Chords for Mike & the Mechanics - Why Me?

[D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
These [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ are [G] dangerous times _ that we're living in.
_ [Cm]
And there are dangerous signs [G] _
that will give an end to fear.
_ _ [Eb]
Late _ one night, _ _ [D] _
I'm lying here.
_ _ [Gm] _
I thought I heard.
_ _ [Eb]
Tell the mothers and the babes.
_ [G] Tell the old, tell the sick, they will be saved.
Get [Ab] the young males, [Eb] tell them to be brave.
_ [B] I was so concerned with [Bm] saving life, I never saw you pull the knife.
I [D] _ [G] own the _ mountains, [Bm] the [A] cross, and [G] the _ trees.
[Em] Call _ [D] _ [C] the people, _ [Bm] why me?
_ Why me?
Do you feel [A] so [G] frustrated, _ _ [Bm] _
[A] frightened [G] and _ _ [Em] feared?
[D] Answer [C] my question.
[Bm] Why me?
Why me?
Why me?
Why me?
Why me?
Why me?
[G] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ You're such an angry young man, [G] _
_ with all your grievances.
[Cm] People don't understand, they just can't understand, _ [G]
what you must do to stay alive.
_ _ [Eb]
So, you try to justify _ all [B] the [G] violence and hate before your eyes.
[Ab] Through the ages, better men than you have tried, _ [B] to give what is not [Bm] theirs to give.
To take the land where others live.
I [A] _ [G] own the _ mountains, [Bm] the cross, [D] _ [G] and the _ trees.
[Em]
Call [G] the _ [C] people, _ [Bm] why me?
_ Why me?
_ Do you [A] feel so [G] frustrated, _ _ [Bm] _
[D] frightened [G] and feared?
_ [Em] _
[G] Answer [C] my question.
_ [Bm] Why here?
Why now?
Why here?
Why now?
Why here?
Why [G] now?
Why me?
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ [G] _ _ _ You _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] have the [F] power, [Bb] _
the guns and all the sword.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ But nature [Gm] has a [Am] nasty [Bb] habit _ _ of felling same [Gm] remorse.
_ [F] _ [Eb] Now you men try to break my [Gm] body, [F] lock me up [Eb] and throw away the key.
[Cm] But you'll never, [Eb] never [Ab] break my spirit.
_ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] I [G] own the _ mountains, [Bm] _
[A] the cross, and [G] the trees.
[Em]
Call [D] _ the [C] people, _ [Bm] why me?
_ Why me?
Do you [A] feel [G] so frustrated, _ _ [Bm] _
_ [A] frightened [G] and _ feared?
[Em] _
[D] Answer [C] my question.
[Bm] Why me?
Why me?
Why me?
Why me?
Why me?
I [A] own the [G] mountains, _ [Bm]
the [Gbm] cross, [G] and the _ trees.
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
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