Orla Gartland – Why Am I Like This (Guitar)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
Key
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Chords

[Note] Picking pattern is played in the verses, pre-chorus and outro. In the chorus mainly play the bass notes on the low D string hit the A string in between. When playing only chords mainly hit the lower strings for the best sound! :) The strumming for the chorus should all be played muted, but as there's no way to represent a strum which is both muted and accented, the heavier strums have been left unmuted to show the contrast. Dadd4 05403x Gmaj7 55403x Em 22200x Bm x24432 A x02220 G5 5x0030
[Picking Pattern]
    Dadd4
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|--------------0------------------|--------------0------------------|
D|--------4-------------4----------|--------4-------------4----------|
A|------5-----------------------5--|------5-----------------------5--|
D|--0-------0-------0-------0------|--0-------0-------0-------0------|

    Gmaj7                             Em(add9)
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|--------------0------------------|--------------0------------------|
D|--------4-------------4----------|--------4-------------4----------|
A|------x-----------------------x--|------x-----------------------x--|
D|--5-------5-------5-------5------|--2-------2-------2-------2------|
[Verse 1]
Dadd4
Last night I smoked a cigarette

Gmaj7                         Em
My dad would have been so upset

Dadd4
Then we got tattoos by the coast

Gmaj7                           Em
And I just stood there like a ghost
[Pre-Chorus]
             Dadd4
Maybe I’m an old soul trapped in a young body

                Gmaj7                        Em
Maybe you don’t really want me there at your birthday party

        Dadd4
I’ll be there in the corner, thinking right over

Gmaj7                    Em
Every single word of the conversation we just had
[Chorus]
Dadd4
So why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I...

Gmaj7                        Em
Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I...

Dadd4
Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I...

Gmaj7                Em
why am I like this?
[Verse 2]
Dadd4
I saw a girl crying on the train

Gmaj7                                Em
Gin and tonic from a can to ease the pain

Dadd4
I never asked if she was OK

Gmaj7                       Em
She just got up and walked away
[Bridge]
Bm                      A                        Em
  It's like I'm looking down from the ceiling above

             G5
Never in the moment, never giving enough

Bm                 A                             Em
  Let’s go out and shout the words we never said

            G5
I got my mistakes on loop inside my head, inside my head
[Chorus]
Dadd4
So why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I...

Gmaj7                        Em
Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I...

Dadd4
Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I...

Gmaj7                Em
why am I like this?

Dadd4
So why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I...

Gmaj7                        Em
Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I...

Dadd4
Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I...

Gmaj7                Em
why am I like this?
[Outro]
             Dadd4
Maybe I’m an old soul trapped in a young body

                Gmaj7                   Em
Maybe you don’t really want me there...

        Dadd4
I’ll be there in the corner, thinking right over

Gmaj7                    Em
Every single word of the conversation we just had
************************************ | x Mute note ************************************