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