[verse 1] F It was so nice throwing big parties F Jump into the pool from the balcony F Bb Everyone swimming in a champagne sea (whooooo) F And there are no rules when you show up here F Bass beat rattling the chandelier F Bb Feeling so Gatsby for that whole year [pre-chorus] Gm C So why'd you have to rain on my parade? Gm C I'm shaking my head, I'm locking the gates [chorus] F Dm Bb C This is why we can't have nice things, dar-ling F Because you break them Dm Bb I had to take them awaayayayay C F Dm Bb C This is why we can't have nice things, ho-ney F Did you think I wouldn't hear Dm Bb all the things you said about meeEeEeeEeEe? C This is why we can't have nice things [verse 2] F It was so nice being friends again F There I was, giving you a second chance F But then you stabbed in the back Bb while shaking my hand F And therein lies the issue F Friends don't try to trick you F Get you on the phone and mind-twist you F Bb And so I took an axe to a mended fence [pre-chorus] Gm C But I'm not the only friend you've lost lately Gm C If only you weren't so shady [chorus] F Dm Bb C This is why we can't have nice things, dar-ling F Because you break them Dm Bb I had to take them awaayayayay C F Dm Bb C This is why we can't have nice things, ho-ney F Did you think I wouldn't hear Dm Bb all the things you said about meeEeEeeEeEe? C This is why we can't have- [bridge] F Dm7 Here's a toast to my real friends Bb C They don't care about that he-said-she-said F Dm7 And here's to my baby Bb C He ain't reading what they call me lately F Dm7 And here's to my momma Bb C Had to listen to all this drama F Dm And here's to you Bb C Cause forgiveness is a nice thing to do "Haha, I can't even say it with a straight face" [chorus] F Dm This is why we can't have nice things, Bb C dar-ling (darling) F Because you break them Dm Bb I had to take them away C F This is why we can't have nice (ah-ah) Dm Bb C things,(oh-no) hon(baby)-ney F Did you think I wouldn't hear Dm Bb all the things you said about meeeee? C F Dm Bb C This is why we can't have nice things, dar-ling F Because you break them Dm Bb C I had to take them and here's to my baby F Dm Bb C This is why we can't have nice things, he said-she said F Did you think I wouldn't hear Dm Bb all the things you said about meeeee? C This is why we can't have F nice things.