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Why Oh Why Chords

Music by: Woody Guthrie
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[Intro 1]
[D][G][D][G][D][A][D]

[Verse 1]
[D]Why can't
a dish break a hammer?
[G]Why oh why oh [D]why?!
[G]'Cause a hammer's a [D]hard head.
Good[A]bye goodbye [D]goodbye.

[Verse 2]
[D]Why, oh why, oh why oh, [G]why?
Why, oh why, oh [D]why?
[G]Be cause because be[D]cause because
Good[A]bye goodbye good[D]bye

[Verse 3]
[D]Why can't a bird eat an elephant?
Why, oh why, oh why?
'Cause an elephant's got
a pretty hard skin.
Good[A]by goodbye good[D]bye.

[Verse 4]
[D]Why can't a mouse eat a streetcar?
[G]Why, oh why, oh [D]why?
'Cause a mouse's stomach could never get
big enough to hold a streetcar.
Goodbye [A]goodbye [D]goodbye.

[Verse 5]
Why does a horn make [D]music?
[G]Why, oh why, oh [D]why?
Because the horn-blower blows blows it.
Good[A]bye goodbye [D]goodbye

[Verse 6]
Why does a cow drink [D]water?
[G]Tell me why n [D]why?
[G]Be cause the cow gets [D]thirsty just like
you or me or anybody [A]else.[D][G][D]
Goo[A]dye [D]goodbye goodbye.

[Verse 7]
[D]Why don't you answer my questions?
[G]Why, oh why, oh [D]why?
[G]'Cause I don't know the [D]answers.
Good[A]by goodbye good[D]bye.

[Verse 8]
[D]What make the landlord take money?
[G]Why, oh why, oh [D]why?
I don't know that [G]one myself.
Good[A]bye goodbye good[D]bye.

[Verse 9]
[D]Why's there no pennies for ice cream
[G]Why, oh why, oh [D]why?
You [G]put all the pennies in the [D]telephone.
Good[A]bye goodbye good[D]bye.

[Verse 10]
Why can't a rabbit chase [D]an eagle?
Tell [G]me why, [D]oh why?
'Cause the last rabbit that took out and
chased after an eagle didn't come
Out so good and that's why rabbits
don't chase after eagles that's all I
Know about rabbits and eagles?
Because because be[A]cause.[D]

[Verse 11]
Why ain't my [D]grandpa my grandma?
Why, [G]oh why, [D]oh why?
Same [G]reason your dad's
[D]not your mommy.
Good[A]bye goodbye [D]goodbye.

[Verse 12]
Why couldn't [D]the wind
blow backwards?
Why, oh why, oh why?
'Cause it might backfire and
hurt somebody and if it
Hurt somebody it'd keep on hurting
[A]the[D]m[G][D][G]
Good[A]bye goodbye goodbye.
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