This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
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Capo 3
verse 1
N.C.
Whooooooo
F
It was so nice throwing big parties
F
Jump into the pool from the balcony
F ( Bb )
Everyone swimming in a champagne sea (whooooo)
F
And there are no rules when you show up here
F
Bass beat rattling the chandelier
F ( Bb )
Feeling so Gatsby for that whole year
Pre-Chorus
Gm C
So why'd you have to rain on my parade?
Gm C
I'm shaking my head, I'm locking the gates
[Refrão] F Dm Bb C
This is why we can't have nice things, dar-ling
F
Because you break them
Dm Bb
I had to take them awaayayayay
C F Dm Bb C
This is why we can't have nice things, ho-ney
F Dm Bb
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about meeEeEeeEeEe?
C -stop
This is why we can't have nice things
pitch bend
whooooooo
verse 2
F
It was so nice being friends again
F
There I was, giving you a second chance
F ( Bb )
But then you stabbed in the back while shaking my hand
F
And therein lies the issue
F
Friends don't try to trick you
F
Get you on the phone and mind-twist you
F
And so I took an axe to a mended fence
Pre-Chorus
Gm C
But I'm not the only friend you've lost lately
Gm C
If only you weren't so shady
[Refrão] F Dm Bb C
This is why we can't have nice things, dar-ling
F
Because you break them
Dm Bb
I had to take them awaayayayay
C F Dm Bb C
This is why we can't have nice things, ho-ney
F Dm Bb
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about meeEeEeeEeEe?
C
This is why we can't have-
Bridge
F
Here's a toast to my real friends
Bb C
They don't care about that he-said-she-said
F
And here's to my baby
Bb C
He ain't reading what they call me lately
F
And here's to my momma
Bb C
Had to listen to all this drama
F Dm
And here's to you
Bb C
??Cause forgiveness is a nice thing to do
N.C.
"Haha, I can't even say it with a straight face"
[Refrão] F Dm Bb C
This is why we can't have nice things, dar-ling (darling)
F
Because you break them
Dm Bb
I had to take them away
C F Dm Bb C
This is why we can't have nice (ah-ah) things,(oh-no) hon(baby)-ney
F Dm Bb
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about meeeee?
C F Dm Bb C
This is why we can't have nice things, dar-ling
(And here's to my real friends)
F
Because you break them
Dm Bb
I had to take them and here's to my baby
C F Dm Bb C
This is why we can't have nice things, dar-ling
(They didn't care about that he-said-she-said)
F Dm Bb
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about meeeee?
C
This is why we can't have
F
nice things.
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