Reasons Why Chords by Nickel Creek

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[Fm] _ _ I [Eb] wish that I [Db] _
knew.
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[Fm] Cause looking around [Eb] there's no sign [Bb] of you.
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[Fm] I don't remember [Eb] one down the one [Db] leap.
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[Fm] So it slips [Eb] away from [Bb] me.
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[F] I'm [Ab] holding my heart out [Ebm] and watching it [Dbm] do.
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[F] Feeling [Ab] it short of [Eb] the love that we [Bb] once knew.
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[Fm] Calling us home when it's [Ebm] not even [Db] close.
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[Ab] Playing the role with [Ebm] nerves left _
[Bb] exposed.
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[Ebm] _ _ Standing _ _ [Db] on a darkest [Ab] _ day. _ _
[Eb] _ _ Stumbling _ _ through [Gb] the light.
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[Bb] _ Others [Eb] have excuses, _ _
[Fm] I have [Ab] my [Db] reasons _
[Eb] why. _ _ _ _ _ _
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We get distracted [Ebm] by the dreams of our [Db] _ own.
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[Fm] But nobody's happy while [Eb] we're feeling [Bb] alone.
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[Ab] Knowing how hard it [Ebm] hurts when we _ [Db] fall.
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_ [Fm] Leaping up a [Ebm] ladder against the wall.
[Gb] _ [Bb] _ [Db] _ _ _ And [Ebm] _ climb _ _ high to [Db] the _ [Ab] highest _ _ rung.
[Ebm] With the _ shape of fists [Db] at the _ sky. _ _ _ _
_ Others have excuses, _ _
_ [Fm] I have [Ab] my [Db] reasons.
[Eb] With so much deception. _
[Db] It's hard not [Fm] to _ _
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_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ wonder _ [Eb] why. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ I'm holding my heart out and watching it do.
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