LIZ PHAIR - Why Cant I guitar tab
I'm learning this song by request. This song is relatively simple.
Listen to the song for timing and strumming patterns.
Why Can't I
As performed on "Liz Phair"
Written by Liz Phair
Standard tuning
Intro (Keyboard arranged for guitar, x3)
You can use a pick here, but you'd have to be kind of quick, so I'd recommend finger-picking
e[----------14-------12-------11---------------------------
B[----12-------12-------12-------12------------------------
G[-11----11-------11-------11-------11---------------------
D[---------------------------------------------------------
A[---------------------------------------------------------
E[---------------------------------------------------------
End intro on this
e[-9-------11--------9------------------------------------
B[---12-------12-------12------12-------------------------
G[------11-------11-------11------------------------------
D[--------------------------------------------------------
A[--------------------------------------------------------
E[--------------------------------------------------------
Verse (x2)
An acoustic guitar the verse
e[---------------------------------------------------------
B[---------------------------------------------------------
G[-4-------------------------------------------------------
D[-4--------4--------6--------2----------------------------
A[-2--------4--------6--------2----------------------------
E[----------2--------4--------0----------------------------
Pre-chorus
Just strum this a bunch of times
e[---------------------------------------------------------
B[---------------------------------------------------------
G[---------------------------------------------------------
D[-2--------------4-----------------------------------------
A[-2--------------4-----------------------------------------
E[-0--------------2-----------------------------------------
Chorus (x2)
Distorted electric Only play this after 1st chorus
e[------------------------------------]---------------------
B[------------------------------------]---------------------
G[------------9----------4------------]---------------------
D[-6----------9----------4----------4-]-2--------------4----
A[-6----------7----------2----------4-]-2--------------4----
E[-4----------0---------------------2-]-0--------------2----
Play whole intro
Verse
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Bridge (x2) End Bridge on this
e[---------------------]----------------------------------
B[---------------------]----------------------------------
G[------------8--7-----]----------------------------------
D[-6---8-9----8--7-----]-2------------2-------------------
A[-6---8-9----6--9-----]-2------------2-------------------
E[-4---6-7-------------]-0------------0-------------------
Play the first half of the chorus clean, then play the whole thing one more time
with distortion
Outro End on this Strum once
e[------------------------------]---------------------------
B[------------------------------]---------------------------
G[-4----------------------------]-4-------------------------
D[-4--------2--------6--------2-]-4-------------------------
A[-2--------2--------6--------2-]-2-------------------------
E[----------0--------4--------0-]---------------------------
That's it
Song Structure
Intro (x3)
End intro
Verse (x2)
Pre-chorus
Chorus (x2)
Intro (x3)
Verse (x2)
Pre-chorus
Chorus (x2)
Bridge (x2)
End bridge
Clean chorus
Just plain chorus (x2)
Outro
End
Enjoy.
Hey, i love this song, and this is my second tab, and i thought
i did a kewl job on it! ENJOY! XOXOX
C G
Get a load of me get a load of you
Walkin down the street
F (continue strumming F)
And I hardly know you
(Hardly know you)
It's just like we were meant to be...
C
Holding hands with you
G
When we're out at night
Got a girlfriend, you say
F
It isn't right
(Isn't right...)
And I've got someone waiting
Too
Am
What if this is just the beginning?
F
We're already wet and we're
G
Gonna go swimming?
[Chorus]:
Am F C
Why can't I breathe
G
Whenever I think about you?
Am F C
Why can't I speak
G
Whenever I talk about you?
F
It's inevitable
It's the fact and we're
G
Gonna get down to it...
Am F C
So tell me, why can't I breathe
G
Whenever I think about you?
(continue with Am, F, C, G)
(Whenever I think about you)
(Whenever I think about you)
(Whenever I think about you)
(Whenever I think about you)
C
Isn't this the best part of
G
Breaking up
Finding someone else you
F
Can't get enough of
Someone who wants to be with you too?
C G
It's an itch we know we are gonna scratch
F
Gonna take a while for this egg to hatch
(But wouldn't it, but wouldn't it)
But wouldn't it be beautiful?
Am
Here we go, we're at the beginning
F
We haven't f*ck*ed yet,
G
But my heads spinning.
[CHORUS]
Am F C
I would love for you to make me wonder,
G
Where it's going...
Am F C
I would love for you to pull me under
G
Somethings growing
F G
Out of this that we can't control...
F
Baby I'm dyyyying...
Am F C
(Why can't I breathe
G
Whenever I think about you?
Am F C
Why can't I speak
G
Whenever I talk about you?)
[Repeat Chorus; Fade out]
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