Why Can't You Be Nicer To Me Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays403

Why Can't You Be Nicer To Me by The White Stripes is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			
Tuning Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb  


Intro: (also verse)  

E|------------------------------------------| 
B|------3-----------3------------3----------| 
G|------3b----------3b-----------3b---------| 
D|-5-5--------5-5----------5-5--------3-3-3-| 
A|-5-5--------5-5----------5-5--------3-3-3-| 
E|-3-3------x-3-3--------x-3-3--------1-1-1-| 

verse 1: 

G                     F                       G 
Somebody's screaming, lookin' at the ceiling, oh-oh 
G                      F                       G 
Everything's so funny, I don't have the money, oh-oh 
G                          F                             G 
People don't even know me, but they know how to show me, oh-oh 


Chorus 1:  

|------------3-3-1--------| 
|-------------------------| 
|-------------------0-3-0-| 
|--5-5-5------------------| 
|--5-5-5------------------| 
|--3-3-3------------------|  (x3) 


F                                 G 
....Why can't you be nicer to me? 


verse 2: 

G                  F                           G 
My pride is dying, I think I'm all done lying, oh-oh 
G                 F                 G 
Nobody's sharing, so I stop caring, oh-oh 
G                      F                 G  
All alone and walking, nobody's talking, oh-oh 

Chorus 2:

|------------3-3-1--------| 
|-------------------------| 
|-------------------0-3-0-| 
|--5-5-5------------------| 
|--5-5-5------------------| 
|--3-3-3------------------|  (x3) 


F                                 G 
....Why can't you be nicer to me? 


verse 3: 

G                         F                 G   
Well the wind is blowing, where am I going? oh-oh 
G                         F                 G 
Off a bridge and falling, nobody's calling, oh-oh 
G                         F                 G 
On the ground and laying, nobody's praying, oh-oh 


Chorus 3:  

|------------3-3-1--------| 
|-------------------------| 
|-------------------0-3-0-| 
|--5-5-5------------------| 
|--5-5-5------------------| 
|--3-3-3------------------|  (x3) 


F                                 G 
....Why can't you be nicer to me? 
 
    	

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