THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - "why must i be sad" Tablature

From: SnegG@aol.com
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 1995 19:42:03 -0400
Subject: why_must_i_be_sad?.crd

Why Must I Be Sad?
by They Might Be Giants (from the CD "John Henry")
transcribed by Gary Snegaroff (SnegG@aol.com)


(Intro riff then) D Em F C D Em F C

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


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

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?


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

(repeat Chorus)


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

(repeat Chorus, except last line is...)

G A Em F#m
Why must I be sad?

(repeat until)

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