Cant Not

Em     022000
C      x32010
A      x02220
E5     0224xx
F#5/E  x446xx
G5/E   x557xx
G      320003
Bm     x24432
E      x79997
E/D    10-x-9-9-9-x
A/C#   x4222x
Bsus4  x24452
B      x24442
E/B    x22100


[Intro]
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A|-7---------7-|-7---------7-| 
E|---8--5-5----|---8--5-5----| 

[Verse 1]
Em       C        A      
I'd be lying if I said I was 
Em        C   A   Em    C A Em C A
completely unscathed
Em         C       A             
I might be proving you right with
 Em         C  A  Em C A Em C A
 my silence or my retaliation
E5         F#5/E              
Would I be letting you win in 
G5/E      F#5/E      E5 F#5/E 
my non reaction? Yeah
G5/E F#5/E

              E5 F#5/E G5/E F#5/E
How would I explain?
              E5            
How would I explain this to my 
F#5/E            G5/E     F#5/E
children if I had them?

[Chorus]
         Em    C
Because I can't not
A        Em    C
Because I can't not
A        Em     C G             
Because I can't afford to be misread
Bm
 one more time

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[Verse 2]
Em        C        A        
Would I be whining if I said I 
 Em    C   A    Em C A Em C A
needed a hug?
Em             C        A        
Would you feel slighted if I said
 Em         C    A      Em C A 
 your love's not enough?
Em C A

             E5 F#5/E G5/E F#5/E
How can I complain?
                 E5            
And how can I complain when I'm
F#5/E                G5/E   F#5/E
 the one who reaches for it?

[Chorus 2]
         Em    C
Because I can't not
A        Em    C
Because I can't not
A        Em     C   G          
Because I can't not walk 
     Bm
without my crutches
         Em    C
Because I can't not
A        Em    C
Because I can't not
A        Em     C    G         
Because I can't help wonder why
     Bm
 you ask me

[Bridge]
   E               E/D           
To all the unheard wisdom in the 
A/C#
schoolyard
A                     E         E/D
 You think you're the right ones
                     A/C#          
You think you're the charmed ones, 
        Bsus4 B
I'm sure
    E              E/D        
And how can you go on with such 
     A/C#
conviction?
C               E/B
 And who do you think you are?
           Bsus4 B
Why do you question me?

[Chorus 3]
          Em    C
Because we can't not
A         Em    C
Because we can't not
A          Em    C    G        
Because we can't help laugh at 
     Bm
underestimations
          Em    C
Because we can't not
          Em    C
Because we can't not
A          Em    C  G           
Because we can't afford to be misled
 Bm
 one more time
          Em    C
Because we can't not
A         Em    C
Because we can't not
A          Em    C   G         
Because we can't not help 
        Bm
without your willingness

[Interlude]
Em C A (x8)
Oh, la da di la da di...

[Refrain]
             Em     C A       
Why do you affect me? Why do you 
     Em     C
affect me still?
A            Em      C A       
Why do you hinder me?  Why do 
     Em     C
you hinder me still?
A            Em      C A       
Why do you unnerve me? Why do 
     Em      C
you unnerve me still?
A            Em      C A       
Why do you trigger me? Why do 
     Em      C      A
you trigger me still?