They Might Be Giants – Why Must I Be Sad (Guitar)

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Artist: They Might Be Giants Song: Why Must I be Sad Album: John Henry [Intro] (riff then) D Em F C D Em F C [Verse]
D  Dmaj7       Gm   Gm7
No more Mister Nice Guy

C C7       F    A
I love the dead

D         Dmaj7     Gm   Gm7
I've been thinking about it

           C     C7      F    A
Now I understand what he said
[Pre Chorus]
D   Em F   C
Ask me now I

D    Em        F          C     D
understand the words that Alice said

  Em       F       C
I kick the rocks beneath me

D        Em     F   C
I squint at the sun
[Chorus]
D    G    F#m  Bm
Sad, sad, sad, sad

Em       G    A
Why must I be sad?

D           G    F#m   Bm      Em   F#m
The rows of dandelions growing all around me

G        A    D   Em F C D Em F C
Why must I be sad?
[Verse 2]
D  Dmaj7       Gm   Gm7
No one knows these things but me and him

C C7       F    A
so I'm writing everything down in a spiral notebook

D         Dmaj7     Gm   Gm7
in the hopes that one day other people

  C     C7      F    A
will feel as low as this
[Pre Chorus]
D   Em F   C
Ask me now I

D    Em        F          C     D
understand the words that Alice said

 Em       F       C
I kick the rocks beneath me

D        Em     F   C
I squint at the sun
[Chorus]
D    G    F#m  Bm
Sad, sad, sad, sad

Em       G    A
Why must I be sad?

D           G    F#m   Bm      Em   F#m
The rows of dandelions growing all around me

G        A    D   Em F C D Em F C
Why must I be sad?
[Bridge/Verse]
Dm Dm/Bb       Dm/B Dm/C
No more Mister Nice Guy

Bdim Bdim7 Fm   Db
I    love  the dead

Ddim7         Edim7
I've been thinking about it

           Ddim7         F+   A
Now I understand what he said
[Pre Chorus]
D   Em F   C
Ask me now I

D    Em        F          C     D
understand the words that Alice said

 Em       F       C
I kick the rocks beneath me

D        Em     F   C
I squint at the sun
[Chorus]
D    G    F#m  Bm
Sad, sad, sad, sad

Em       G    A
Why must I be sad?

D           G    F#m   Bm      Em   F#m
The rows of dandelions growing all around me

G        A    D   Em F C D Em F C
Why must I be sad?
Why must I be sad? Why must I be sad? Why must I be sad? Why must I be sad? Why must I be sad? Why must I be sad? Why must I be sad?