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This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

Key: F

Introduction:

difficulty
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 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
                                                     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 nice things
pitch bend
 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
                                                     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.
                                                     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.