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This document provides guitar chords and tabs for the Avril Lavigne song "Why". It includes the chords used in standard tuning with a capo on the 2nd fret. The summary describes the chord progressions used in the verse and chorus sections of the song. It also indicates that the intro guitar part features a repeating 16 beat pattern.

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Tabs

This document provides guitar chords and tabs for the Avril Lavigne song "Why". It includes the chords used in standard tuning with a capo on the 2nd fret. The summary describes the chord progressions used in the verse and chorus sections of the song. It also indicates that the intro guitar part features a repeating 16 beat pattern.

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CAPO 3

Standard Tuning

CHORDS
G - 3-2-0-0-0-3
G/C - 3-2-0-0-1-3
D - X-X-0-2-3-2
Dsus- X-X-0-2-3-3
Dm - X-X-0-2-3-1
C - 0-3-2-0-1-0
C/G - 0-3-2-0-1-3
Em - 0-2-2-0-0-0
Am - 0-0-2-2-1-0

DD or CC - Just play it twice


quickly and mute afterwards.
---------------------------------------------------------------------

G, G/C, G D, Dsus4, C/G

G, G/C, G D, Dsus4, C/G


Yeah Um Um Um

G
Cigars in the summertime
D
Under the sky by the light
C G
I can feel you read my mind

I can see it in your eyes


D C G
Under the moon as it plays like music every line
D
There's a rug with the bleeding dye under the fan in the room
C G
With our passions burning high
C/G
By the chair with a leopard skin under the light
D (mute)
It's always Penny and me tonight

G, G/C, G D, Dsus4, C/G


Said Oh Oh

G
Hop on the plane, step with both my feet
D C G
Riding in seat number three on a flight to NYC
D
Got my bean in a coffee cup next to my seat
C G
Catch the view with another good book to read

Sending home on the friendly skies


C/G
Missing her eyes
D (mute) G
It's always Penny and me tonight

D C G
Cos Penny and me like to roll the windows down
DD C G
Turn the radio up; push the pedal to the ground
D C Am
And Penny and me like to gaze at starry skies
C/G
Close our eyes, pretend to fly
D (mute)
It's always Penny and me tonight

G, G/C, G D, Dsus4, C/G


Said Oh Oh Yeah
G, G/C, G D, Dsus4, C/G
Um No No

G
Staring at a million city lights
D C G
But still Penny and I are alone beneath the sky

Feel the wind brushing slowly by


D C G
If I could soar I would try to take these wings and fly
D
Away to where the leaves turn red
C D
But no matter where I am instead
D, Dsus4, C/G
Singing along to "Feeling Alright" Yeah
Am C/G
Or making it by in the pink moonlight
D (mute) G
It's always Penny and me tonight

D C G
Cos Penny and me like to roll the windows down
DD C G
Turn the radio up; push the pedal to the ground
D C Am
And Penny and me like to gaze at starry skies
C/G
Close our eyes, pretend to fly

Am
Said Oh Oh

C/G
Close our eyes, pretend to fly

D
It's always Penny and me tonight

Em Am
Well Penny likes to get away
Dm Am
And drown her pain in lemonade
Dm C/G
Penny dreams of rainy days
Dm C/G
And nights up late by the fireplace

And aimless conversations about the better days

G, G/C, G D, Dsus4, C/G


Yeah
G, G/C, G D, Dsus4, C/G
No No No No
G, G/C, G D, Dsus4, C/G
Singing along to "Feeling Alright"
Am C/G
Or making it by in the pink moonlight
D (mute) G
It's always Penny and me tonight

D C G
Cos Penny and me like to roll the windows down
DD C G
Turn the radio up; push the pedal to the ground
D C Am
And Penny and me like to gaze at starry skies
C/G
Close our eyes, pretend to fly
Am
Said Oh Oh
C/G
Close our eyes, pretend to fly

