Chords for This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
Tempo:
164.05 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[N]
[F] It was so nice throwing big parties Jumping to the pool from the balcony
champagne sea And there are no rules when you show up here
[F] chandelier Feeling so Gatsby for that whole year
[Bb] Why'd you have to rain on [C] my parade?
[Gm] my head, unlocking [C] the gates
have nice [Dm] things
[Bb] are [C] there
[F] It was so nice throwing big parties Jumping to the pool from the balcony
champagne sea And there are no rules when you show up here
[F] chandelier Feeling so Gatsby for that whole year
[Bb] Why'd you have to rain on [C] my parade?
[Gm] my head, unlocking [C] the gates
have nice [Dm] things
[Bb] are [C] there
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[F] It was so nice throwing big parties Jumping to the pool from the balcony
_ _ Everyone's swimming in a _ champagne sea _ _ _ _ _ And there are no rules when you show up here
Bass beat, battle in the [Am] _
[F] chandelier Feeling so Gatsby for that whole _ year _ _ _
[Bb] _ Why'd you have to rain on [C] my parade?
_ _ I'm shaking [Gm] my head, _ _ _ unlocking [C] the gates
_ This is [F] why we can't have nice _ _ [Dm] things _
[Bb] _ are _ [C] _ there _
[F] _ Because you break them, I had to take [Bb] them away
_ [C] This is why we can't [F] have nice _ _ things [Bb] _
_ are [C] there
_ Did [F] you think I wouldn't hear [Dm] all the things you said [Bb] about _ _ [C] me?
This is why we can't have [Bb] nice things
_ _ [Ab] _ _
[F] _ _ It was so nice being friends again Though I was giving you a second chance
But you stabbed me in the back while shaking my _ _ head _
And _ therein lies the issue, friends don't try to trick you
Get you on the phone in mind, who's here?
And so I took an axe to amend it _ _ fast _
[Bb] I'm [Dm] not the [Gm] only [Bb] friend you've [C] lost lately _ _ If [Gm] only you _ weren't _ so _
[C] _ shady
_ [Am] This is why we can't [F] have nice _ _ [Dm] things _
[Bb] _ are _ [C] _ _ there
[F] Because you break them, I had to take [Bb] them away
_ [C] This is why we can't [F] have nice _ _ _ _ [Bb]
things are _ [C] there _
[F] I _ wouldn't hear [Dm] all the things you said [Bb] about _ _ [C] me
This is why we can't [F] have
Here's a toast to my real friends They don't care about that he [Am] said, she [Fm] said
And here's to my _ baby _ He ain't reading what they call [F] me lately
And here's to my _ mama _ Had to listen [Ab] to all this [F] drama
And _ [Dm] here's to you [Bb] Cause forgiveness is a nice [C] thing to _ do _ _ _
[Ab] I _ _ [C] can't even say it with a straight face
[Am] This is why we can't [F] have nice _ _
_ [Dm] things _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] are there
_ [F] _ Because you break them, I had to take [Bb] them away _
[C] This is why we _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Dm] can't have _ [Bb] nice _ things [C] are there
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ This is why we can't have
_ [Bb] And here's to [C] my girls
_ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ They didn't care [C] about that he said, she [F] said
But did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
_ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ Nice
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] It was so nice throwing big parties Jumping to the pool from the balcony
_ _ Everyone's swimming in a _ champagne sea _ _ _ _ _ And there are no rules when you show up here
Bass beat, battle in the [Am] _
[F] chandelier Feeling so Gatsby for that whole _ year _ _ _
[Bb] _ Why'd you have to rain on [C] my parade?
_ _ I'm shaking [Gm] my head, _ _ _ unlocking [C] the gates
_ This is [F] why we can't have nice _ _ [Dm] things _
[Bb] _ are _ [C] _ there _
[F] _ Because you break them, I had to take [Bb] them away
_ [C] This is why we can't [F] have nice _ _ things [Bb] _
_ are [C] there
_ Did [F] you think I wouldn't hear [Dm] all the things you said [Bb] about _ _ [C] me?
This is why we can't have [Bb] nice things
_ _ [Ab] _ _
[F] _ _ It was so nice being friends again Though I was giving you a second chance
But you stabbed me in the back while shaking my _ _ head _
And _ therein lies the issue, friends don't try to trick you
Get you on the phone in mind, who's here?
And so I took an axe to amend it _ _ fast _
[Bb] I'm [Dm] not the [Gm] only [Bb] friend you've [C] lost lately _ _ If [Gm] only you _ weren't _ so _
[C] _ shady
_ [Am] This is why we can't [F] have nice _ _ [Dm] things _
[Bb] _ are _ [C] _ _ there
[F] Because you break them, I had to take [Bb] them away
_ [C] This is why we can't [F] have nice _ _ _ _ [Bb]
things are _ [C] there _
[F] I _ wouldn't hear [Dm] all the things you said [Bb] about _ _ [C] me
This is why we can't [F] have
Here's a toast to my real friends They don't care about that he [Am] said, she [Fm] said
And here's to my _ baby _ He ain't reading what they call [F] me lately
And here's to my _ mama _ Had to listen [Ab] to all this [F] drama
And _ [Dm] here's to you [Bb] Cause forgiveness is a nice [C] thing to _ do _ _ _
[Ab] I _ _ [C] can't even say it with a straight face
[Am] This is why we can't [F] have nice _ _
_ [Dm] things _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] are there
_ [F] _ Because you break them, I had to take [Bb] them away _
[C] This is why we _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Dm] can't have _ [Bb] nice _ things [C] are there
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ This is why we can't have
_ [Bb] And here's to [C] my girls
_ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ They didn't care [C] about that he said, she [F] said
But did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
_ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ Nice