🎶 This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

[Em]It was so nice throwing big par [A#]ties
Jump into the pool from the bal [Db]cony
Everyone swimming in a cham [Eb]pagne sea

[Em]And there are no rules when you show up [A#]here
Bass beat rattling the chande [Db]lier
Feeling so Gatsby for that whole [Eb]year

[A#]So why'd you have to rain on my [Db]parade?
[Em]I'm shaking my head, I'm locking the [Db]gates

This is why we can't have [A#]nice things, [Db]darling
[A#]Because you break them, [Db]I had to take them [Bb]away
[Em]This is why we can't have [A#]nice things, [Db]honey (oh)
[Eb]Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about [Db]me?
[Em]This is why we can't have [A#]nice things

[Em]It was so nice being friends a [A#]gain
There I was giving you a second [Db]chance
But you stabbed me in the back while shaking my [Eb]hand

[A#]And therein lies the issue, friends don't try to [Db]trick you
Get you on the phone and mind-twist you
[A#]And so I took an axe to a men [Eb]ded fence

[Em]But I'm not the only friend you've lost [A#]lately (mmm-mmm)
If only you [Db]weren't so [Em]shady

This is why we can't have [A#]nice things, [Db]darling
[A#]Because you break them, [Db]I had to take them [Bb]away
[Em]This is why we can't have [A#]nice (nice things) things (baby), [Db]honey (oh)
[Eb]Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about [Db]me?
[Em]This is why we can't have-

[A#]Here's a toast to my real friends
[Db]They don't care about the he said, she said
[A#]And here's to my baby
[Db]He ain't reading what they call me lately

[A#]And here's to my mama
[Db]Had to listen to all this drama
[A#]And here's to [Db]you
'Cause [Eb]forgiveness is a nice thing to [Em]do
(Stop) Hahaha, I can't even say it with a straight face!

This is why we can't have [A#]nice things, [Db]darling (darling)
[A#]Because you break them, [Db]I had to take them [Bb]away
[Em]This is why we can't have [A#]nice (uh-uh) things (oh no), [Db]honey (baby, oh)
[Eb]Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about [Db]me?

[Db]This is why we can't have [A#]nice things, [Db]darling (oh)
[A#]And here's to my [Db]real friends
(Oh) [A#]because you break them, [Db]I had to take them
[A#]And here's to my [Db]baby
(Oh) [A#]nice things, [Db]honey
[Em]They didn't care about the [Db]he said, she said
[A#]Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about [Db]me?
[Db]This is why we can't have (Stop) nice things⠀