Intro -x2-: D  C G
 
Verse 1:
Bm                        G
When we know something is true
                    D
Beyond question or doubt
Bm                    G
There's no particular point
               D
In pointing it out
 

Bm                   G
Blue is the color of sky
       D
'Cause mothers all worry
    G
And old people die
  Bm
A phone rings, a bee stings
     D                           E
It's something you don't need to hear
          G
It's just clear
 
Chorus:
D
Why go stating the obvious?
C
It's so painfully obvious
G
How could you miss
A                              Bm
Something that's this plain to see
          Bb            Am7
When it's glaring, and staring
      Em         A 
Right at you
           D
So obviously
 
Interlude -x2-: D  C G
 
Verse 2:
Bm                          G
When you get bored you draw stars
                     D
On the cuffs of your jeans
Bm                                 G
You still fill out the quizzes you find
                  D
In those teen magazines
 

        Bm                  G
And you dance like nobody's there
Bm
Awkward and perfect
    G
You don't even care
Bm                    D
Something courageous, amazing, contagious
   E
And kind
    G
All combined
 
Chorus:
D
Why go stating the obvious?
C
It's so painfully obvious
G
How could you miss
A                              Bm
Something that's this plain to see
          Bb            Am7
When it's glaring, and staring
     Em           A
Right at you
           E
So obviously
 
Bridge:
              G
Sometimes the words
               D
We tend to withhold
E                          G
   But they're exactly the words
                    D
Someone needs to be told
    Bm                A
But oh, thinking they know
              Em7
We never say "I love you
Em7
I love you
G
I love you
G
I love you."
 
Chorus:
       D
'Cause why go stating the obvious?
C
It's so painfully obvious
G
How could you miss
A                              Bm
Something that's this plain to see
          Bb            Am7
When it's glaring, and staring
      Em           A 
Right at you
           D
So obviously
 
Outro -x2-: D  C G