{"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":1959559,"song":"Why","artist":"The Fray","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1959559-why-chords-by-the-fray/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1959559?type=chord","rating":4.58651,"votes":3,"content":"(originally by Annie Lennox)\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  \r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow many times do I have to try to tell you? [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat I’m sorry for the things I’ve done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut when I start to try to tell you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat’s when you have to tell me [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHey, this trouble only just begin[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI tell myself too many times [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy don’t you learn to keep your mouth shut?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThat’s why it hurts so bad to hear the words[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKeep on falling from your mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nFalling from your mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFalling from your mouth[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTell me why [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhy?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI may be mad [/tab]\r\n\r\nI may be glad \r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch] \r\nI may be viciously unkind[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I still can read what you are thinking[/tab]\r\n\r\nWhat you are thinking\r\n\r\nWhat you thinking\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’ve heard it said too many times[/tab]\r\n\r\nYou be better off\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBesides, why can’t you see this boat is sinking?[/tab]\r\n\r\nThis boat is sinking\r\n\r\n[Pre-chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nLet’s go down to Waters Edge [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe can cast away these stones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSome things are better left unsaid[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey still turn me inside out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nTurn me inside out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTurn me inside out[/tab]\r\n    \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTell me why [/tab]\r\n \r\nYou tell me \r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] \r\nThis is a book I never read[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] \r\nThe words I never said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]    \r\nThe path I’ll never tread[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe dreams I’ll dream instead[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe drink I step and spilled[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTears that we shed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe fear, Madrid [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe conscious inside my head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThese are the years we spent[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis is what they represenT[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis is how I feel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nDo you even know I feel?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nCause if you know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI don’t think you know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHow can you know?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou never ask me [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhy [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhy?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"(originally by Annie Lennox)\n\n[Intro]\nC  \n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\nI may be glad \n\n\n\nWhat you are thinking\n\nWhat you thinking\n\n\nYou be better off\n\n\nThis boat is sinking\n\n[Pre-chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n[Chorus]\n\n \nYou tell me \n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nC Em Am F\n\nC","chords":["C","Am","F","D","Bm","F#m","G","Dm","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}