Intro
D Bm (2x)
D Bm
There's a reason for a snowfall,
D Bm
B reason why a tree's tall,
D Bm D-C7
B reason why a star is bright.
G Em
B reason why the moon glows,
D Em
B reason why the wind blows,
D Bm D
B reason why it's dark at night.
Chorus:
A G
But I don't know why I should cry
A G
Just because you said goodbye
D Bm Dm(7)
There must be a reason,
A D
I’d like to know why.
Bm Dm(7) A
Oh why, oh I’d like to know
D Bm
There's a reason for a sunbeam,
D Bm
B reason for a daydream,
D Bm D-C7
B reason why the desert's dry.
G Em
B reason why a stream falls,
G Em
B reason why there's rainbows,
D Bm D
B reason for a cloudy sky.
(Repeat Chorus Except Last 2 Lines)
A D-F-C-C7
I'd like to know why.
Bridge:
G F#m
There was a time when I could smile,
G F#m
We'd sit and talk of us awhile,
G F#m
Times I never got your love
E A G
And thanked my lucky stars above
(Repeat 1st Stanza & Chorus)
CODA: (FADE)
D Bm Dm(7)
There must be a reason,
A D
I'd like to know why (why, oh,
Bm Dm(7) (G)
why, why I'd like to know).
A C-Am-Dm(7)
Please tell me why,
A C-Am-Dm(7)-G-
I wanna know why…