This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things Ukulele chords by Taylor Swift

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

N.C. then F

Verse 1:
 F
It was so nice throwing big parties
 F
Jump into the pool from the balcony
 F
Everyone swimming in a champagne sea
 F
And there are no rules when you show up here
 F
Bass beat rattling the chandelier
 F
Feeling so Gatsby for that whole year

Pre-Chorus:
     Bm                         C
So why'd you have to rain on my parade?
      Bm                           C
I'm shaking my head and locking the gates


Chorus:
  N.C.                     F   Dm      Bb    C
This is why we can't have nice things, darling
 F
Because you break them
 Dm                 Bb
I had to take them away
C                          F   Dm      Bb  C
This is why we can't have nice things, honey (Oh)
F                          Dm                              Bb
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
C                           F*
This is why we can't have nice things


Verse 2:
  F
It was so nice being friends again
  F
There I was, giving you a second chance
  F
But you stabbed me in the back while shaking my hand
  F
And therein lies the issue
 F
Friends don't try to trick you
 F
Get you on the phone and mind-twist you
 F
And so I took an axe to a mended fence


Pre-Chorus:
   Bm                                    C
But I'm not the only friend you've lost lately (Mm-mm)
   Bm                    C
If only you weren't so shady


Chorus:
 N.C.                     F    Dm       Bb    C
This is why we can't have nice things, darling (Yeah)
F
Because you break them
Dm                 Bb
I had to take them away
 C                        F                  Dm             Bb   C
This is why we can't have nice (Nice things) things (Baby), honey
 F                           Dm                            Bb
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
 C
This is why we can't have


Bridge:
F                     Dm
Here's a toast to my real friends
 Bb                       C
They don't care about the he-said, she-said
F                 Dm
And here's to my baby
 Bb                        C
He ain't reading what they call me lately
F               Dm
And here's to my mama
 Bb               C
Had to listen to all this drama
F*           Dm*
And here's to you
         Bb*                       C*
'Cause forgiveness is a nice thing to do
      N.C.
Haha, I can't even say it with a straight face


Chorus:
  N.C.                     F   Dm       Bb  C
This is why we can't have nice things, darling (Darling)
F
Because you break them
  Dm               Bb
I had to take them away
C                         F            Dm              Bb  C
This is why we can't have nice (Uh-uh) things (Oh no), honey (Baby, oh)
 F                            Dm                            Bb
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
 C                         F   Dm      Bb     C
This is why we can't have nice things, darling

(And here's to my real friends)
 F
Because you break them
 Dm           Bb
I had to take them

(And here's to my baby)
C
Nice things, honey

(He didn't care about that he-said, she-said)
F                             Dm                           Bb
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
C                          F*
This is why we can't have nice things