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:
No one knows these things but me and him
so I'm writing everything down in a spiral notebook
in the hopes that one day other people
will feel as low as this

Pre Chorus:
Ask me now I
understand the words that Alice said
I kick the rocks beneath me
I squint at the sun

Chorus:
Sad, sad, sad, sad
Why must I be sad?
The rows of dandelions growing all around me
Why must I be sad?

Bridge/Verse:
Dm Dm/Bd       Dm/B Dm/C
No more Mister Nice Guy
Bdm Bdm7   Fm   Dd
I love the dead
Ddim7         Edim7      
I've been thinking about it
           Ddim7         F+   A
Now I understand what he said

Pre Chorus:
Ask me now I
understand the words that Alice said
I kick the rocks beneath me
I squint at the sun

Chorus:
Sad, sad, sad, sad
Why must I be sad?
The rows of dandelions growing all around me
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?