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I finally figured out the correct chords for this great song by The Moody Blues after watching the DVD
"The Moody Blues a Night at the Red Rocks". Hayward plays a Guild 12 string tuned to open C which makes
these chord progressions much more playable than other tabs I've seen! Hayward uses his thumb to fret
the bass notes and uses double barres with thumb and forefinger to fret the Eb, D and F chords
(eg. F - 550555). I play straight barres across the fretboard (555555) with the index finger.
strings (C) and fretting the C6sus4 (000201) on the offbeats.
The "tw" and "tn" in the chord diagrams are "twelve" and "ten" respectively. I couldn't figure out
Enjoy!
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QUESTION
by the Moody Blues (Justin Hayward)
12 STRING GUITAR IN Open C tuning CGCGCE low to high
[Intro]
C** G7sus4Cm7sus2 C5add13
Eb F Eb D Eb F Eb D
Cdim7   Csus4   C(C6sus4/C/C6sus4/C) Cdim7   Csus4   C(C6sus4/C/C6sus4/C)
Ah Ah.....
Csus4   C(C6sus4/C/C6sus4/C)
Cdim7   Csus4   C(C6sus4/C/C6sus4/C) Cdim7   Csus4   C(C6sus4/C/C6sus4/C)
Why do we never get an answer when we're knocking at the door?
There's a thousand million questions about hate and death and war.
'Cause when we stop and look around us, there is nothing that we need
In a world of persecution that is burning in its greed.
Eb   F(Fsus4/F) Eb  D  
Ah,-Ah----------Ah-Ah-------- X2
Cdim7   Csus4   C(C6sus4/C/C6sus4/C) Cdim7   Csus4   C(C6sus4/C/C6sus4/C)
Ah, ah, ah. Ah, ah, ah.
Why do we never get an answer when we're knocking at the door?
Because the truth is hard to swallow, That's what the war of love is for!
(tempo slow)
C Csus4 C Csus4 C
C   Csus4   Gsus4   F  C* Dm(b5) C  
It's not the way that you say it when you do those things to me,
It's more the way that you mean it when you tell me what will be.
And when you stop and think about it, you won't believe it's true,
That all the love you've been giving has all been meant for you.
Dm(b5) C   Csus4  C  
I'm looking for someone to change my life,
Dm(b5) C  
I'm looking for a miracle in my life
C   Csus4   Gsus4   F  C*
And if you could see what it's done to me
Dm(b5) C  
To lose the love I knew you'd safely lead me through.
Between the silence of the mountains and the crashing of the sea,
There lies a land I once lived in and she's waiting there for me.
But in the gray of the morning, my mind becomes confused,
Between the dead and the sleeping and the road that I must choose.
I'm looking for someone to change my life,
I'm looking for a miracle in my life
Dm(b5)
And if you could see what it's done to me
To lose the love I Cknew you'd safely lead me Fto
C*
the land that I once knew
Dm(b5) C  
To learn as we grow old the secrets of our soul.
It's not the way that you say it when you do those things to me,
It's more the way you really mean it when you tell me what will be.
repeat beginning part and fade.
C000000 C* 004043 Dm(b5) 202021
C** 000tw0tw G7sus4000tn0tn CM7sus2 000707
C5add13 000505 Eb333333 F555555
D222222 Csus4000001 Cdim7xx0232
C6sus4000201 Gsus4000003
All chords in this song (12)

The story behind the song

"Question" was born from a period when many young people lived in fear of being called into a terrible conflict. Written by guitarist Justin Hayward, who also sings lead, the song was pieced together from two unfinished ideas, which creates its distinctive changes in pace. It reflects the anxieties and uncertainties of its time, capturing a sense of urgency and questioning. This song plays like a direct address to a world grappling with difficult truths.

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