Why Me

Verse 1: 0:00
           G
I guess we used to be
     G
The lucky ones
      Bm       F#
Good fortune smiled
   Bm
On ev'ryone.
0:11
  Em
"Stop," (Stop!)
                    Bm
A voice said, "You best beware.
  Em
Stop, (Stop!)
            A
Bad luck is ev'rywhere."

Verse 2: 0:20
     G
And sure enough,
     G
The voice was right;
    Bm        F#
My luck had changed
     Bm
The world overnight.
0:30
  Em
Stop, (Stop!)
                 Bm
Please tell me what went wrong.
  Em
Stop, (Stop!)
                   A
I can't take these ups and downs.

Chorus: 0:40
 D
Hard times come
     Am
And hard times go,
    G
And in between you hope and pray
      A
The scars don't show.
0:50
        D
'Cause life is strange
     Am
And so unsure.
     G
The days you hardly make it through,
      Gm
You swear that there's a curse on you
0:59
      D
When nothing seems to fit
      Em
And things won't go your way,
      D
You know you've had enough,
        Em
You've got the right to say,
1:08
      D       F
"Why me? Why me?
C | C D
D | F
C | C D!

Instrumental: 1:28
Bm A Bm D | Bm A  - x2
1:37
Bm A | Bm D  - x6

Verse 3: 2:06
  Em
Stop, (Stop!)
              Bm
Here comes anxiety.
  Em
Stop, (Stop!)
                  A
Won't you please let me be,
   A
I need relief.

Chorus: 2:18
 D
Hard times come,
 Am
Hard times go,
    G
And in between you hope and pray
      A
The scars don't show.
2:28
 D
Life is strange
     Am
And so unsure.
     G
The days you hardly make it through,
        Gm
You're sure that there's a curse on you.
2:37
     D
And nothing seems to fit
      Em
And things don't go your way,
      D
You know you've had enough,
           Em
You can't take another day.
2:47
      D
And where to go and what to do,
        E
You've got those bills to pay.
D
  You're really not alone, you know,
       Em
'Cause ev'rybody's saying,
2:56
      D       F
"Why me? Why me?"
  C
Why me? That's what I wanna know,
You know what I mean?
 D
Huh, I don't know"

Coda: 3:05
D | F | C | D  - x5