Biography:
Liz Phair (born Elizabeth Clark Phair on April 17, 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. She was a cornerstone in the underground early '90s indie rock movement for her songcraft and DIY ethics. Her sound developed at the turn of the century into something more akin to pop or adult contemporary.
Phair's entry into the music industry began when she met guitarist Chris Brokaw, a member of the band Come. Brokaw was visiting her San Francisco loft-mate Nora Maccoby when he heard Phair's songs
Read more on Last.fm
Other songs:
- Why Can't I
- 6 1
- And He Slayed Her
- Ant In Alaska
- Avalanche
- Banana Splits Song
- Big Tall Man
- Bionic Eyes
- Closer To You
- Count On My Love
- Dont Hold Your Breath
- Dotted Line
- Everything Between Us
- Everything To Me
- Extraordinary
- Favorite
- Firewalker
- Friend Of Mine
- Fuck And Run
- Girls Girls Girls
- Girls Room
- Giving It All To You
- Go On Ahead
- Go West
- Good Love Never Dies
- Got My Own Thing
- H W C
- Hwc
- Its Sweet
- Lazy Dreamer
- Leap Of Innocence
- Little Digger
- Lost Tonight
- May Queen
- Mesmerizing
- Miss September
- Nashville
- Polyester Bride
- Red Light Fever
- Ride
- Rock Me
- Rocket Boy
- Satisfied
- Shitloads Of Money
- Soap Star Joe
- Somebodys Miracle
- Stars And Planets
- Stratford On Guy
- Table For One
- Take A Look
- Turning Japanese
- What Makes You Happy
- Whip Smart
- White Chocolate Space Egg
- Whitechocolatespaceegg
- Why Cant I
- Why I Lie
- Wind And The Mountain
- You Should Know Me
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Liz Phair
Why Can't I
Liz Phair
2003 Capitol Records
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
B - x24442
F# - 244322
G#m - 466444
E - 022100
F#/Bb - x143xx
Ebm - x68876
Intro: B--E--G#m--F#--
Verse 1:
B
Get a load of me get a load
F#/Bb
of you walking down the street
G#m
And I hardly know you it's
E
just like we were meant to be
B
Holding hands with you
F#/Bb
when we're out at night
G#m
Got a girlfriend you say it isn't right
E
and I've got someone waiting too
Refrain 1:
E
What if this is just the beginning
F#
We're already wet and we're gonna go swimming
Chorus:
G#m E B
Why can't I breathe
F#
whenever I think about you
G#m E B
Why can't I speak whenever
F#
I talk about you
E
It's inevitable it's a fact
F#
that we're gonna get down to it
G#m E B
So tell me why can't I breathe
F#
whenever I think about you
Interlude:
B
Whenever I think about you
E
Whenever I think about you
G#m
Whenever I think about you
E
Whenever I think about you
verse 2:
B
Isn't this the best
F#/Bb
part of breaking up
Finding someone else
G#m
you can't get enough of
E
Someone who wants
to be with you too
B
It's an itch we know
F#/Bb
we are gonna scratch
Gonna take a while for
G#m
this egg to hatch
E
But wouldn't it be beautiful
Refrain 2:
E
Here we go we're
at the beginning
F#
We haven't fucked yet
but my heads spinning
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
G#m F#/Bb B
High enough for you to
Ebm E
make me wonder where it's going
G#m F#/Bb B Ebm
High enough for you to pull
E
me under somethings growing
E
Out of this that we can
control baby I am dying
G#m E B
Why can't I breathe
F#
whenever I think about you
G#m E B
Why can't I speak whenever
F#
I talk about you
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
B
Whenever I think about you
E
Whenever I think about you
G#m
Whenever I think about you
E
Whenever I think about you
Why Can't I
Liz Phair
2003 Capitol Records
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
B - x24442
F# - 244322
G#m - 466444
E - 022100
F#/Bb - x143xx
Ebm - x68876
Intro: B--E--G#m--F#--
Verse 1:
B
Get a load of me get a load
F#/Bb
of you walking down the street
G#m
And I hardly know you it's
E
just like we were meant to be
B
Holding hands with you
F#/Bb
when we're out at night
G#m
Got a girlfriend you say it isn't right
E
and I've got someone waiting too
Refrain 1:
E
What if this is just the beginning
F#
We're already wet and we're gonna go swimming
Chorus:
G#m E B
Why can't I breathe
F#
whenever I think about you
G#m E B
Why can't I speak whenever
F#
I talk about you
E
It's inevitable it's a fact
F#
that we're gonna get down to it
G#m E B
So tell me why can't I breathe
F#
whenever I think about you
Interlude:
B
Whenever I think about you
E
Whenever I think about you
G#m
Whenever I think about you
E
Whenever I think about you
verse 2:
B
Isn't this the best
F#/Bb
part of breaking up
Finding someone else
G#m
you can't get enough of
E
Someone who wants
to be with you too
B
It's an itch we know
F#/Bb
we are gonna scratch
Gonna take a while for
G#m
this egg to hatch
E
But wouldn't it be beautiful
Refrain 2:
E
Here we go we're
at the beginning
F#
We haven't fucked yet
but my heads spinning
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
G#m F#/Bb B
High enough for you to
Ebm E
make me wonder where it's going
G#m F#/Bb B Ebm
High enough for you to pull
E
me under somethings growing
E
Out of this that we can
control baby I am dying
G#m E B
Why can't I breathe
F#
whenever I think about you
G#m E B
Why can't I speak whenever
F#
I talk about you
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
B
Whenever I think about you
E
Whenever I think about you
G#m
Whenever I think about you
E
Whenever I think about you
Lizzzzzzzzz
Ll Cool J
Llevarte A Marte
Lloyd Michels
Lluis Llach
Loïc Nottet
Loituma
Loka
Lokillo Florez
Lola Club