{"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":1772480,"song":"Why I Had To Go","artist":"Bishop Allen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11387273-why-i-had-to-go-chords-by-bishop-allen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1772480?type=chord","rating":0.13201,"votes":0,"content":"[tab]Why I Had To Go \r\nIntro/fill (originally on keyboard)\r\n[ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n|--------------------|--------------------|\r\n|--------------------|--------------------|\r\n|--7-------7---------|--9-------9---------|\r\n|----9-7-----9-7-----|----9-7-----9-7-----|\r\n|-------10------10---|-------10------10---|\r\n|--------------------|--------------------|x2[/tab]\r\n\r\nChords are for two measures each. The fill above basically happens every time there’s \r\na G-Em progression that isn’t under major vocals.\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch] x2\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt is a narrowing. It is a shrinking and there’s a danger of overthinking[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt was everybody getting tired of drinking every night[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere was a little left to believe in, which is how I really knew I should be leaving[/tab]\r\n           \r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI should be leaving…       now[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI should be leaving[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                                                                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe were clever then. We’d talk forever then, and the night of our invention it would never end[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                                                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt was a parting, and there was sorrow, it was impossible to picture a tomorrow[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was necessity and it was instinct and the pattern underneath it kept repeating[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nkept repeating, kept repeating, which is how I really knew I should be leaving[/tab]\r\n           \r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI should be leaving…       now[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI should be leaving[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]                                                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh and it was everything. Oh and it was just a way to keep from waking up alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhich is why I had to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhich is why I should be leaving[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhich is why I had to go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAm I belaboring? Am I delivering? Am I offering you a blanket, and you’re shivering?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIs it a play?      Without the passion? Is it an endless repetition of an action?[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf there’s a christening, or a crisis, we can get together then and say how nice it is[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIs it torment? Well it depends, which is how I really knew I should be leaving[/tab]\r\n           \r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI should be leaving…       now[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI should be leaving[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]                                               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh and it was everything. Oh and it was just a way to keep from waking up alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhich is why I had to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhich is why I should be leaving[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhich is why I had to go                           which you know[/tab]","plain_text":"Chords are for two measures each. The fill above basically happens every time there’s \na G-Em progression that isn’t under major vocals.\n\nG  Em x2\nD C\nG  Em x2","chords":["G","Em","D","C","Am"],"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}