Why I Cry Chords

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Why I Cry by Best Coast is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, E, C and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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INTRO: G 

G 
Look to the future, nothing's there 
E                C 
Don't know why I even care 
G 
Walk around in a haze, 
E               C              G     E  
seems to be the way I spend my days 
     C            G   E   C 
I'm stuck in the grey 
G 
Turn around and no one's there,  
E                 C 
don't know why I even care 
G 
Moods, they swing, the seasons change 
E          C          G  E C          G     E  C  G 
Is it you or am I to blame, I always complain 
G                    E             C    A 
'Cause you seem to think you know everything 
       G             E             C    A 
Yeah, you seem to think you know everything 
               G          E 
But you don't know why I cry 
           C          A 
You don't know why I cry 
           G          E 
You don't know why I cry 
           C          A 
You don't know why I cry 
G                          E                C 
Before I can stay inside, Oh, how fast the time goes by 
G                               E              C            G  E   
Take a pill, spend the bills, seems to be the way I get my thrill 
   C           G  E  C  G 
A never-ending hill 

G                    E             C    A 
'Cause you seem to think you know everything 
       G             E             C    A 
Yeah, you seem to think you know everything 
               G          E 
But you don't know why I cry 
           C          A 
You don't know why I cry 
           G          E 
You don't know why I cry 
           C          A 
You don't know why I cry 
           G          E 
You don't know why I cry 
           C          A 
You don't know why I cry 
           G          E 
You don't know why I cry 
           C          A 
You don't know why I cry  
G 
Why I cry 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante