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This Is Why Chords by Paramore

This Is Why chords by Paramore

Guitar chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

♫ Intro:

E
Em7 A7 E
Em7 A7



♫ Verse 1:
Em7
If you have an opinion
Em7
  Maybe you should shove it
   A7
Or maybe you could scream it


♫ Pre-Chorus:
                                Cmaj7b5
Might be best to keep it to yourself (To yourself)
       Dbm7b5   Em
To yourself (To yourself)


♫ Chorus:
E7         A7  E7                 A7
This is why    I don't leave the house
    E7                 A7
You say the coast is clear
    E7                 A7
But you won't catch me out
    Cmaj7b5 A7 Cmaj7b5
Oh, why?
Em7  C   A7 E7
This is why


♫ Verse 2:
Em7
Better have conviction
       Em7
'Cause we were crimes of passion
   A7
Survival of the fittest
               A7
You're either with us or


♫ Pre-Chorus:
                       Cmaj7b5
You can keep it to yourself (To yourself)
       Dbm7b5   Em
To yourself (To yourself)
       Cmaj7b5
To yourself, yourself, yourself
       Dbm7b5   Em
To yourself (To yourself)


♫ Chorus:
E7         A7  E7                 A7
This is why    I don't leave the house
    E7                 A7
You say the coast is clear
    E7                 A7
But you won't catch me out
    Cmaj7b5 A7 Cmaj7b5
Oh, why?
Em7  C   A7 E7
This is why
E7         A7  E7                 A7
This is why    I don't leave the house
    E7                 A7
You say the coast is clear
    E7                 A7
But you won't catch me out
    Cmaj7b5 A7 Cmaj7b5
Oh, why?
Em7  C   A7 E7
This is why


♫ Bridge:
Em7
Am7
  One step beyond your door
   Cmaj7b5             Bm7
It might as well have been a free fall
Am            Am7
  One step beyond your door
C                Bm7
Fallin' down an endless hall
Am7
  One step beyond your door

Cmaj7b5             Bm7
Might as well have been a free fall
Am7
  One step beyond your door
        Cmaj7b5
And I'm fallin' like a cannonball


♫ Chorus:
E7         A7  E7                 A7
This is why    I don't leave the house
    E7                 A7
You say the coast is clear
    E7                 A7
But you won't catch me out
    Cmaj7b5 A7 Cmaj7b5
Oh, why?
Em7  C   A7 E7
This is why
E7         A7  E7                 A7
This is why    I don't leave the house
    E7                 A7
You say the coast is clear
    E7                 A7
But you won't catch me out
    Cmaj7b5 A7 Cmaj7b5
Oh, why?
Em7  Dbm7b5  A7
This is     why

Published: September 29, 2022

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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