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