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Please Tell Me Why:Jackie Wilson.
#20 in 1961.
#1.
A#I.I.I.I.I.I..I tried so hard..(tell me why.) 
to make you stay..(tell me why.)
now it D#doesn't matter..(tell me why.)
what happens from A#day to day..(tell me why.)
I sit alone, with tears in my Feyes..
oooh, D#tell me..please tell me, A#why.
#2.
A#Nights seem so long..(tell me why.)
since youve been gone..(tell me why.)
I wonder D#why..(tell me why.)
the feelin' still A#lingers on..(tell me why.)
I sit alone, with tears in my Feyes..
please D#tell me..please tell me, A#why. 
#3.
(Ba, ba, ba, ba.)A#black dirt under my feet..
(Ba, ba, ba, ba.)
storm clouds over my head..
(Ba, ba, ba, ba.)
A#All I do, each and every night, is just weep in my 
lonely bed..(Fba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba.)
I sit A#alone with tears in my Feyes..
please D#tell me..please tell me A#why.
OUTRO:
A#Please..D#tell..me..A#whhyyyy....please tell me, A#7why.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Please Tell Me Why

by Jackie Wilson

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A#7

Please Tell Me Why:Jackie Wilson.

#20 in 1961.

#1.

I.I.I.I.I.I..I tried so hard..(tell me why.)

to make you stay..(tell me why.)

now it doesn't matter..(tell me why.)

what happens from day to day..(tell me why.)

I sit alone, with tears in my eyes..

D# A#

oooh, tell me..please tell me, why.

#2.

Nights seem so long..(tell me why.)

since youve been gone..(tell me why.)

I wonder why..(tell me why.)

the feelin' still lingers on..(tell me why.)

I sit alone, with tears in my eyes..

D# A#

please tell me..please tell me, why.

#3.

(Ba, ba, ba, ba.)black dirt under my feet..

(Ba, ba, ba, ba.)

storm clouds over my head..

(Ba, ba, ba, ba.)

All I do, each and every night, is just weep in my

lonely bed..(ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba.)

A# F

I sit alone with tears in my eyes..

D# A#

please tell me..please tell me why.

OUTRO:

A# D# A# A#7

Please..tell..me..whhyyyy....please tell me, why.

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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