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Peter Cetera - Only Love Knows Why
CAPO: 2nd Fret
INTRO:  Em   D     C   Am   G    F   F   C  G  
One more sad toD/F#morrow
And AmI'm not very good at hiding my EmsorDrowG  D  G  
It's not the same withD/F#out you
So aAmlone and so aEmfraid
I Amthought we Ghad it CmadeD  F  
What about us, what about the Amway?
Dm7We were so in Flove, when we were toCgeGtherC  F  
I thought you'd never Amleave
Now I Dm7know this time you're Fgone foreGverC  
CHORUS:
Only love can Fbreak your Gheart
Fill you with deAmsire and Dmtear you all aGpartEb  
Only Ablove can make you Bbcry
EbOnly love knows AbwhyAm  G  F  F  C  G  
One more night withD/F#out you
I'm just Amtrying to pretend that you're Emcoming back aDgainG  D  G  
I know I never meant to D/F#doubt you, oh no
We were Amyoung and we were Emfree
Now I Amcan't beGlieve this has Chappened to DmeF  
What about us, what about the Amway?
Dm7We were so in Flove, when we were toCgeGtherC  
CHORUS:
Only love can Fbreak your Gheart
Fill you with deAmsire and Dmtear you all aGpartEb  
Only Ablove can make you Bbcry
EbOnly love knows Abwhy
BRIDGE:
Gonna be a Bblong hard road without youGm  
And there's Abone thing you should BbknowCm  
Tell me, who will I turn to Bbwhen I Ebget in BbtroubleCm  
I Abreally don't want you to Bbgo, Ebmno
INSTRUMENTAL:   Ebm    E     F#    Abm    C#m     F#   Eb  Abm  
BRIDGE:
Tell me, who can I turn tF#o when I Bget in troubleC#m  
Baby, Ebmplease don't leave meE  
Can't you see you F#must believe mAbeC#  
CHORUS:
Only love can F#break your Abheart
Fill you with deBbmsire and Ebmtear you down
The Abminute that you fall apartF#  E  
Only Alove can C#mmake you Bcry
EOnly Blove knows Awhy, ohBhh C#no
OUTRO:  (## fade to end ##)
       F# Ab  C# Bbm
Gonna Ebmbuild you up, gonna Abtear you down
Only love knows whyE  A  B  E  B  A  
OhBhh C#noF#  Ab  
Only love knows whyBbm  Ebm  Ab  E  
C#mOnly love will Bmake you cryE  B  A  B  C#  

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Only Love Knows Why

by Peter Cetera

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

D/F#

Dm7

Ebm

Abm

C#m

Bbm

Peter Cetera - Only Love Knows Why

CAPO: 2nd Fret

Em D C Am G F F C G

INTRO:

D/F#

One more sad tomorrow

Am Em D G D G

And I'm not very good at hiding my sorrow

D/F#

It's not the same without you

Am Em

So alone and so afraid

Am G C D F

I thought we had it made

What about us, what about the way?

Dm7 F C G C F

We were so in love, when we were together

I thought you'd never leave

Dm7 F G C

Now I know this time you're gone forever

CHORUS:

F G

Only love can break your heart

Am Dm G Eb

Fill you with desire and tear you all apart

Ab Bb

Only love can make you cry

Eb Ab Am G F F C G

Only love knows why

D/F#

One more night without you

Am Em D G D G

I'm just trying to pretend that you're coming back again

D/F#

I know I never meant to doubt you, oh no

Am Em

We were young and we were free

Am G C D F

Now I can't believe this has happened to me

What about us, what about the way?

Dm7 F C G C

We were so in love, when we were together

CHORUS:

F G

Only love can break your heart

Am Dm G Eb

Fill you with desire and tear you all apart

Ab Bb

Only love can make you cry

Eb Ab

Only love knows why

BRIDGE:

Bb Gm

Gonna be a long hard road without you

Ab Bb Cm

And there's one thing you should know

Bb Eb Bb Cm

Tell me, who will I turn to when I get in trouble

Ab Bb Ebm

I really don't want you to go, no

Ebm E F# Abm C#m F# Eb Abm

INSTRUMENTAL:

BRIDGE:

F# B C#m

Tell me, who can I turn to when I get in trouble

Ebm E

Baby, please don't leave me

F# Ab C#

Can't you see you must believe me

CHORUS:

F# Ab

Only love can break your heart

Bbm Ebm

Fill you with desire and tear you down

Ab F# E

The minute that you fall apart

A C#m B

Only love can make you cry

E B A B C#

Only love knows why, ohhh no

OUTRO: (## fade to end ##)

F# Ab C# Bbm

Ebm Ab

Gonna build you up, gonna tear you down

E A B E B A

Only love knows why

B C# F# Ab

Ohhh no

Bbm Ebm Ab E

Only love knows why

C#m B E B A B C#

Only love will make you cry

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