{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1727453,"song":"Why","artist":"Michael Card","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11367942-why-chords-by-michael-card/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1727453?type=chord","rating":4.54064,"votes":14,"content":"Why – Michael Card\r\nKey C (Live version is in Bb\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhy did it have to be a friend  who chose to betray the Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhy did he use a kiss to show them? That's not what a kiss is for[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOnly a friend can betray a friend, a stranger has nothing to gain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd only a friend comes close enough to ever cause so much pain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd why did there have to be thorny, crown pressed upon His head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt should have been the royal one, made of jewels and gold instead[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt had to be a crown of thorns, because in this life that we live[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor all who seek to love, a thorn is all the world has to give[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd why did it have to be  a heavy, cross He was made to bare[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em7[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd why did they nail His feet and hands, when His love would have held Him there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt was a cross for on a cross, a thief was supposed to pay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd Jesus had come into the world, to steal every heart away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYes, Jesus had come into the world to steal every heart away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n___________________________________________________________________\r\nI'm submitting this because the previous submission was both incomplete and incorrect\r\nwith some unexpected key changes in the chords unexplained. After listening to the first\r\nrecording of this song in the album \"Known by the Scars\" 1984 it seemed he first wrote it in C. \r\nIn the live album \"Circles in the Sand\" he plays it half a step down\r\nin Bb possibly to accommodate his accompaniment.","plain_text":"Why – Michael Card\nKey C (Live version is in Bb\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n___________________________________________________________________\nI'm submitting this because the previous submission was both incomplete and incorrect\nwith some unexpected key changes in the chords unexplained. After listening to the first\nrecording of this song in the album \"Known by the Scars\" 1984 it seemed he first wrote it in C. \nIn the live album \"Circles in the Sand\" he plays it half a step down\nin Bb possibly to accommodate his accompaniment.","chords":["C","Bb","Am","Em7","G","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}