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?
