[Verse:]
Am7 G
I'd better rest my eyes
F
'Cause I'm growing weary of
F
This point you've been trying to make
Am7 G
So rather than imply
F
Why don't you just verbalize
F
All the things that you're trying to say
Am7 G
Thought this would turn out so well
F
But I'm beginning to see
F
That instead it's trouble
Am7 G
Into a pattern we fell
F
Of prolonging the inevitable
[Chorus:]
C
Why don't you
Am7
Come right out and say it?
F
Even if the words are probably gonna hurt
G
I'd rather have the truth than something insincere
C
Why don't you
Am7
Come right out and say it (come right out and say it)?
F
What it is you're thinking
G
Though I'm thinking it's not what I wanna hear
[Verse:]
Am7 G
I better check my pride
F
Because I was starting to think
F
I was on to something good
Am7 G
But things started to slide
F
And I sit here in retrospect
F
And understanding that I misunderstood
Am7 G
Thought I could make up your mind
F
And then this decision locks up
F
So tight it couldn't be touched
Am7 G
Thought you were being so kind
F
But keeping your mouth sealed shut
F
Rather than just opening it up
[Chorus]
[Solo]
[Bridge]
Dm
And I tried
C
To guess what goes on in your head
Am G
'Cause in your mind
Dm
I just might find
C Am G
All those things you left unsaid
Dm C
And I'll try to maybe not regret anything
Am G
Later on after I'm gone
Dm C
You'll wish that you
Am G
Had listened to me (listened to me)
[Chorus: ]
C
Why don't you
Am7
Come right out and say it
F G
Even if the words are gonna hurt
We're better off this way
C
Why don't you
Am7 F
Come right out and say come right out and say
G
What I know you're thinking anyway
[Chorus]
C
Why don't you
Am7
Come right out and say it?
F
Even if the words are probably gonna hurt
G
I'd rather have the truth than something insincere
C
Why don't you
Am7
Come right out and say it (come right out and say it)?
F
What it is you're thinking
G
Though I'm thinking it's not what I wanna hear
