Chords for This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

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It was so nice throwing big parties Jumping to the pool from the balcony
Everyone's swimming in a champagne sea _ _ And there are no rules when you show up here
Bass beat, dazzling the chandelier Feeling so Gatsby for that whole year _
[Bb] Why'd you have to rain on [C] my parade?
I'm shaking [Gm] my head and locking [C] the gates
This is why we can't [F] have nice [Dm] things, [Bb] Zara, [C] yeah
[F] Because you break [Dm] them, I had to take [Bb] them away
[C] This is why we can't [F] have nice [Dm] things, [Bb] hot, [C] yeah
[F] Did you think I wouldn't [Dm] hear all the things you said [Bb] about [C] me?
This is why we can't [Bbm] have nice [D] things
_ [F] It was so nice being friends again Though I was giving you a second chance
But you stabbed me in the back while shaking my head
And therein lies the issue, friends don't try to trick you
Get you on the phone in mind, who's here?
And so I took an axe to amend it fast
You're [Bb] not the only friend you've lost [C] lately _ If only [Gm] you weren't so [C] [F] shady
This is why we can't have nice [Dm] things, [Bb] Zara, [C] yeah
[F] Because you break [Dm] them, I had to take [Bb] them away
[C] This is why we can't [F] have nice [Dm] things, [Bb] hot, [C] yeah
[F] Did you think I wouldn't [Dm] hear all the things you said about _ [C] me?
This is why we can't [Bb] have
Here's a toast to my real friends They don't care about that he [F] said, she said
And here's to my baby He ain't reading what they call me lately
And here's to my mama [C] Had to listen to all [F] this drama
And [Dm] here's to you Cause [Bb] forgiveness is a nice thing [C] to do _
[N] I can't even say it with a straight face
This is why we can't [F] have nice _
[Dm] things, [Bb] _ _ [C] yeah
[F] Because you break [Dm] them, I had to take [Bb] them away
[C] This is why we [F] _
[Dm] can't have nice things, [Bb] _ [C] yeah
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[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] This is why [Dm] we can't have
And [F] here's to [C] my girls
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[Dm] _ [Bb] They didn't care about [C] that he said, she [F] said
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
_ [C] _ _ Nice things