Why Is It Always This Way
(The Ramones)

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 and fade out)