The Doubleclicks

Why Cant Every City Be Portland Chords

          G
Why can't every city be Portland
          C
Why can't everywhere be like here
         D
It's the place that I like,

All the folks unicycle
        G
They're carrying bottles of beer


          G
Why can't every city be PDX
            C
Where we're not unemployed; we've got our own projects
      D
We're keepin' it weird

And every guy with a beard
      G
Has a few pairs of horn-rimmed specs


     B
It's not our original home sweet home,
       Em
But we do like the Romans,

'Cause we're sort of in Rome
   A
We bike in the lane

Treating cars with disdain,
                                  D
And pretend we don't know that it always rains


          G
Why can't every city be Portland
          C
Where the irony is big as our trees
        D
It's no longer intriguin'

That everyone's vegan
    G
And nobody owns a TV


          G
Why can't every space be Portlandia's place
      C
Where even the lawyers are pierced on their face
            D
Where we'll all DIY

Till the day that we die
       G
And we live at a comfortable pace


     B
It's not our original home sweet home,
       Em
But we do like the Romans,

'Cause we're sort of in Rome
              A
If you've got kombucha, we'll try it

If it's on Craigslist, we'll buy it
                                          D
And if you find a new neighborhood, we'll gentrify it


          G
Why can't every city be Portland
         C
Where we don't know how lucky we are
       D
We buy booze without tax

And we hop on the MAX
      G
For a cheap ride down to the bar


          G
Why can't every old stone be this temperate zone
          C
Where our future as grown-ups is sort of postponed
         D
We might move to L.A.

Or Seattle someday
    C                              G
But first we've got to pay off our student loans