Why Must I Be Sad Chords

Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: Why Must I be Sad
Album: John Henry
 
 
[Intro]
(riff then)
D Em F C D Em F C
 
 
[Verse]
D  Dmaj7       Gm   Gm7
No more Mister Nice Guy
C C7       F    A
I love the dead
D         Dmaj7     Gm   Gm7
I've been thinking about it
           C     C7      F    A
Now I understand what he said
 
 
[Pre Chorus]
D   Em F   C
Ask me now I
D    Em        F          C     D
understand the words that Alice said
  Em       F       C
I kick the rocks beneath me
D        Em     F   C
I squint at the sun
 
 
[Chorus]
D    G    F#m  Bm
Sad, sad, sad, sad
Em       G    A
Why must I be sad?
D           G    F#m   Bm      Em   F#m
The rows of dandelions growing all around me
G        A    D   Em F C D Em F C
Why must I be sad?
 
[Verse 2]
D  Dmaj7       Gm   Gm7
No one knows these things but me and him
C C7       F    A
so I'm writing everything down in a spiral notebook
D         Dmaj7     Gm   Gm7
in the hopes that one day other people
  C     C7      F    A
will feel as low as this
 
[Pre Chorus]
D   Em F   C
Ask me now I
D    Em        F          C     D
understand the words that Alice said
 Em       F       C
I kick the rocks beneath me
D        Em     F   C
I squint at the sun
 
[Chorus]
D    G    F#m  Bm
Sad, sad, sad, sad
Em       G    A
Why must I be sad?
D           G    F#m   Bm      Em   F#m
The rows of dandelions growing all around me
G        A    D   Em F C D Em F C
Why must I be sad?
 
[Bridge/Verse]
Dm Dm/Bb       Dm/B Dm/C
No more Mister Nice Guy
Bdim Bdim7 Fm   Db
I    love  the dead
Ddim7         Edim7
I've been thinking about it
           Ddim7         F+   A
Now I understand what he said
 
[Pre Chorus]
D   Em F   C
Ask me now I
D    Em        F          C     D
understand the words that Alice said
 Em       F       C
I kick the rocks beneath me
D        Em     F   C
I squint at the sun
 
[Chorus]
D    G    F#m  Bm
Sad, sad, sad, sad
Em       G    A
Why must I be sad?
D           G    F#m   Bm      Em   F#m
The rows of dandelions growing all around me
G        A    D   Em F C D Em F C
Why must I be sad?
Why must I be sad?
Why must I be sad?
Why must I be sad?
Why must I be sad?
Why must I be sad?
Why must I be sad?
Why must I be sad?
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