WHY IS IT ALWAYS THIS WAY?
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B  C# F#
uu uu u   (2x)


B   C#  F#
Hey hey hey
B   C#    F#
Why is it always this way?   (2x)

   B    C#     F#
   Last time I saw her alive
           B C#    F#
   She was wavin', wavin' bye bye
           B      C#     F#
   She was contemplating suicide
             B          C#        F#
   Now she's lying in a bottle of formaldehyde.

          E
      And oh, I just don't know
      F#                     B A
      Why I can't let her go
      E                     C#  B  A  B  A  B C#
      Oh I just don't know.


Hey hey hey
Why is it always this way?  (2x)

   Last time I saw her alive
   She was going to the wash and dry
   She was outside hitchin' a ride
   Now she's lying
   In a bottle of formaldehyde.

      And oh, I just don't know...

Hey hey hey...  (repeat & fade out)