How Come You Don't Want Me Chords

KeyG Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays519

How Come You Don't Want Me by Tegan and Sara is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, C, Em and D. 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                       C  
I can't say that I'm sorry   
Getting so ahead of myself.  
G                       C  
I can't say that I'm sorry   
                            Em  
For loving you and hating myself.  
                   C   
I have nothing to show you,   
                   Em            D  
I have nothing to hold you down.   
                             G  
It's killing me to walk away.   

  
How come you don't want me now   
C  
Why don't you wanna wake this up  
Em                                      D  
How come you always lead me on, never take my call, hear me out.   
G  
Why don't you wanna win me now   
C  
Why don't you wanna show me off   
Em                         D  
Tell me why you're gonna try, gonna try and leave me here.   

 

(Verse) 
   
G                       C  
I see you by my house, walking with a different girl,   
G                       C                            Em   
I see you by my house, talking with a different girl.   
                        C                          Em            D  
She's got nothing to show you, she's got nothing to hold you down.   
                            G  
You're killing me, walk away.   


  
G  
How come you don't want me now   
C  
Why don't you wanna wake this up   
Em                                      D  
How come you always lead me on, never take my call, hear me out.   
G  
Why don't you wanna win me now'   
C  
Why don't you wanna show me off'   
Em                         D  
Tell me why you're gonna try, gonna try and leave me here.   

 

(Bridge) 
   
C          D  
One day, soon   
                C               D  
I won't be the one who waits on you.   
C           D  
Some day soon   
                C               D  
I won't be the one who waits on you.   


G                                       C  
How come you don't want me now   
Em  
How come you always lead me on, 
          D 
never take my call, hear me out.   
G                                       C  
Why don't you wanna win me now   
Em                         D  
Tell me why you're gonna try, gonna try and leave me here.   

G  
How come you don't want me now   
C  
Why don't you wanna wake this up   
Em                                      D  
How come you always lead me on, never take my call, hear me out.   
G  
Why don't you wanna win me now   
C  
Why don't you wanna show me off  
Em                         D  
Tell me why you're gonna try, gonna try and leave me here.  

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante