This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

[F]It was so nice throwing big par [C]ties

Jump into the pool from the bal [G]cony

Everyone swimming in a cham [Dm]pagne sea

 

[F]And there are no rules when you show up [C]here

Bass beat rattling the chande [G]lier

Feeling so Gatsby for that whole [Dm]year

 

[C]So why'd you have to rain on my [G]parade?

[F]I'm shaking my head, I'm locking the [G]gates

 

This is why we can't have [C]nice things, [G]darling

[C]Because you break them, [G]I had to take them [Am]away

[F]This is why we can't have [C]nice things, [G]honey (oh)

[Dm]Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about [G]me?

[F]This is why we can't have [C]nice things

 

[F]It was so nice being friends a [C]gain

There I was giving you a second [G]chance

But you stabbed me in the back while shaking my [Dm]hand

 

[C]And therein lies the issue, friends don't try to [G]trick you

 

[C]And so I took an axe to a men [Dm]ded fence

 

[F]But I'm not the only friend you've lost [C]lately (mmm-mmm)

If only you [G]weren't so [F]shady

 

This is why we can't have [C]nice things, [G]darling

[C]Because you break them, [G]I had to take them [Am]away

[F]This is why we can't have [C]nice (nice things) things (baby), [G]honey (oh)

[Dm]Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about [G]me?

[F]This is why we can't have-

 

[C]Here's a toast to my real friends

[G]They don't care about the he said, she said

[C]And here's to my baby

[G]He ain't reading what they call me lately

 

[C]And here's to my mama

[G]Had to listen to all this drama

[C]And here's to [G]you

'Cause [Dm]forgiveness is a nice thing to [F]do

 

This is why we can't have [C]nice things, [G]darling (darling)

[C]Because you break them, [G]I had to take them [Am]away

[F]This is why we can't have [C]nice (uh-uh) things (oh no), [G]honey (baby, oh)

[Dm]Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about [G]me?

 

[G]This is why we can't have [C]nice things, [G]darling (oh)

[C]And here's to my [G]real friends

(Oh) [C]because you break them, [G]I had to take them

[C]And here's to my [G]baby

(Oh) [C]nice things, [G]honey

[F]They didn't care about the [G]he said, she said

[C]Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about [G]me?

[G]This is why we can't have (Stop) nice things