Biography:
Shelby Lynne (born Shelby Lynn Moorer, October 22, 1968, Quantico, Virginia) is an American singer, songwriter and actress.
Lynne's first recording for Epic was a duet with George Jones, "If I Could Bottle This Up", which became a top-50 hit in 1988. In 2000 she won a Grammy award for "Best New Artist", despite the fact that she had been recording and releasing records for more than ten years
With Tears, Lies, and Alibis the follow-up to 2008's Just A Little Lovin' and the first release on her own label
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Other songs:
- Black Light Blue
- Dreamsome
- Gotta Be Better
- Gotta Get Back
- Heavens Only Days Down The Road
- Hurt Im Leavin
- I Wont Die Alone
- I Wont Leave You
- If I Was Smart
- If I Were Smart
- Jesus On A Greyhound
- Killin Kind
- Life Is Bad
- Looking Up
- Sleep
- The Thief
- Things Are Tough All Over
- Wall In Your Heart
- Where Im From
- Why Cant You Be
- You Dont Have A Heart
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Why Can’t You Be – Shelby Lynne
[Verse]
D Bm
You and your element of dangerous
A F#m
Cheatin' death like a stranger but
D7 D7/C
Devils got your shirt tail clutched
Ab7 G7
In the palm of his hand
F#7
Double vodka on the rocks
Bm
On a plastic tray
F#7
Never fails you but it won't
Bm B7
Take the hours away, hey, hey, hey
[Chorus]
E C#m
Why can't you be
E C#m
Why can't you be
E E9 Bb7
It's plain to see you drive
A7 B
Yourself crazy
E C#m
Why can't you be
E C#m
Why can't you be
E E9
It's plain to see you're
Bb7 A7
The only enemy
[Verse]
D Bm
You got some stories you're afraid to tell
A F#m
Tired of living in a shotgun shell
D7 D7/C Ab7 G7
Headin' west to find the edge of life itself
F#7 Bm
Last I heard there were angels walking in Los Angeles
F#7
With their hands in their pockets lookin' cool like
Bm B7
me, he, he, he
[Chorus]
E C#m
Why can't you be
E C#m
Why can't you be
E E9 Bb7
It's plain to see you drive
A7 B
Yourself crazy
E C#m
Why can't you be
E C#m
Why can't you be
E E9
It's plain to see you're
Bb7 A7
The only enemy
[Guitar Solo]
D Bm D Bm D D9 Ab7 G7
D Bm D Bm D D9 Ab7 G7
[Verse]
D Bm
Scared of lovin' cause it might feel good
A F#m
You want to get it like you know you should
D7 D7/C Ab7 G7
What the hell's wrong with living without the blues
F#7 Bm
You stand convicted, you stand accused
F#7 Bm B7
You're so conflicted and abused, ooh ooh ooh
[Bridge]
Em A F#m Bm A
So here's to you guilty of being you
G F#7
is the easiest of all the things you do
[Chorus]
E C#m
Why can't you be
E C#m
Why can't you be
E E9 Bb7
It's plain to see you drive
A7 B
Yourself crazy
E C#m
Why can't you be
E C#m
Why can't you be
E E9
It's plain to see you're
Bb7 A7
The only enemy
[Chorus]
E C#m
Why can't you be
E C#m
Why can't you be
E E9 Bb7
It's plain to see you drive
A7
Yourself cra-zy
[Verse]
D Bm
You and your element of dangerous
A F#m
Cheatin' death like a stranger but
D7 D7/C
Devils got your shirt tail clutched
Ab7 G7
In the palm of his hand
F#7
Double vodka on the rocks
Bm
On a plastic tray
F#7
Never fails you but it won't
Bm B7
Take the hours away, hey, hey, hey
[Chorus]
E C#m
Why can't you be
E C#m
Why can't you be
E E9 Bb7
It's plain to see you drive
A7 B
Yourself crazy
E C#m
Why can't you be
E C#m
Why can't you be
E E9
It's plain to see you're
Bb7 A7
The only enemy
[Verse]
D Bm
You got some stories you're afraid to tell
A F#m
Tired of living in a shotgun shell
D7 D7/C Ab7 G7
Headin' west to find the edge of life itself
F#7 Bm
Last I heard there were angels walking in Los Angeles
F#7
With their hands in their pockets lookin' cool like
Bm B7
me, he, he, he
[Chorus]
E C#m
Why can't you be
E C#m
Why can't you be
E E9 Bb7
It's plain to see you drive
A7 B
Yourself crazy
E C#m
Why can't you be
E C#m
Why can't you be
E E9
It's plain to see you're
Bb7 A7
The only enemy
[Guitar Solo]
D Bm D Bm D D9 Ab7 G7
D Bm D Bm D D9 Ab7 G7
[Verse]
D Bm
Scared of lovin' cause it might feel good
A F#m
You want to get it like you know you should
D7 D7/C Ab7 G7
What the hell's wrong with living without the blues
F#7 Bm
You stand convicted, you stand accused
F#7 Bm B7
You're so conflicted and abused, ooh ooh ooh
[Bridge]
Em A F#m Bm A
So here's to you guilty of being you
G F#7
is the easiest of all the things you do
[Chorus]
E C#m
Why can't you be
E C#m
Why can't you be
E E9 Bb7
It's plain to see you drive
A7 B
Yourself crazy
E C#m
Why can't you be
E C#m
Why can't you be
E E9
It's plain to see you're
Bb7 A7
The only enemy
[Chorus]
E C#m
Why can't you be
E C#m
Why can't you be
E E9 Bb7
It's plain to see you drive
A7
Yourself cra-zy
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