Key: G
Introduction: G D/F#
G
Do I attract you?
D/F# G
Do I repulse you with my queasy smile?
G
Am I too dirty? Am I too flirty?
D/F# G
Do I like what you like?
G
I could be wholesome, I could be loathsome
D/F# G
I guess I' m a little bit shy
G
Why don' t you like me, why don' t you like me
N.C.
G Dm7
I tried to be like Grace Kelly, mm
Am7 D4 D
But all her looks were too sad, ah
G Dm7
So I tried a little Freddie, mm
Am7 D4 D
I' ve gone identity maaaaaaad!
G
I could be brown, I could be blue
G Am7 G/B C
I could be violet sky
C D4
I could be hurtful, I could be purple
D
I could be anything you like
G
Gotta be green, gotta be mean
G Am7 G/B C
Gotta be everything more
C D7(4)
Why don' t you like me? Why don' t you like me?
D7 G
Why don' t you walk out the door!
G
How can I help it, how can I help it
G Am7 G/B C
How can I help what you think?
C D7(4)
Hello my baby, hello my baby
D7 G
Putting my life on the brink
G
Why don' t you like me, why don' t you like me
G Am7 G/B C
Why don' t you liiike yourself?
C D7(4)
Should I bend over? Should I look older
D7 G
Just to be put on your shelf?
G Dm7
I tried to be like Grace Kelly, mm
Am7 D4 D
But all her looks were too sad, ah
G Dm7
So I tried a little Freddie, mm
Am7 D4 D
I' ve gone identity mad!
G
I could be brown, I could be blue
G Am7 G/B C
I could be violet sky
C D4
I could be hurtful, I could be purple
D
I could be anything you like
G
Gotta be green, gotta be mean
G Am7 G/B C
Gotta be everything more
C D7(4)
Why don' t you like me? Why don' t you like me?
D7 C
Why don' t you walk out the door!
Cm7 G C
Say what you want to satisfy yourself
Cm7 F G D/F# Em D A7/C#
But you only want what everybody else says you should want...
D4 D
You want
G
I could be brown, I could be blue
G Am7 G/B C
I could be violet sky
C D4
I could be hurtful, I could be purple
D
I could be anything you like
G
Gotta be green, gotta be mean
G Am7 G/B C
Gotta be everything more
C D7(4)
Why don' t you like me? Why don' t you like me?
D7 G
Why don' t you walk out the door!
G
I could be brown, I could be blue
G Am7 G/B C
I could be violet sky
C D4
I could be hurtful, I could be purple
D
I could be anything you like
G
Gotta be green, gotta be mean
G Am7 G/B C
Gotta be everything more
C D7(4)
Why don' t you like me? Why don' t you like me?
D7 Em* G* C G/B Am7 G F
Why don' t you walk out the door
( F)
"Humphrey! We' re leaving. Ka-ching!"
* For the final descending progression, get an actual descending progression by playing the Em and G like so: