Biography:
Ben Kweller is a singer-songwriter playing a mix of indie rock and power pop influenced songs that was born in San Francisco, CA in 1981, being a part of the group The Bens as well as having a critically praised solo career. In 1982, his family relocated to Emory, TX; his father, Howard Kweller, became the town's first doctor. In 1986, the Kwellers moved to the much larger city of Greenville, TX. Ben himself was exposed to music at a very early age.
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Other songs:
- Believer
- Down
- Falling
- Hospital Bed
- How It Should Be Sha Sha
- I Gotta Move
- In Other Words
- Nothing Happening
- On My Way
- Penny On The Train Track
- Sundress
- Thirteen
- Walk On Me
- 200 Am
- Ann Disaster
- Balad Of Wendy Baker
- Better With You
- Commerce Tx
- Family Tree
- Fight
- Full Circle
- Hear Me Out
- Homeward Bound
- I Dont Know Why
- I Miss You
- I Need You Back
- Its Not Fair
- Living Life
- Lizzy
- Make It Up
- My Apartment
- Old Hat
- Out The Door
- Problems
- Red Eye
- Rules
- Run
- Sawdust Man
- Sorry Signs On Cash Machines
- Things I Like To Do
- Today
- Until I Die
- Wantin Her Again
- Wasted And Ready
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I Don't Know Why - Ben Kweller
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note:
* = play single note on low E string
Intro:
D (D)
--5-5-5-5-5-----------------
--7-7-7-7-7----(7)----------
--7-7-7-7-7----(7)----------
--7-7-7-7-7----(7)----------
--5-5-5-5-5-----------------
--5-5-5-5-5-----------------
G C G C
Check me out I'm losing control
G
I wanna rock and Roll
Am C
But everything I planned just slips right through my hands
D C G C G C
And I don't know why Hey I'm a nice guy
G
I wanna take it easy baby
Am C
But every time I start My world falls apart
D C G
And I don't know why
Chorus:
C D G C D G
The world is feeling like it's passing me by
(I don't know why) (I don't know why)
G* F#* Em D C G
I'm fixing to lose it But I don't know why
C D (D)
G C G C
Check me in, I wanna be your friend.
G
I wanna be your lover baby.
Am C
Everything I say comes out the wrong way
D C G C G C
and I don't know why. So I guess I'll let it slide by
G
I wanna take it slowy honey.
Am C
I'm feeling like a fake, every move I make
D C G
And I don't know why
Chorus
Bm Em
Again and again and again and again I try
Am D C D C
I'm fixing to lose it and I don't know, I don't know
D C G
I don't know why
Solo:
G C Em A7 Am
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-----------------------|-------------8--5------------
-----------------------|-------------------4---------
-------------5---------|---b(8)7--5-----------5--5---
-------5--7------------|-----------------------------
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(yeah)
Am C
Everything I planned just slips right through my hand
D C G
and I don't know why.
Chorus x 2
A7
Hey Sugar
Am D C D C D C G
I'm fixing to lose it, and I don't know, I don't know, I don't know why
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note:
* = play single note on low E string
Intro:
D (D)
--5-5-5-5-5-----------------
--7-7-7-7-7----(7)----------
--7-7-7-7-7----(7)----------
--7-7-7-7-7----(7)----------
--5-5-5-5-5-----------------
--5-5-5-5-5-----------------
G C G C
Check me out I'm losing control
G
I wanna rock and Roll
Am C
But everything I planned just slips right through my hands
D C G C G C
And I don't know why Hey I'm a nice guy
G
I wanna take it easy baby
Am C
But every time I start My world falls apart
D C G
And I don't know why
Chorus:
C D G C D G
The world is feeling like it's passing me by
(I don't know why) (I don't know why)
G* F#* Em D C G
I'm fixing to lose it But I don't know why
C D (D)
G C G C
Check me in, I wanna be your friend.
G
I wanna be your lover baby.
Am C
Everything I say comes out the wrong way
D C G C G C
and I don't know why. So I guess I'll let it slide by
G
I wanna take it slowy honey.
Am C
I'm feeling like a fake, every move I make
D C G
And I don't know why
Chorus
Bm Em
Again and again and again and again I try
Am D C D C
I'm fixing to lose it and I don't know, I don't know
D C G
I don't know why
Solo:
G C Em A7 Am
-----------------------|-----------------------------
-----------------------|-------------8--5------------
-----------------------|-------------------4---------
-------------5---------|---b(8)7--5-----------5--5---
-------5--7------------|-----------------------------
-----------------------|-----------------------------
(yeah)
Am C
Everything I planned just slips right through my hand
D C G
and I don't know why.
Chorus x 2
A7
Hey Sugar
Am D C D C D C G
I'm fixing to lose it, and I don't know, I don't know, I don't know why
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