Orla Gartland – Why Am I Like This (Ukulele Fingerpicking)

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Tabs and chords for the baritone ukulele transcribed from orla's yt video! Fingerpicking stuff is an octave higher than the original but the chords should match well! Lyrics probably aren't perfectly alligned to the tabs [Chords] Bm 4432 A* 7655 G* 5433 [Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Last night i smoked a cigarette
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My dad would have been so upset
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Then we got tattoos by the coast
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And i just stood there like a ghost Maybe i'm an... [Pre-Chorus]
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...old soul trapped in a young body             maybe you don't

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really want me there at your birthday party i'll be
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there in the corner, thinking right over
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every single word of the conversation we just had [Chorus]
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So why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Why am I...

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

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

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why am I like this?
[Verse 2]
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I saw a girl crying on the train
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Gin and tonic from a can to ease the pain
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But i never asked if she was ok
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She just got up and walked away oooooh [Bridge]
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  It's like I'm looking down from the ceiling above

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Never in the moment, never giving enough

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

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

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

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

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why am I like this?

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

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

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

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why am I like this?     Maybe i'm an...
[Outro]
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...old soul trapped in a young body             maybe you don't

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really want me there ... i'll be
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there in the corner, thinking right over
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B|----3----------------------3------3-------------|
G|-0-------0-----0------0-------------------------|
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every single word of the conversation we just had