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Why - John D. Hale Band
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[Intro]
Strum G x4
E|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|-0h2p0h2h3--|
A|------------|
E|------------|
[Verse]
GDoDn't know what I'm supposed to do I don't know what I'm supposed to say
EmBut Ceverytime I open my mouth My foot gets in the way
GDiDdn't mean to make you mad I didn't mean to make you cry
EmI dCidn't mean to say those things And I ask myself why?
[Chorus]
GWhDy? EmDoes it have to be so hard? Have we grown apart so far?
C[Riff]
Why does every comment cut right to the bone?
GWhDy Emdo you accept my appologies until you blame it all on me?
CYeDahG, an' if you''re gonna leave Hell, I guess I''ll never know
[Solo]x2
G D Em C
[Verse]
GNoDw no one likes to talk About the problems in our lives
EmI gCot one burnin question Are we still man and wife?
GDoDn''t know how to say I''m sorry Don''t know how to appologize
EmSliCp further away every day And I ask myself why?
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
CAnDd if you pack your bags And you walk out of my life
CMy Dheart it will be broken My mind will still ask why
CWhDere ever you may go and who ever you will see
CReGmeDmber that I love y''all even though you''re not with me
EmAnd CiDf Emyou''re gonna leave Hell, I guess I''ll never know

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Why

by John D. Hale Band

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Why - John D. Hale Band

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[Intro]

Strum G x4

E|------------|

B|------------|

G|------------|

D|-0h2p0h2h3--|

A|------------|

E|------------|

[Verse]

G D

Don't know what I'm supposed to do I don't know what I'm supposed to say

Em C

But everytime I open my mouth My foot gets in the way

G D

Didn't mean to make you mad I didn't mean to make you cry

Em C

I didn't mean to say those things And I ask myself why?

[Chorus]

G D Em

Why? Does it have to be so hard? Have we grown apart so far?

[Riff]

Why does every comment cut right to the bone?

G D Em

Why do you accept my appologies until you blame it all on me?

C D G

Yeah, an' if you''re gonna leave Hell, I guess I''ll never know

[Solo]x2

G D Em C

[Verse]

G D

Now no one likes to talk About the problems in our lives

Em C

I got one burnin question Are we still man and wife?

G D

Don''t know how to say I''m sorry Don''t know how to appologize

Em C

Slip further away every day And I ask myself why?

[Chorus]

[Bridge]

C D

And if you pack your bags And you walk out of my life

C D

My heart it will be broken My mind will still ask why

C D

Where ever you may go and who ever you will see

C G D

Remember that I love y''all even though you''re not with me

Em C D Em

And if you''re gonna leave Hell, I guess I''ll never know

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