Why Must I be Sad

by They Might Be Giants

Key: D

Intro:

DEmFC DEmFC

Verse:

DNo Dmaj7more Mister GmNice Gm7Guy CI C7love the FdeadA DI've been Dmaj7thinking Gmabout Gm7it Now I underCstand C7what he FsaidA

Chorus:

DAsk Emme Fnow CI DUnderEmstand the Fwords that CAlice Dsaid I Emkick the Frocks beCneath me DI squint Emat the FsunC DSad, Gsad, F#msad, Bmsad EmWhy must GI be Asad? DThe rows of GdandeF#mlions BmGrowing Emall aF#mround me GWhy must AI be Dsad? EmFCD EmFC

Verse:

DNo one knows these Dmaj7things but me and Gmhim Gm7 So I'm Cwriting everything C7down in a spiral FnotebookA DIn the Dmaj7hopes that one Gmday other Gm7people Will Cfeel as C7low as FthisA

Chorus:

DAsk Emme Fnow CI DUnderEmstand the Fwords that CAlice Dsaid I Emkick the Frocks beCneath me DI squint Emat the FsunC DSad, Gsad, F#msad, Bmsad EmWhy must GI be Asad? DThe rows of GdandeF#mlions BmGrowing Emall aF#mround me GWhy must AI be Dsad? EmFCD EmFC

Bridge:

DmNo Dm/Bbmore Mister Dm/BNice Dm/CGuy BdimI Bdim7love the Fmdead Db Ddim7I've been thinEdim7king about it Now I under Ddim7stand what he F+saidA (Chorus) Why must I be sad? (EmWelcome F#mto My GNightmare / ADead) Why must I be sad? (Babies / Raped and Freezin' / You) Why must I be sad? (Drive Me Nervous / Elected) Why must I be sad? (Generation Landslide / Un) Why must I be sad? (der My Wheels / Muscle of Love) Why must I be sad? (School's Out / Only Women Bleed) Why must I be sad? (Billion Dollar Babies) Why must I be sad? (sad, sad, sad)