Why Bother Tabs & Lyrics by Allison Weiss
Why Bother
guitar tabs lyrics
Why Bother by Allison Weiss
Capo 3rd Fret (she plays it on 2nd fret sometimes too but the EP version is 3rd)
***RELATIVE TO CAPO***
E Ab A B Db
--0-- --0-- --0-- --0-- --0--
--0-- --0-- --0-- --0-- --0--
--9-- --5-- --6-- --8-- --6--
--9-- --6-- --7-- --9-- --6--
--7-- --6-- --7-- --9-- --4--
--0-- --4-- --5-- --7-- --0--
The picking is fairly random and you can pick up the general idea just by listening to the song.
Something like this works for the verse:
e------------------|-----------------|
B--------0---------|-----------------|
G----9-------9-----|-------5-------6-|
D------9---9-----9-|---6-------7-----|
A--------------7---|-----------------|
E--0---------------|-4---4---5---5---|
And the chorus is like this:
e------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B--------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|
G----6-------6-----|---8-------8-----|---9-------9-----|---6-------6-----|
D------7---7-----7-|-----9---9-----7-|-----9---9-----9-|-----6---6-----6-|
A--------------7---|-------------7---|-7-----------7---|-4-----------4---|
E--5---------------|-7---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
VERSE 1
E Ab A E
I'm not a mystery everything I think is written down
Ab A E
keeping me from keeping you around
Ab A E
can't keep my feet on the ground
E Ab A E
and there's a million ways I can mess it up I always do
Ab A E
making plans and making them too soon
Ab A E
I can't make much sense out of you
CHORUS
Ab A B E Db A
why bother I'd rather call it off than wait for it to work
B E Db A
and why bother I bet you're better off with some other hopeless jerk
B E Db
and I like you but what can I do
A B E
there's too much space to make you stay
VERSE 2
E Ab A E
and there's a price to pay for doing what I do but I can't stop
Ab A E
I open up my heart like it's my job
Ab A E
I tell myself it's over but it's not
E Ab A E
I've got a running list of all the times I've tried to break my fall
Ab A E
and all the times I've wished that you would call
Ab A E
and all the times I've wished for you at all
CHORUS
Ab A B E Db A
why bother I'd rather call it off than wait for it to work
B E Db A
and why bother I bet you're better off with some other hopeless jerk
B E Db
and I like you but what can I do
A B E
there's too much space to make you stay
INSTRUMENTAL
E Ab A E
Ab A E
Ab A E
Ab A B E Db
A B E Db
A B E Db
A B E
VERSE
E Ab A E
I'm not a mystery everything I think is written down
Ab A E
yeah everything I think is written down
Ab A E
keeping me from keeping you around
CHORUS
Ab A B E Db A
why bother I'd rather call it off than wait for it to work
B E Db A
and why bother I bet you're better off with some other hopeless jerk
B E Db
and I like you but what can I do
A B Db
there's too much space to make you stay
A B E
there's too much space to make you stay
