Why Can’t You Be – Shelby Lynne
[Verse]
D Bm
You and your element of dangerous
A F#m
Cheatin' death like a stranger but
D7 D7/C
Devils got your shirt tail clutched
Ab7 G7
In the palm of his hand
F#7
Double vodka on the rocks
Bm
On a plastic tray
F#7
Never fails you but it won't
Bm B7
Take the hours away, hey, hey, hey
[Chorus]
E C#m
Why can't you be
E C#m
Why can't you be
E E9 Bb7
It's plain to see you drive
A7 B
Yourself crazy
E C#m
Why can't you be
E C#m
Why can't you be
E E9
It's plain to see you're
Bb7 A7
The only enemy
[Verse]
D Bm
You got some stories you're afraid to tell
A F#m
Tired of living in a shotgun shell
D7 D7/C Ab7 G7
Headin' west to find the edge of life itself
F#7 Bm
Last I heard there were angels walking in Los Angeles
F#7
With their hands in their pockets lookin' cool like
Bm B7
me, he, he, he
[Chorus]
E C#m
Why can't you be
E C#m
Why can't you be
E E9 Bb7
It's plain to see you drive
A7 B
Yourself crazy
E C#m
Why can't you be
E C#m
Why can't you be
E E9
It's plain to see you're
Bb7 A7
The only enemy
[Guitar Solo]
D Bm D Bm D D9 Ab7 G7
D Bm D Bm D D9 Ab7 G7
[Verse]
D Bm
Scared of lovin' cause it might feel good
A F#m
You want to get it like you know you should
D7 D7/C Ab7 G7
What the hell's wrong with living without the blues
F#7 Bm
You stand convicted, you stand accused
F#7 Bm B7
You're so conflicted and abused, ooh ooh ooh
[Bridge]
Em A F#m Bm A
So here's to you guilty of being you
G F#7
is the easiest of all the things you do
[Chorus]
E C#m
Why can't you be
E C#m
Why can't you be
E E9 Bb7
It's plain to see you drive
A7 B
Yourself crazy
E C#m
Why can't you be
E C#m
Why can't you be
E E9
It's plain to see you're
Bb7 A7
The only enemy
[Chorus]
E C#m
Why can't you be
E C#m
Why can't you be
E E9 Bb7
It's plain to see you drive
A7
Yourself cra-zy