Why Must I Be Sad Chords by They Might Be Giants

Standard (EADGBE)

D Em F C D Em F C

Verse

DNo D7Mmore Mister GmNice Gm7Guy

CI C7love the Fdead A

DI've been D7Mthinking aGmbout Gm7it

Now I underCstand C7what he Fsaid A

Pre Chorus:

DAsk Emme Fnow CI

DunderEmstand the Fwords that CAlice Dsaid

I Emkick the Frocks beCneath me

DI squint Emat the Fsun C

DSad, Gsad, F♯msad, Bmsad

EmWhy must GI be Asad?

DThe rows of GdandeF♯mlions Bmgrowing Emall aF♯mround me

GWhy must AI be Dsad?Em F C D Em F C

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

Sad, sad, sad, sad

Why must I be sad?

The rows of dandelions growing all around me

Why must I be sad?

Bridge/Verse:

DmNo DmmorBde Mister Dm/BNice Dm/CGuy

BdmI loBdm7ve the Fmdead Dd

Ddim7I've been thinEdim7king about it

Now I underDdim7stand what he Fsaid A

Pre Chorus:

Ask me now I

understand the words that Alice said

I kick the rocks beneath me

I squint at the sun

Sad, sad, sad, sad

Why must I be sad?

The rows of dandelions growing all around me

Why must I be sad?