Misc Cartoons – Central Park - Why Bother (Guitar)

Capo 1
Key
-

Auto-scroll

Chords

    G                  Em
The trees will get cut down anyway

       C
So why bother?

    D
Why bother?

    G                     Em
The birds will eventually all fly away

       C
So why bother?

    D
Why bother?

     C                              G
I've found it doesn't really matter what you do

    Bmaj                          Em      D         C
One day your funding turns into a pile of poo

                      G                     D
Looks like it's every man for himself after all
And that's what it would look like if we lost hope, but, fortunately, there's lots to be hopeful about!
G                     Em
Flowers spread beauty everywhere

        C
But why bother?

    D
Why bother?

G                       Em
Trees give us shade and hеlp clean the air

        C
But why bother?

    D
Why bothеr?

    C                         G
The Earth may go on no matter what we do

       Bmaj                     Em         D
But we don't wanna leave it all covered in goo

       C                   G
Take a nature vacation without any cost

              Bmaj                   Em          D
And there are so many places to hide from your boss!
Wait, what?
    C
Why bother?

                        G
Because the grass feels great on your toes

    Bmaj
Why bother?

                    Em            D           C
And you can use the leaves if you forget your clothes (Why bother?)

                    G                           Bmaj
Because we need the breeze and the bees and the geese

              Em            D           C
Need may be a strong word regarding the geese
Even without a memoir, I'm still way better than my brother. So why bother?
      C         G
Is it really so important

     Bmaj            Em
To impress my father or my mother?

    C
Why bother?
Hm? Was I speaking out loud or to myself? Which would you prefer? To myself.
                              C
Then that's what it was.

           G              Bmaj
We need to pollinate, not contaminate

                           Em
Let me set it straight and illustrate

              D               C
That we could all suffocate

          G
I hate to pontificate or castigate

        Bmaj
But the fate of our state isn't great if we wait

        Em                       D           C
And the weight'll be great if we all hesitate

                        G
So if you're on my side just say "Yeah!" (Yeah!)

Bmaj                          Em                 D
I can't believe you just said "Yeah" Say "Yeah" again! (Yeah!)

C
Do you love the sun? (Yeah!)

G
Do you love the rain? (No!)

        Bmaj
But the rain helps things grow (Okay!)

Em         D
Join the refrain!

                           C                         G
(That's why we bother) The earth may go on no matter what we do

       Bmaj                       Em         D
But we don't want to leave it all covered in goo

                              C                         G
(That's why we bother) It's a nice green oasis where we make our escape

                                    Bmaj                            Em                                D   C
(Oh, that's why we bother) When the hustle and the bustle starts to aggregate (That's why we bother)
g That's why I bother
          Bmaj                        Em           D
So we can pass along the parks to our sons and our daughters

C            G
That's why I bother

   D
At all