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Why Me
Artist:
Styx
Album:
Cornerstone (1979)
Music and lyrics by Dennis DeYoung
Added on Tuesday, 03 October 2023
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Verse 1: 0:00 G6 I guess we used to be G6 The lucky ones Bm F#aug Good fortune smiled Bm/A Bm/G# On ev'ryone. 0:11 Em "Stop," (Stop!) Bm A voice said, "You best beware. Em Stop, (Stop!) Asus4 A Bad luck is ev'rywhere." Verse 2: 0:20 G6 And sure enough, G6 The voice was right; Bm F#aug My luck had changed Bm/A Bm/G# The world overnight. 0:30 Em Stop, (Stop!) Bm Please tell me what went wrong. Em Stop, (Stop!) Asus4 A I can't take these ups and downs. Chorus: 0:40 D Hard times come Am6/C And hard times go, Gmaj7 And in between you hope and pray A The scars don't show. 0:50 D 'Cause life is strange Am6/C And so unsure. Gmaj7 The days you hardly make it through, Gmmaj7 You swear that there's a curse on you 0:59 D/A When nothing seems to fit Em/A And things won't go your way, D/A You know you've had enough, Em/A You've got the right to say, 1:08 D F/D "Why me? Why me? C/D | C/D D D | F/D C/D | C/D D! Instrumental: 1:28 Bm A/B Bm D/B | Bm A/D - x2 1:37 Bm A/B | Bm D/B - x6 Verse 3: 2:06 Em Stop, (Stop!) Bm Here comes anxiety. Em Stop, (Stop!) Asus4 A Won't you please let me be, Asus4 A I need relief. Chorus: 2:18 D Hard times come, Am6/C Hard times go, Gmaj7 And in between you hope and pray A The scars don't show. 2:28 D Life is strange Am6/C And so unsure. Gmaj7 The days you hardly make it through, Gmmaj7 You're sure that there's a curse on you. 2:37 D/A And nothing seems to fit Em/A And things don't go your way, D/A You know you've had enough, Em/A You can't take another day. 2:47 D/A And where to go and what to do, E/A You've got those bills to pay. D/A You're really not alone, you know, Em/A 'Cause ev'rybody's saying, 2:56 D F/D "Why me? Why me?" C/D Why me? That's what I wanna know, You know what I mean? D Huh, I don't know" Coda: 3:05 D | F/D | C/D | D - x5
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