Why? Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am]
[C]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Father, it's time
Have a heart for your child
who cries in [Dm]pain
[Am]Not a new sign
But I strike that'll blow those
fools [C]away[Dm]
[Am]Open your eyes
If you've got any you just look
for too long [C]a time
[Dm]They[Am] spit on your name
Doin' everything you darnned as
highest crime
[C][Dm]

[Verse 2]
They believe [Am]they could
[G]walk on the water
[Dm]Playing 'god,
[Am]sleep with [G]the [Dm]devils' daughter
Killed your son and [Am]might kill
[G]mine But you don't mind

[Verse 3]
[Am]Why, Lord, [F]why tell me [G]why[E][C]
In [G]these [Am]lonely days I'd
[F]need your answer
[G]There's a reason [E]why[Am][E]

[Interlude 1]
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[C][Dm]

[Verse 4]
[Am]How could you fail?
Still it's time,
turn the black into the [Dm]light
[Am]Why do you wait?
Do you look down and laugh at
what you find?
[C][Dm]

[Verse 5]
Can't you see they [Am]are mis
[G]treating their daughters
[Dm]They believe[Am] they
could [G]walk on the waters
[Dm]They killed your son and might[Am] kill mine[G]

[Verse 6]
But you don't mind
[Am]Why, Lord, [F]why Tell me [G]why[E][C]
In [G]these [Am]lonely days I'd
[F]need your answer
[G]There's a reason [Am]why

[Verse 7]
[Am]Why, Lord, [F]why tell [Dm]me w[G]hy[E]
[C]Your the [Am]only light [F]forever lasting
[G]Tell me, father, [E]why[F#m][Am]

[Interlude 2]
[G][Am][F][G][C][G][C]
[Am][F][G][E]
[Am]
[F][G][C][G][Am]
[C][F][G][F][G][Am][G]
[C][Dm][G][C][Dm][G]

[Verse 8]
[Am]Why, Lord, [F]why tell me [G]why[E][C]
[G]In these [Am]lonely days I'd
[F]need your answer
[G]There's a reason [Am]why[G]

[Verse 9]
[Am]Why, Lord, [F]why tell me [G]why[E]
[C]You[G]r the onl[Am]y light for[F]ever lasting
[G]Tell me, father, [Am]why[E]

[Interlude 3]
[Am]
[C][Am][C]
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[Verse 10]
[Am]Father, it's time
Father, [Am]it's time

[Outro 1]
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