Tuning: Standard
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D|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
why... why do you go wasting your time on me
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|-----------0--------------------|-----------0------------------------------|
G|---2---------------2-------2----|---2---------------2-------2--------------|
D|2----2--2----2--4----4--4----4--|2----2--2----2--4----4--4----4------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
you're so beautiful now there's so much that's left for you now
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e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|3----3--3----3-----2-------2----|2-----2-2-----2---------------------------|
G|---2-------2----2----2--2----2--|---2-2-----2-2-----2-2-----2-2------------|
D|--------------------------------|----------------2-----2-2-----2-----------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
oh yeah, babe
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|---0-------0-------0-------0--------------|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2----|------------------------------------------|
D|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
and why why do you go flashing those eyes at me
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|-----------0--------------------|-----------0------------------------------|
G|---2---------------2-------2----|---2---------------2-------2--------------|
D|2----2--2----2--4----4--4----4--|2----2--2----2--4----4--4----4------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
you know I'm eager to please I've always been eager to please
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B|--------------------------------|2-----------------------------------------|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2----|-----2-----2------------------------------|
D|4----4--4----4--2----2--2----2--|---2----2----2----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
oh yeah, babe
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2----|---2-------2-------2-------2--------------|
D|4----4--4----4--4----4--4----4--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
but I I've got a lot to say
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------0-------0----|------------------------------------------|
G|---2-------2--------------------|---2-------2-------2-------2--------------|
D|4----4--4----4--2----2--2----2--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
and I'm scared that you're gonna slip away
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2----|---2-------2-------2-------2--------------|
D|4----4--4----4--4----4--4----4--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
and you, you've got this wide-eyed gaze
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------0-------0----|------------------------------------------|
G|---2-------2--------------------|---2-------2-------2-------2--------------|
D|4----4--4----4--2----2--2----2--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
and a smile that you'll carry through your days
CHORUS:
F#m E
O, Why-y-y,
D A
O, Why-y-y-y
F#m E
It's the easiest way,
D A
To know you're a liar
F#m E
And the beauty you heard
D A
I see you talking with her hands
F#m E
Well I don't think she knows
D A
How she changed all my plans
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|---0-------0-------0-------0--------------|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2----|------------------------------------------|
D|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
why... why do you go wasting your youth on me
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|-----------0--------------------|-----------0------------------------------|
G|---2---------------2-------2----|---2---------------2-------2--------------|
D|2----2--2----2--4----4--4----4--|2----2--2----2--4----4--4----4------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
you're so beautiful now there's so much that's left for you now
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|3----3--3----3--2---------------|2-----------------------------------------|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2----|-----2-----2------------------------------|
D|---------------------2--2----2--|---2----2----2----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
oh yeah, babe
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|---0-------0-------0-------0--------------|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2----|------------------------------------------|
D|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
why... we look at the faces on your bedroom wall
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|-----------0--------------------|-----------0------------------------------|
G|---2---------------2-------2----|---2---------------2-------2--------------|
D|2----2--2----2--4----4--2h4--4--|2----2--2----2--4----4--4----4------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
nobody's perfect at all sometimes it makes you feel small
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|3----3--3----3--2---------------|2-----------------------------------------|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2----|-----2-----2------------------------------|
D|---------------------2--2----2--|---2----2----2----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
oh yeah, babe
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2----|---2-------2-------2-------2--------------|
D|4----4--4----4--4----4--4----4--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
well I I've got a lot to say
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------0-------0----|------------------------------------------|
G|---2-------2--------------------|---2-------2-------2-------2--------------|
D|4----4--4----4--2----2--2----2--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
and I'm scared that you're gonna slip away
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2----|---2-------2-------2-------2--------------|
D|4----4--4----4--4----4--4----4--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
and you, you've got this wide-eyed gaze
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------0-------0----|------------------------------------------|
G|---2-------2--------------------|---2-------2-------2-------2--------------|
D|4----4--4----4--2----2--2----2--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
and a smile that you'll carry through your days
CHORUS:
F#m E
O, Why-y-y,
D A
O, Why-y-y-y
F#m E
It's the easiest way,
D A
To know you're a liar
F#m E
And the beauty you heard
D A
I see you talking with her hands
F#m E
Well I don't think she knows
D A
How she changed all my plans
BRIDGE:
F#m E
The things that I thought would last
D A
Well, they're fading, they're fading
F#m E
The feelings, I used to have
D A
Well, they're changing, they're changing
F#m E
The things that I thought would last
D A
Well, they're fading, they're fading
F#m E
The feelings, I used to have
D A
Well, they're changing, they're changing, they're changing now.
F#m E
D A
Well, they're changing, they're changing, they're changing now.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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