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