cigarette

E|------2-----3------2----------------2------3-----2-------------------------|
B|----3----------------------3------3---------------------3------------------|
G|-0-------0-----0------0----------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------2--------2------2-----2----------------------|

My dad would have been so upset

E|------2-----3------2----------------2------3-----2-------------------------|
B|----3----------------------3------3---------------------3------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-------0------0------0------0-------0-------0------0---------------------|

Then we got tattoos by the coast

E|------2-----3------2----------------2------3-----2-------------------------|
B|----3----------------------3------3---------------------3------------------|
G|-0-------0-----0------0----------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------2--------2------2-----2----------------------|

And i just stood there like a ghost          Maybe i'm an...

Pre-Chorus:

E|------2-----3------2----------------2------3-----2-------------------------|
B|----3----------------------3------3---------------------3------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-------0------0------0------0-------0-------0------0---------------------|
...old soul trapped in a young body             maybe you don't

E|------2-----3------2----------------2------3-----2-------------------------|
B|----3----------------------3------3---------------------3------------------|
G|-0-------0-----0------0----------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------2--------2------2-----2----------------------|

really want me there at your birthday party         i'll be

E|------2-----3------2----------------2------3-----2-------------------------|
B|----3----------------------3------3---------------------3------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-------0------0------0------0-------0-------0------0---------------------|

   there in the corner,         thinking right over

E|------2-----3------2------------------2---------|
B|----3----------------------3------3-------------|
G|-0-------0-----0------0-------------------------|
D|------------------------------2-----------------|

   every single word of the conversation we just had

Chorus:
D
So why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I...
Gmaj7                        Em
Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I...
D
Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I...
Gmaj7                Em
why am I like this?

Verse 2:

E|------2-----3------2----------------2------3-----2-------------------------|
B|----3----------------------3------3---------------------3------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-------0------0------0------0-------0-------0------0---------------------|

I saw a girl crying on the train

E|------2-----3------2----------------2------3-----2-------------------------|
B|----3----------------------3------3---------------------3------------------|
G|-0-------0-----0------0----------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------2--------2------2-----2----------------------|

Gin and tonic from a can to ease the pain

E|------2-----3------2----------------2------3-----2-------------------------|
B|----3----------------------3------3---------------------3------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-------0------0------0------0-------0-------0------0---------------------|

But i never asked if she was ok

E|------2-----3------2-----------------2-----|
B|----3----------------------3------3--------|
G|-0-------0-----0------0--------------------|
D|------------------------------2------------|

She just got up and walked away           oooooh

Bridge:
Bm                      A*                        Em
  It's like I'm looking down from the ceiling above
             G*
Never in the moment, never giving enough
Bm                 A*                             Em
  Let’s go out and shout the words we never said
            G*
I got my mistakes on loop inside my head, inside my head

Chorus:
D
So why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I...
Gmaj7                        Em
Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I...
D
Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I...
Gmaj7                Em
why am I like this?
D
So why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I...
Gmaj7                        Em
Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I...
D
Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I...
Gmaj7                Em
why am I like this?     Maybe i'm an...


Outro:

E|------2-----3------2----------------2------3-----2-------------------------|
B|----3----------------------3------3---------------------3------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-------0------0------0------0-------0-------0------0---------------------|
...old soul trapped in a young body             maybe you don't

E|------2-----3------2----------------2------3-----2-------------------------|
B|----3----------------------3------3---------------------3------------------|
G|-0-------0-----0------0----------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------2--------2------2-----2----------------------|

really want me there ...                              i'll be

E|------2-----3------2----------------2------3-----2-------------------------|
B|----3----------------------3------3---------------------3------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-------0------0------0------0-------0-------0------0---------------------|

   there in the corner,         thinking right over

E|------2-----3------2------------------2---------|
B|----3----------------------3------3-------------|
G|-0-------0-----0------0-------------------------|
D|------------------------------2-----------------|

   every single word of the conversation we just had

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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