• Song:

    Why Cant You Be

  • Artist:

    Third Eye Blind

Hey 3eb fans, here's one of the songs on their new EP (Red Star). Easy song to
play and chords are basicly just repeating (Am, C, G, D).
Hope you guys enjoy it im pretty sure everythings right on.

Any corrections or concerns please leave a comment or just email me at
Dmitro.J@hotmail.com 

Below is the struming for one part of the song.
DONT BE AFRAID TO IMPROVISE AT SOME POINTS!!
*If you see a chord with a *...refer to the strumming below*
___________________________________________________________
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                                                           |
                                                           |
  G*                                                       |
e|------3--------3---|                                     |
B|----3--------3--(2)|                                     |
G|-----------0-------|X2  (Everytime a G* is written,      |
D|-------------------|     play the rif to the left twice) |
A|-------------------|                                     |
E|--3----------------|                                     |
                                                           |
   F*                 Am*                                  |
e|-----1------1-----|------0-----0------|                  |
B|---1------1---(1)-|----1-----1---(1)--|                  |
G|--------2---------|--------2----------|                  |
D|------------------|-------------------|                  |
A|------------------|--0----------------|                  |
E|-1----------------|-------------------|                  |
                                                           |
Also note that sometimes playing D/F# in place of D sounds |
better I dont know why...that's my personal opinion.       |
___________________________________________________________|
___________________________________________________________|

Am (x02210@1)                     
 Are you frightened by the weight you possess or 
C (x32010@1)Is this life just weightlessness
           G (320003@1)         
The smoggy twilight in LA
  DI (xx0232@1)can't think of one real thing to say
           AmAnd (x02210@1)Robbie Williams is walking in the canyons
    CFor-gets (x32010@1)that we were friends
           G (320003@1)                     (G)
I guess it all depends on your mood
G (320003@1)                         (G)
 Why can't these meds be any damn good

And she said


Am (x02210@1)Why can't you be
        CLike (x32010@1)my waterpik shower massager
  G (320003@1)                D/F# (200232@1)A sweet reliable machine
                        AmAnd (x02210@1)to tell the truth I don't feel less alone
           C (x32010@1)                                     GA (320003@1)water massagers is the purest love I've ever known

Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)Why can't you be
                    GLike (320003@1)when I was thirteen

AmWhy (x02210@1)can't you be
        CLike (x32010@1)an art house foreign movie
          GFrank (320003@1)and sexy, red balloons and ennui
D (xx0232@1)And allude to me

     Am (x02210@1)            CAnd (x32010@1)why can't you be
                          GA (320003@1)little more of a mystery
(G)
Why can't you be

AmThe (x02210@1)part of me that's missing
           C (x32010@1)  
Instead of leaving me for some other
           GSaid (320003@1)we're perfect for each other
  F (133211@1)                           Am (x02210@1)        GAnd (320003@1)I know we wont go spend our lives alone.

Am (x02210@1)Why can't you be
        CLike (x32010@1)an outsourced government contract
      G (320003@1)                                DI'm (xx0232@1)a fat cat gettin' away with anything
                    AmKickin' (x02210@1)some secret special powers
             CIllumination (x32010@1)rounds in showers
           GCause (320003@1)it's tearing your hair out
             DWhile (xx0232@1)we can have a bed of flowers

(And I said)


Am (x02210@1) Why can't you be
         CLike (x32010@1)the chicks out on the road
               G (320003@1)  
Some girls are happy just to see me
                AmBecause (x02210@1)you got moxie and a broken nose
             CAnd (x32010@1)take him away from this close
            GSometimes (320003@1)a blowjobs not enough


Am (x02210@1)Why can't you play
C (x32010@1) A little less rough

G (320003@1)Why can't you be
    AmThe (x02210@1)part of me that's missing
           CInstead (x32010@1)of leaving me for some other
          GSay (320003@1)we're perfect for each other
  F (133211@1)                           Am (x02210@1)  G*
And I know we wont go spend our lives alone

    F*   Am*       G* 
Can we........just leave it be
           F*      Am*            G*
And we can live......our lives....separately
              F*          Am*
Could you for-get....what happens to you
G*
 You and me

           F*          Am*
When we're dead... and you'll be dead
           G*
We'll have eternity
                    F*      Am*     
And I will spend it all.....missing you
       G*
Seeing you with me
             F*       Am*         G*
So while I'm alive........I will always be


Am (x02210@1)Why can't you be
          CLookin' (x32010@1)a little deeper into me
     GLike (320003@1)JD Salinger
         DWhy (xx0232@1)do I challenge her
                     AmIn (x02210@1)all these surface ways

That you displease
    C (x32010@1)  
Why can't you be
         G (320003@1)         AmA (x02210@1)little more at ease


(Am)
Why can't you be
       CLike (x32010@1)a hand rolled cigarette

I'm not joking
G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)This masochistic self-pity of smoking
Am (x02210@1)And this city ditty
  C (x32010@1)                         G* (play G* riff once this time)
I keep provoking you to leave me


She said

Am (x02210@1)Why can't you be
       CLike (x32010@1)a candle I can snuff

               GYou're (320003@1)still a diamond in the rough
 
              DAnd (xx0232@1)I swear to god I've had enough

Am (x02210@1)      C (x32010@1)              G(last (320003@1)chord end with easy downwards strum)
 How can I call your bluff? 

                          ~~~THE END~~~

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