Tell Me Why Chords by Tony Joe White
Tempo:
86.1 bpm
Chords used:
F#m
Bm
C#m
F#
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#m]
[C#m] [Bm]
[F#m] [B]
[F#m]
[Bm] [F#] [F#m]
[E]
[F#]
[F#m] I'm
[F#] going to sing a little bit of the song.
Hanging [A] out [B] in the garage.
[C#m] Turning up the microphone [F#] until it's cool.
[Bm] [F#]
[F#m] Basement on the [C#m] satellite.
Talking to who knows who.
[Bm] You're trying to tell the [F#] drummer how you [F#m] feel.
It's all [Bm] about the song.
[F#] Keeping it simple.
[Bm] Gotta have passion.
[F#m] Gotta have sense.
[C#m] Tell me why.
[Bm] Sometimes it makes you [F#m] crazy.
[E] It almost does.
No [Bm] one will know.
Not [F#m] even your lady.
Living hard and moving [C#m] fast.
You are a dying breed.
[Bm] Ain't no way to know [F#m] where you're going.
Fly out to the edge of the earth.
[C#m] Look down on the curve.
[D] And you know [F#] you're still afraid [F#m] of falling.
[Bm] Need hope.
It's hard [F#m] to come by.
And it [Bm] takes courage to dust off [F#m] your dreams.
[F#] Tell [C#m] me why.
[Bm] Sometimes it makes [F#m] you crazy.
[C#m] It almost does.
No one [Bm] will know.
Not even [F#m] your old lady.
[C#m]
[F#m]
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[Bm] [F#m]
[F#] [C#m] [F#]
From the time you leave your mother's [C#m] womb.
Cry out [E] to the world.
[B] Your place of [F#] refuge no [F#m] longer exists.
Branded by the [C#m] stars.
Captured by the moon.
[B] Do you think you could [F#m] even make a wish?
[C#m] Tell me why.
[Bm] It all just [F#m] makes you crazy.
It [C#m] almost does.
[Bm] No one will know.
Not even [F#m] your old lady.
[C#m] Tell me why.
[Bm] Sometimes it [F#m] just gets crazy.
It [C#m] almost does.
No [Bm] one will know.
[F#m] Not even your old lady.
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[E]
[F#]
[F#m] I'm
[F#] going to sing a little bit of the song.
Hanging [A] out [B] in the garage.
[C#m] Turning up the microphone [F#] until it's cool.
[Bm] [F#]
[F#m] Basement on the [C#m] satellite.
Talking to who knows who.
[Bm] You're trying to tell the [F#] drummer how you [F#m] feel.
It's all [Bm] about the song.
[F#] Keeping it simple.
[Bm] Gotta have passion.
[F#m] Gotta have sense.
[C#m] Tell me why.
[Bm] Sometimes it makes you [F#m] crazy.
[E] It almost does.
No [Bm] one will know.
Not [F#m] even your lady.
Living hard and moving [C#m] fast.
You are a dying breed.
[Bm] Ain't no way to know [F#m] where you're going.
Fly out to the edge of the earth.
[C#m] Look down on the curve.
[D] And you know [F#] you're still afraid [F#m] of falling.
[Bm] Need hope.
It's hard [F#m] to come by.
And it [Bm] takes courage to dust off [F#m] your dreams.
[F#] Tell [C#m] me why.
[Bm] Sometimes it makes [F#m] you crazy.
[C#m] It almost does.
No one [Bm] will know.
Not even [F#m] your old lady.
[C#m]
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[C#m]
[Bm] [F#m]
[F#] [C#m] [F#]
From the time you leave your mother's [C#m] womb.
Cry out [E] to the world.
[B] Your place of [F#] refuge no [F#m] longer exists.
Branded by the [C#m] stars.
Captured by the moon.
[B] Do you think you could [F#m] even make a wish?
[C#m] Tell me why.
[Bm] It all just [F#m] makes you crazy.
It [C#m] almost does.
[Bm] No one will know.
Not even [F#m] your old lady.
[C#m] Tell me why.
[Bm] Sometimes it [F#m] just gets crazy.
