I'm learning this song by request.  This song is relatively simple.
Listen to the song for timing and strumming patterns.

Why Can't I
As performed on "Liz Phair"
Written by Liz Phair

Standard tuning

Intro  (Keyboard arranged for guitar, x3)
You can use a pick here, but you'd have to be kind of quick, so I'd recommend finger-picking
e[----------14-------12-------11---------------------------
B[----12-------12-------12-------12------------------------
G[-11----11-------11-------11-------11---------------------
D[---------------------------------------------------------
A[---------------------------------------------------------
E[---------------------------------------------------------

End intro on this
e[-9-------11--------9------------------------------------
B[---12-------12-------12------12-------------------------
G[------11-------11-------11------------------------------
D[--------------------------------------------------------
A[--------------------------------------------------------
E[--------------------------------------------------------

Verse (x2)
An acoustic guitar the verse
e[---------------------------------------------------------
B[---------------------------------------------------------
G[-4-------------------------------------------------------
D[-4--------4--------6--------2----------------------------
A[-2--------4--------6--------2----------------------------
E[----------2--------4--------0----------------------------

Pre-chorus
Just strum this a bunch of times
e[---------------------------------------------------------
B[---------------------------------------------------------
G[---------------------------------------------------------
D[-2--------------4-----------------------------------------
A[-2--------------4-----------------------------------------
E[-0--------------2-----------------------------------------

Chorus (x2)
Distorted electric                     Only play this after 1st chorus
e[------------------------------------]---------------------
B[------------------------------------]---------------------
G[------------9----------4------------]---------------------
D[-6----------9----------4----------4-]-2--------------4----
A[-6----------7----------2----------4-]-2--------------4----
E[-4----------0---------------------2-]-0--------------2----

Play whole intro

Verse

Pre-chorus

Chorus

Bridge (x2)              End Bridge on this
e[---------------------]----------------------------------
B[---------------------]----------------------------------
G[------------8--7-----]----------------------------------
D[-6---8-9----8--7-----]-2------------2-------------------
A[-6---8-9----6--9-----]-2------------2-------------------
E[-4---6-7-------------]-0------------0-------------------

Play the first half of the chorus clean, then play the whole thing one more time
with distortion

Outro                            End on this     Strum once
e[------------------------------]---------------------------
B[------------------------------]---------------------------
G[-4----------------------------]-4-------------------------
D[-4--------2--------6--------2-]-4-------------------------
A[-2--------2--------6--------2-]-2-------------------------
E[----------0--------4--------0-]---------------------------

That's it

Song Structure
Intro (x3)
End intro
Verse (x2)
Pre-chorus
Chorus (x2)
Intro (x3)
Verse (x2)
Pre-chorus
Chorus (x2)
Bridge (x2)
End bridge
Clean chorus
Just plain chorus (x2)
Outro
End


Enjoy.

Hey, i love this song, and this is my second tab, and i thought
i did a kewl job on it! ENJOY! XOXOX

C                                     G
Get a load of me get a load of you 
Walkin down the street 
                       F (continue strumming F)
And I hardly know you 
(Hardly know you) 
It's just like we were meant to be... 

C
Holding hands with you 
                             G
When we're out at night 
Got a girlfriend, you say 
           F
It isn't right 
(Isn't right...) 
And I've got someone waiting 
Too 

Am 
What if this is just the beginning? 
           F
We're already wet and we're 
G
Gonna go swimming? 

[Chorus]: 
Am    F         C
Why can't I breathe
                    G 
Whenever I think about you? 
Am    F         C
Why can't I speak 
                    G
Whenever I talk about you? 
F
It's inevitable 
It's the fact and we're 
G
Gonna get down to it... 
               Am      F       C
So tell me, why can't I breathe 
                    G
Whenever I think about you? 
(continue with Am, F, C, G)
(Whenever I think about you) 
(Whenever I think about you) 
(Whenever I think about you) 
(Whenever I think about you) 

C
Isn't this the best part of 
              G
Breaking up 
Finding someone else you 
                  F
Can't get enough of 
Someone who wants to be with you too? 

C                                                    G
It's an itch we know we are gonna scratch
                                                      F 
Gonna take a while for this egg to hatch 
(But wouldn't it, but wouldn't it) 
But wouldn't it be beautiful? 

Am
Here we go, we're at the beginning 
         F
We haven't f*ck*ed yet,
      G 
But my heads spinning. 

[CHORUS]

Am                     F                         C
I would love for you to make me wonder,
G 
Where it's going... 
Am                     F                     C
I would love for you to pull me under
G 
Somethings growing 
F                                     G
Out of this that we can't control... 
F
Baby I'm dyyyying... 

Am     F          C
(Why can't I breathe 
                    G
Whenever I think about you? 
Am    F          C
Why can't I speak
                   G 
Whenever I talk about you?) 

[Repeat Chorus; Fade out]

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