Why Me Chords by Styx

Tempo:
102.85 bpm
Chords used:

D

A

Em

Dm

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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STYX - WHY ME chords
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I guess we used to be the lucky ones.
[B]
Fortune [Bb] smiled [A] on [E] everyone.
[Em] Slap, slap.
A voice said you [Db] best beware.
[Em] Slap, slap.
Bad luck [A] is everywhere.
[Em] Sure [D] enough, [G] the voice [Em] was right.
[Bm] My [Bb] luck had changed [A]
[Ab] overnight.
[Em] Slap, slap.
Please tell me what went wrong.
Slap, slap.
I can't [A] take these no more than I am.
[D] Hard times come.
[C] Hard times go.
[G] In between your hope and [A] pray, the stars don't show.
[D] Life is strange.
[C] It's so unsure.
The [G] days you hardly make it [Gm] through.
You swear the best because [A] I knew when nothing seems to fit.
I just say [D] why me?
[Dm] Why me?
[D] [C] [D]
[Dm] [D]
[Bm] It will be later.
[A] [Bm]
[A] [Bm] [B]
[Bm] [B]
[B] [A] [Bm]
[B] [A] [Bm]
[B] [Em]
Here comes anxiety.
Slap, slap.
Won't [A] you please let me be?
I need relief.
[D] Hard times come.
[A] Hard times go.
[G] In between your hope and pray, [A] the stars don't show.
[D] Life is strange.
[G] It's so unsure.
The days you hardly make it through.
[Gm] You swear the best because I knew [D] when nothing seems to fit.
[A] I think [D] you know you had enough.
[E] You can't take it all I gave.
[D] Where'd I go?
What to do?
[Em] You got no bills to [A] pay.
[D] You really don't.
[Em] [D] Why me?
[Dm] Why me?
[D] [C] Why me?
That's what I [D] want to know.
Why me?
[Dm]
[D] [C] [D]
[D] [Dm]
[D]
[Dm]
[D]
[Dm] [D]
[Dm]
[D]
Key:  
D
1321
A
1231
Em
121
Dm
2311
Bm
13421112
D
1321
A
1231
Em
121
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To jam and learn Styx - Why Me chords, your primary focus should be mastering these chords sequence: C, D, Dm, D and D. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 51 BPM and then match the original tempo of 103 BPM. Given the song's key of D Major, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I guess we used to be the lucky ones.
[B] _
Fortune [Bb] smiled [A] on [E] everyone. _
[Em] Slap, slap.
A voice said you [Db] best beware. _
[Em] Slap, slap.
Bad luck [A] is everywhere.
_ [Em] Sure [D] enough, [G] the voice [Em] was right.
[Bm] My [Bb] luck had changed [A] _
[Ab] overnight.
[Em] Slap, slap.
Please tell me what went wrong.
Slap, slap.
I can't [A] take these no more than I am.
[D] Hard times come.
[C] Hard times go.
[G] In between your hope and [A] pray, the stars don't show.
_ [D] Life is strange.
[C] It's so unsure.
The [G] days you hardly make it [Gm] through.
You swear the best because [A] I knew when nothing seems to fit. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I just say [D] why me?
[Dm] Why me?
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] It will be later. _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
Here comes anxiety.
_ _ Slap, slap.
Won't [A] you please let me be?
I need relief.
_ [D] Hard times come.
[A] Hard times go.
[G] In between your hope and pray, [A] the stars don't show.
[D] Life is strange.
[G] It's so unsure.
The days you hardly make it through.
[Gm] You swear the best because I knew [D] when nothing seems to fit.
[A] I think _ [D] you know you had enough.
[E] You can't take it all I gave.
[D] Where'd I go?
What to do?
[Em] You got no bills to [A] pay.
[D] You really don't. _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] Why me?
_ [Dm] Why me?
_ _ [D] [C] Why me?
That's what I [D] want to know.
Why me? _
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_ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
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[Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
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