Giants - Why I Must Be Said guitar tab

Subject: why_must_i_be_sad?.crd

Why Must I Be Sad?

by They Might Be Giants (from the CD "John Henry")

transcribed by Gary Snegaroff (SnegG@aol.com)

(Intro riff then) D Em F C D Em F C

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

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

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?

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

(repeat Chorus)

Dm Dm/Bd Dm/B Dm/C

No more Mister Nice Guy

Bdm Bdm7 Fm Dd

I love the dead

Ddim7 Edim7

I've been thinking about it

Ddim7 F+ A

Now I understand what he said

(repeat Chorus, except last line is...)

G A Em F#m

Why must I be sad?

(repeat until)

G A D Em F C D Em F C D

Why must I be sad?