Chords for Shawn Colvin - I Don't Know Why + interview [2-1-93]

_ My next guest is a Grammy award winning folk singer and songwriter.
She has just released her second album, Fat City.
Please welcome Shawn Colvin.
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[F#m] _ _ [B] I [E] don't know why _ [A] the sky is so [E] blue.
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[E] _ _ I don't [B] know why I'm _
[D] so in [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] love.
If there were no [E] music, _ [C#m] then I would not be.
[F#] _ [A] I don't [E] know why I _ [F#m] know these [E] things.
I [A] _ _ _
[E] don't _ _ know why _ _ [F#m] somewhere _ [E] dreams come true.
[A] And [E] _ I don't [B] know where, but [D] there will be [C#m] a [F#m] place. _
_ [E] _ [B] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
Every time [E] you look that way, I would [C#m] lay down [B] my life for [C#m] you.
[F#] [F#m] I [E] don't know why I _ [F#m] know these things, but I [A] do.
_ [E] I _ [A] [E] don't know why _ some [F#m] are going to [A] make you [E] cry.
[A] _ _ [E] _ And I don't [B] know how, but [D] it all will [C#m] get you by.
[F#m] _ _ And I [A] will [B] try. _
[A] You said I tried to [E] cause you pain.
You're just [C#m] afraid of [E] love.
_ _ [F#] [A] I don't know [E] why _ I [F#m] know these [A] things, but I do.
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[E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] I don't [E] know why _ _ [F#m] the trees [A] grow so [E] tall.
_ [A] And [E] _ _
I don't [B] know why, _ [C#m] [D] I don't know [C#m] _
[F#m] at all.
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_ _ [A] If there were [E] no music, _ [C#m] then I would [E] not get [C#m] through.
[F#] [F#m] I [E] don't know why I [F#m] know [B] these things, but I [D] do.
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[F#m] _ _ [A] I [E] don't know _ _ why [F#m] I know these [A] things, but I do. _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ I don't know why I know _ _ _ _ these things, but I do.
I don't know why I know these things, but _ _ _ _ _ _ I do.
I stopped by the Tennessee ball.
He apparently was going to go to that one.
It was quite a big affair that night.
But I was really disappointed in it.
Why?
What was the matter with the Tennessee one?
Well, given the size of the ball,
I really expected a certain kind of, you know, hospitality,
i.e. free food.
I mean, when they put on a big party, you know.
And we went into the food room,
and each hors d'oeuvre cost money.
They had a little menu.
It said, like, a chicken finger, $1.25,
and a baby quiche, you know, $1.00.
Really?
Now, who_
I don't know.
So you walk in, and you go,
and they give you a chicken finger.
I would have_
Well, you could take as many as you wanted,
but they'd tally them up at the end,
and then you owed them money.
It wasn't free.
It wasn't free hors d'oeuvres.
Oh, man.
Boy, what a cheap party, huh?
The way they do it in Tennessee.
Boy, free_
Is that right?
Well, I can see you learned something.
I didn't get it.
Well, you get all the free hors d'oeuvres you want right here.
I know.
You've got a good selection back there.
Actually, those are 75 cents a piece.
This is the CD right here, Fat City.
Be right back.
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