D (mute)
It's always Penny and me tonight

G, G/C, G D, Dsus4, C/G


Said Oh Oh Penny and me tonight
G, G/C, G D, Dsus4, C/G
Penny and me tonight
G, G/C, G D, Dsus4, C/G
Penny and me tonight Yeah!
G, G/C, G

DD CC SlowG

Avril Lavigne - Why


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tabbed by Charles de la Cruz (http://www.comeunglued.com/avril/)
Tuning - Standard tuning with Capo on 2nd fret

//==============================================================\\
|| **note** ||
|| This song was a little difficult for me to tab out because ||
|| I could swear I could hear a high B playing during the intro ||
|| which led me to believe that possibly the song is played in ||
|| the middle of the guitar neck. I've decided to write the ||
|| song out using a capo on the 2nd fret. It makes the song ||
|| a little easier to play. ||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chords are written in relation to Capo

E - xx0230 || E/D# - x477xx || Am/C - x10033


A - 320030 || C#m - x24432 || F#5(VII) - x799xx
B - x02230 || B5 - x022xx || F#/F - x699xx
A/Ab - 2x0030 || F#5 - 022xxx || Ebm - x46654
F#m7 - 022030 || B/D# - x422xx || C#5 - x244xx
E5 - x577xx || E/D - x3x230 || Abm - 244222
|| A/C# - x20033 ||
E A E A

E A E B
Why do you always do this to me
E A E B
Why couldn't you just see you threw me
E A E B E
How come you act like this like you just don't care at all
A/Ab A A/Ab B
Do you expect me to believe I was the the only one to fall

A A/Ab
I can feel, I can feel you near me
F#m7 B
Even though you're far away
A A/Ab F#m7
I can feel, I can feel you baby why

E5 E/D#
It's not supposed to feel this way
C#m B5 A B5
I need you I need you more and more each day
E5 E/D#
It's not supposed to hurt this way
C#m B5 F#5 B5
I need you I need you I need you tell me

C#m F#m7
Are you and me still together? Tell me
C#m F#m7
You think we can last forever? Tell me...
A B
Why?

E A E A

E A E B
Hey listen to what we're not saying
E A E B
Let's play a different game than what we're playing
E A E B E
Try to look at me and really see my heart
A/Ab A A/Ab B
Do you expect me to believe I'm gonna let us fall apart

A A/Ab
I can feel, I can feel you near me
F#m7 B
Even when you're far away
A A/Ab F#m7
I can feel, I can feel you baby why

E5 E/D#
It's not supposed to feel this way
C#m B5 A B5
I need you I need you more and more each day
E5 E/D#
It's not supposed to hurt this way
C#m B5 F#5 A B5
I need you I need you I need you tell me

C#m F#m7
Are you and me still together? Tell me
C#m F#m7
You think we can last forever? Tell me...
A B
Why?

A B/D#
So go and think about whatever you need to think about
E E/D
Go on and dream about whatever you need to dream about
A/C# Am/C B
And come back to me when you notice how you feel, you feel

A A/Ab
I can feel, I can feel you near me
F#m7 B
Even though you're far away
A A/Ab F#m7
I can feel, I can feel you baby why

E5 E/D#
It's not supposed to feel this way
C#m B5 A B5
I need you I need you more and more each day
E5 E/D#
It's not supposed to hurt this way
C#m B5 C#m B5 C#m
I need you I need you I need you tell me

F#5(VII) F#/F
It's not supposed to feel this way
Ebm C#5 B5 C#5
I need you I need you more and more each day
F#5(VII) F#/F
It's not supposed to hurt this way
Ebm C#5 B5 C#5
I need you I need you I need you tell me

Ebm Abm
Are you and me still together? Tell me
Ebm Abm
You think we can last forever? Tell me...
B5 C#5
Why?

Avril Lavigne - Complicated

Intro:
Guitar 1
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B--1h3-------------|---------------1|-1h3---1/3------|-------------6p5|
G--2---------------|---2----/5------|--2-------------|----------------|
D--0---------------|-3--------------|--0-------------|-3--------------|
A------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Guitar 2 (all pm)


1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G-----------------2|-----5-5--------|---------------2|---3-5-5--------|
D------------------|-3-5-3-3--------|----------------|-3-5-3-3--------|
A------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Guitar 1
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 + & + 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 + & +
e------------------------|----------------|------------------------|
B--10----------10-10-----|-8/10------5b---|--10----------10-10-----|
G-------------------10-10|----------5-----|-------------------10-10|
D------------------------|----------------|------------------------|
A------------------------|----------------|------------------------|
E------------------------|----------------|------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 4
e----------------|--------|
B-8/10----10/5b--|6-------|
G----------------|--------|
D----------------|--------|
A----------------|--------|
E----------------|--------|

Guitar 2 (clean this time)


1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e------8-----------|----13--12------|------8---------|---------------|
B--10--------------|----------------|10----10--------|---------------|
G------------------|10--------------|----------------|(10)-----------|
D------------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
A------------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
E------------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|

Intro (Acoustic):
Dm F
Uh huh
C
Life's like this
Dm F
Uh huh, uh huh
C
That's the way it is
Dm F C
'Cause life's like this
Dm F
Uh huh uh huh
C
That's the way it is

Verse:(Acoustic)
F
Chill out, whatcha yelling for?
Dm
Lay back, it's all been done before
Bb C
And if, you could only let it be, you will see
F
I like, you the way you are
Dm
When we're, driving in your car
Bb C
And you're, talking to me one on one, but you become

Prechorus: (chords in parentheses are powerchords played by an electric


(listen carefully you can vaguely it, not played on the 3rd pre-chorus)
Bb (Bb)
Somebody else, round everyone else
Dm (D)
Watchin' you back, like you can't relax
Bb
You try to be cool, you look like a fool to
C (let it ring)
Me, tell me

Chorus: (acoustic doesn't play here, but here are the chords anyway)

Chorus:
Why'd you have... things... -cated see the way...
e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
B-----1h3---------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
G-----2-----------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D-----0-----------|-----3--3--3-----|--------3--------|-----5-----3--5-|
A-----------------|-----------------|-----3-----3-----|--3-----3-------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|

Actin like... else, gets... -ated... and life's like..


e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
G-------2---------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D-----0---0-------|-----3--3--3-----|--------3--------|-----5-----3--5-|
A-----------------|-----------------|-----3-----3-----|--3-----3-------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|

you fall... crawl... take... turn...


e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
G------2----------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D----0---0--------|--------3--------|--------3--------|-----5----------|
A-----------------|------1---1------|-----3-----3-----|--3-----3-------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
then
Gm Bb (let it ring)
e----3------------|---1-------------|
B----3------------|---3-------------|
G----3------------|---3-------------|
D----5------------|---3-------------|
A----5------------|---1-------------|
E----3------------|---1-------------|

Dm Bb F
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?
C
I see the way you're
Dm Bb F
Actin' like you're somebody else, gets me frustrated
C
And life's like this you
Dm Bb
You fall, and you crawl, and you break
F C
And you take, what you get, and you turn it into
Gm Bb (let it ring)
Honestly you promised me I'm never going to find you fakin'
No no no

Verse 2: (Acoustic)
F
You come, over unannounced
Dm
Dressed up, like you're something else
Bb C
Where you, are and where it's at you see, you're making me
F
Laugh out, when you strike a pose
Dm
Take off, all you're preppy clothes
Bb C
You know, you're not fooling anyone, when you become

Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Bridge: (only bass and violin here, but here are the chords anyway)
(if you really want, i can tab violin part on an actual violin...)
F
No no (no no)
Dm
No no (no no)
Bb
No No (no no)
C
No...

Verse3: Acoustic
F
Chill out, whatcha yelling for?
Dm
Lay back, it's all been done before
Bb C
And if, you could only let it be, you will see

Pre-Chorus
Chorus x2

Intro

Am C G F

Verse 1

Am C G F
I Looked Away Then I Look Back At You

Am C G F
You Tried To Say, Things that You Can't Undo

Am C G F
If I Had My Way, I'd Never get over you

Am C G F
Today's the day, I pray that we make it through

Dm F
Make it through the fall, make it through it all

Chorus

C
And I don't want to fall to pieces

Am G
I just want to sit and stare at you

F
I don't wanna talk about it

C
And I don't want a conversation

Am G
I just want to cry in front of you

Dm F
I don't wanna talk about it cause I'm in love with you

Verse 2

Am C G F
You're the on-ly one, I'd be with till the end

Am C G F
When I come undone, you bring me back again

Dm F
Back under the stars, back to your arms

Chorus

Bridge

Am C G
I wanna know who you are

Em F
I wanna know where to start

Am G
I wanna know what this means

Am C G
I wanna know how you feel

Em F
I wanna know what is real

Am G Em F
I wanna know ev-ery-thing, ev-ery-thing

Chorus (x3)

(Softer, Building Crescendo)


And I don't want to fall to pieces
I just want to sit and stare at you
I don't wanna talk about it

And I don't want a conversation


I just want to cry in front of you
I don't wanna talk about it cause I'm in love with you
And I don't want to fall to pieces
I just want to sit and stare at you
I don't wanna talk about it
And I don't want a conversation
I just want to cry in front of you
I don't wanna talk about it

C
Cause I'm in love with you

Am
I'm in love with you

G
I'm in love with you

F
I'm in Love with you

Avril Lavigne - I'm With You

[CHORDS]
Asus2=X02200 F#m=244222 D=XX0232
Bsus2=X24422 Dsus2=xx0230 Bm=X24432
Dsus2=X57755 E=022100 C#m=X46654

[INTRO]
Asus2 Bsus2 Dsus2 - Asus2 Bsus2 Dsus2
Asus2 Bsus2 Dsus2 - Asus2 Bsus2 Dsus2

[VERSE]
I'm [F#m]standing on the bridge - I'm [Dsus2]waiting in the dark
I [F#m]thought that you'd be here by [Dsus2]now
There's [F#m]nothing but the rain - No [Dsus2]footsteps on the ground
I'm [F#m]listening but there's no [Dsus2]sound
------------------------------------------------------------
[Pre-Chorus]
[E]Isn't anyone trying to [D]find me
[E] Won't somebody come take me [D] home
------------------------------------------------------------
[CHORUS]
It's a [Asus2]damn [Bsus2]cold [Dsus2]night
Try to figure [Asus2]out [Bsus2]this [Dsus2]life
Won't you [Asus2]take me by the [Bsus2]hand take me [Dsus2]somewhere new
I don't [F#m]know who you [E] are but [D] I
I'm with you [F#m]. . .[Dsus2] > I'm with you [F#m]. . .[Dsus2]
-----------------------------------------------------
[Verse]
I'm [F#m]looking for a place - I'm [Dsus2]searching for a face
Is [F#m]anybody here I [Dsus2]know
Cause [F#m]nothing's going right - And [Dsus2]everything's a mess
And [F#m]no one likes to be [Dsus2]alone
-----------------------------------------------------
[Pre-Chorus]
[E]Isn't anyone trying to [D]find me
[E] Won't somebody come take me [D] home
------------------------------------------------------------
[CHORUS]
It's a [Asus2]damn [Bsus2]cold [Dsus2]night
Try to figure [Asus2]out [Bsus2]this [Dsus2]life
Won't you [Asus2]take me by the [Bsus2]hand take me [Dsus2]somewhere new
I don't [F#m]know who you [E] are but [D] I
I'm with you [F#m]. . .[Dsus2] > I'm with you [F#m]. .[Dsus2]. . yeah yeah
-----------------------------------------------------
[BRIDGE]
Oh . . . [E]why is everything so [Bm]confusing
[E]Maybe I'm just out of my [Bm]mind
Yeah [E]yeah yeah yeah yeah
[D]Yeah yeah yeah yeah - [C#m]Yeah [E]yeah
---------------------------------------------------------
[CHORUS]
It's a [Asus2]damn [Bsus2]cold [Dsus2]night
Try to figure [Asus2]out [Bsus2]this [Dsus2]life
Won't you [Asus2]take me by the [Bsus2]hand take me [Dsus2]somewhere new
I don't [F#m]know who you [E] are but [D] I
I'm with [Asus2]you[Bsus2][Dsus2] - I'm with [Asus2]you[Bsus2][Dsus2]

[Asus2]Take me by the [Bsus2]hand take me [Dsus2]somewhere new


I don't [F#m]know who you [E] are but [D] I
I'm with [Asus2]you[Bsus2][Dsus2] - I'm with [Asus2]you[Bsus2][Dsus2]
[Asus2]Take me by the [Bsus2]hand take me [Dsus2]somewhere new
I don't [F#m]know who you [E] are but [D] I
I'm with you [F#m]. .[Dsus2] > I'm with you [F#m]. .[Dsus2]
I'm with [Asus2] you

Standard Tuning

Chords:
Bm-224432
E - 022100
G - 320003
D - x00232
A- 002220

Hey, I saw a version of this online, and there were a couple flaws. I tried to
fix the chords I thought were wrong. I'm VERY confident about this version.
Lemme know of any differences you have.

You can watch her and Evan play it here:


http://demand1.stream.aol.com/ramgen/aol/us/aolmusic/artists/bmg/
avrillavigne/avrillavigne_ilp_myhappyending_bb8.rm

I based this on Avril's Live performance at AOL's Sessions (see link),


so it's really detailed. It's good for just VOCAL & GUITAR performance,
which is what it was on AOL. Enjoy!

-Binky

www.binkyisbored.org
=======================================================
INTRO:

(A Cappella)
So Much For My Happy Ending.

Bm G D A
Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Oh- Oh-Oh
Bm G D A
Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Ohhhhh

VERSE:
Bm G
Lets talk this over; its not like we're dead.
D A
Was it something i did? Was it something you said?
Bm G
Don't leave me hanging in a city so dead.
D A
Held up so high on such a breakable thread.

PRE CHORUS:
G A
And you were all the things I thought I knew.
G A
And I thought we could be.

CHORUS:

G D A
You were everything, everything that I wanted.
G D
A
And we were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it.
G D A
Bm
And all of the memories so close to me just fade away.
Em G No Chord
All this time you were pretending, so much for my happy ending.

Bm G D A
Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Oh- Oh-Oh
Bm G D A
Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Ohhhh
(Repeat)

Verse 2

Bm G
You've got your dumb friends, I know what they say.
D A
They tell you I'm difficult, but so are they.
Bm G
But they don't know me, do they even know you?
D
A
All the things you hide from me, all the shit that you do.

PRE CHORUS:

G A
And you were all the things I thought I knew.
G A
And I thought we could be.

CHORUS:

G D A
You were everything, everything that I wanted.
G D
A
And we were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it.
G D A
Bm
And all of the memories so close to me just fade away.
Em G
All this time you were pretending, so much for my happy ending.

BRIDGE:

A G
It's nice to know that you were there,
G A
Thanks for acting like you cared,
G
And making me feel like I was the only one.
A Bm
G
It's nice to know we had it all, thanks for watching as I fall,
A
And letting me know we were done.

CHORUS 2:

G (ring) D(ring) A(ring) Harmonics @ Fret 9


He was everything, everything that I wanted.
G D
A
And we were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it.
G D A
Bm
And all of the memories so close to me just fade away.
Em G
All this time you were pretending, so much for my happy....

CHORUS:

G D A
You were everything, everything that I wanted.
G D
A
And we were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it.
G D A
Bm
And all of the memories so close to me just fade away.
Em G No Chord
All this time you were pretending, so much for my happy ending.

Bm G D A
Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Oh- Oh-Oh

Bm G D A
Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Oh- Oh-Oh

Bm G D A G(let ring)
Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Oh- Oh-Oh

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