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