Why Bother by Allison Weiss
Capo 3rd Fret (she plays it on 2nd fret sometimes too but the EP version is 3rd)
***RELATIVE TO CAPO***
E Ab A B Db
--0-- --0-- --0-- --0-- --0--
--0-- --0-- --0-- --0-- --0--
--9-- --5-- --6-- --8-- --6--
--9-- --6-- --7-- --9-- --6--
--7-- --6-- --7-- --9-- --4--
--0-- --4-- --5-- --7-- --0--
The picking is fairly random and you can pick up the general idea just by listening to the song.
Something like this works for the verse:
e------------------|-----------------|
B--------0---------|-----------------|
G----9-------9-----|-------5-------6-|
D------9---9-----9-|---6-------7-----|
A--------------7---|-----------------|
E--0---------------|-4---4---5---5---|
And the chorus is like this:
e------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B--------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|
G----6-------6-----|---8-------8-----|---9-------9-----|---6-------6-----|
D------7---7-----7-|-----9---9-----7-|-----9---9-----9-|-----6---6-----6-|
A--------------7---|-------------7---|-7-----------7---|-4-----------4---|
E--5---------------|-7---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
VERSE 1
E Ab A E
I'm not a mystery everything I think is written down
Ab A E
keeping me from keeping you around
Ab A E
can't keep my feet on the ground
E Ab A E
and there's a million ways I can mess it up I always do
Ab A E
making plans and making them too soon
Ab A E
I can't make much sense out of you
CHORUS
Ab A B E Db A
why bother I'd rather call it off than wait for it to work
B E Db A
and why bother I bet you're better off with some other hopeless jerk
B E Db
and I like you but what can I do
A B E
there's too much space to make you stay
VERSE 2
E Ab A E
and there's a price to pay for doing what I do but I can't stop
Ab A E
I open up my heart like it's my job
Ab A E
I tell myself it's over but it's not
E Ab A E
I've got a running list of all the times I've tried to break my fall
Ab A E
and all the times I've wished that you would call
Ab A E
and all the times I've wished for you at all
CHORUS
Ab A B E Db A
why bother I'd rather call it off than wait for it to work
B E Db A
and why bother I bet you're better off with some other hopeless jerk
B E Db
and I like you but what can I do
A B E
there's too much space to make you stay
INSTRUMENTAL
E Ab A E
Ab A E
Ab A E
Ab A B E Db
A B E Db
A B E Db
A B E
VERSE
E Ab A E
I'm not a mystery everything I think is written down
Ab A E
yeah everything I think is written down
Ab A E
keeping me from keeping you around
CHORUS
Ab A B E Db A
why bother I'd rather call it off than wait for it to work
B E Db A
and why bother I bet you're better off with some other hopeless jerk
B E Db
and I like you but what can I do
A B Db
there's too much space to make you stay
A B E
there's too much space to make you stay