It [C#m] almost does.
No [Bm] one will know.
[F#m] Not even your old lady.
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_ _ _ [F#m] I'm _ _ _
[F#] _ _ going to sing a little bit of the song.
Hanging [A] out [B] in the garage.
[C#m] Turning up the microphone [F#] until it's cool.
[Bm] _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] Basement on the [C#m] satellite.
Talking to who knows who.
[Bm] You're trying to tell the [F#] drummer how you [F#m] feel.
It's all [Bm] about the song.
_ [F#] Keeping it simple.
_ [Bm] Gotta have passion.
_ [F#m] Gotta have sense.
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] Tell me why.
_ [Bm] Sometimes it makes you [F#m] crazy.
_ _ _ _ [E] It almost does.
No [Bm] one will know.
Not [F#m] even your lady. _ _ _ _ _ _
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Living hard and moving [C#m] fast.
You are a dying breed. _
[Bm] Ain't no way to know [F#m] where you're going. _
Fly out to the edge of the earth.
[C#m] Look down on the curve.
[D] And you know [F#] you're still afraid [F#m] of falling. _
[Bm] Need hope.
_ It's hard [F#m] to come by.
And it [Bm] takes courage to dust off [F#m] your dreams. _ _
_ _ [F#] Tell [C#m] me why. _ _
[Bm] Sometimes it makes [F#m] you crazy. _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] It almost does.
No one [Bm] will know.
Not even [F#m] your old lady. _ _
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From the time you leave your mother's [C#m] womb.
Cry out [E] to the world.
[B] Your place of [F#] refuge no [F#m] longer exists.
Branded by the [C#m] stars.
Captured by the moon.
[B] Do you think you could [F#m] even make a wish? _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] Tell me why.
[Bm] It all just [F#m] makes you crazy. _
_ _ It [C#m] almost does.
[Bm] No one will know.
Not even [F#m] your old lady. _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] Tell me why. _ _
[Bm] Sometimes it [F#m] just gets crazy. _
_ _ It [C#m] almost does.
No [Bm] one will know.
[F#m] Not even your old lady. _ _
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_ _ _ [F#m] I'm _ _ _
[F#] _ _ going to sing a little bit of the song.
Hanging [A] out [B] in the garage.
[C#m] Turning up the microphone [F#] until it's cool.
[Bm] _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] Basement on the [C#m] satellite.
Talking to who knows who.
[Bm] You're trying to tell the [F#] drummer how you [F#m] feel.
It's all [Bm] about the song.
_ [F#] Keeping it simple.
_ [Bm] Gotta have passion.
_ [F#m] Gotta have sense.
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] Tell me why.
_ [Bm] Sometimes it makes you [F#m] crazy.
_ _ _ _ [E] It almost does.
No [Bm] one will know.
Not [F#m] even your lady. _ _ _ _ _ _
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Living hard and moving [C#m] fast.
You are a dying breed. _
[Bm] Ain't no way to know [F#m] where you're going. _
Fly out to the edge of the earth.
[C#m] Look down on the curve.
[D] And you know [F#] you're still afraid [F#m] of falling. _
[Bm] Need hope.
_ It's hard [F#m] to come by.
And it [Bm] takes courage to dust off [F#m] your dreams. _ _
_ _ [F#] Tell [C#m] me why. _ _
[Bm] Sometimes it makes [F#m] you crazy. _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] It almost does.
No one [Bm] will know.
Not even [F#m] your old lady. _ _
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From the time you leave your mother's [C#m] womb.
Cry out [E] to the world.
[B] Your place of [F#] refuge no [F#m] longer exists.
Branded by the [C#m] stars.
Captured by the moon.
[B] Do you think you could [F#m] even make a wish? _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] Tell me why.
[Bm] It all just [F#m] makes you crazy. _
_ _ It [C#m] almost does.
[Bm] No one will know.
Not even [F#m] your old lady. _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] Tell me why. _ _
[Bm] Sometimes it [F#m] just gets crazy. _
_ _ It [C#m] almost does.
No [Bm] one will know.
[F#m] Not even your old lady. _ _
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