I Don't Know Why - Ben Kweller ------------------------------ note: * = play single note on low E string Intro: D (D) --5-5-5-5-5----------------- --7-7-7-7-7----(7)---------- --7-7-7-7-7----(7)---------- --7-7-7-7-7----(7)---------- --5-5-5-5-5----------------- --5-5-5-5-5----------------- G C G C Check me out I'm losing control G I wanna rock and Roll Am C But everything I planned just slips right through my hands D C G C G C And I don't know why Hey I'm a nice guy G I wanna take it easy baby Am C But every time I start My world falls apart D C G And I don't know why Chorus: C D G C D G The world is feeling like it's passing me by (I don't know why) (I don't know why) G* F#* Em D C G I'm fixing to lose it But I don't know why C D (D) G C G C Check me in, I wanna be your friend. G I wanna be your lover baby. Am C Everything I say comes out the wrong way D C G C G C and I don't know why. So I guess I'll let it slide by G I wanna take it slowy honey. Am C I'm feeling like a fake, every move I make D C G And I don't know why Chorus Bm Em Again and again and again and again I try Am D C D C I'm fixing to lose it and I don't know, I don't know D C G I don't know why Solo: G C Em A7 Am -----------------------|----------------------------- -----------------------|-------------8--5------------ -----------------------|-------------------4--------- -------------5---------|---b(8)7--5-----------5--5--- -------5--7------------|----------------------------- -----------------------|----------------------------- (yeah) Am C Everything I planned just slips right through my hand D C G and I don't know why. Chorus x 2 A7 Hey Sugar Am D C D C D C G I'm fixing to lose it, and I don't know, I don't know, I don't know why