Chords for Annie Lennox - Why (live on TOTPs) 1
Tempo:
90.9 bpm
Chords used:
C
Am
F
G
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
It's so [C] brilliant, it makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.
[Am] Welcome to Top of the Pops, an exclusive Annie Lennox.
It's not out until Monday.
Here's why.
[C]
[Am]
[C]
[Em] [Am]
[C]
[Am]
[C]
[Bm] [Am]
[F] [C]
[Bm] [Am]
[D] [C] I stopped trying to [Bm] tell you, [Am] tell me, hey, this [F] kind of trouble's [C] only just [Bm] gone.
Yeah.
[Am]
[C] [D] I tell myself too [B] many times, why don't you ever [D] learn to keep your big [G] mouth shut?
That's [D] why it hurts so [Bm] bad to hear the words that [D] keep on falling from [G] your mouth.
[F] Falling from your mouth.
[D] Falling from your mouth.
Tell [C] me why. Why?
[G] [Am]
[C]
I [G] [Am]
[F] [C]
[Bm] may be [Am] viciously unkind, [F] but I can still read what [C] you're thinking.
[Bm] [Am]
[F] [C] I've heard it said too [Bm] many times that you'd be better off [Am] inside.
Why [F] can't you see [C] this boy is sinking in his own [Bm] sin?
[Am]
[F] Let's [D] go down to the [B] water's edge.
[D] We can cast away [G] those doubts.
[D] Some things are better left [Bm] unsaid.
But [D] they still turn inside [G] out.
[F] Turn inside out.
[C] Turn inside [D] out.
Tell [C] me why.
[G] [Am]
[F] Tell [C] me why.
[G] [Am]
[F] [C] This is the book I never [G] read, never [Am] said.
This is the palm of my literature.
[F] These are the dreams I'll dream in [C] death.
This is the joy that's seldom [G] spread.
These are the tears, the tears I [Am] shed.
This is the fear.
This is the [F] dread.
These are the contents of my [C] head.
These are the years we've [G] spent.
And this is what they represent.
[Am] And this is how I [F] feel.
Do you know how [C] I feel?
Because I don't think you [G] know.
[Am] I don't think you know what I [F] feel.
[C]
[G] [C]
[F] [C] No.
[G] [A]
[Am] Welcome to Top of the Pops, an exclusive Annie Lennox.
It's not out until Monday.
Here's why.
[C]
[Am]
[C]
[Em] [Am]
[C]
[Am]
[C]
[Bm] [Am]
[F] [C]
[Bm] [Am]
[D] [C] I stopped trying to [Bm] tell you, [Am] tell me, hey, this [F] kind of trouble's [C] only just [Bm] gone.
Yeah.
[Am]
[C] [D] I tell myself too [B] many times, why don't you ever [D] learn to keep your big [G] mouth shut?
That's [D] why it hurts so [Bm] bad to hear the words that [D] keep on falling from [G] your mouth.
[F] Falling from your mouth.
[D] Falling from your mouth.
Tell [C] me why. Why?
[G] [Am]
[C]
I [G] [Am]
[F] [C]
[Bm] may be [Am] viciously unkind, [F] but I can still read what [C] you're thinking.
[Bm] [Am]
[F] [C] I've heard it said too [Bm] many times that you'd be better off [Am] inside.
Why [F] can't you see [C] this boy is sinking in his own [Bm] sin?
[Am]
[F] Let's [D] go down to the [B] water's edge.
[D] We can cast away [G] those doubts.
[D] Some things are better left [Bm] unsaid.
But [D] they still turn inside [G] out.
[F] Turn inside out.
[C] Turn inside [D] out.
Tell [C] me why.
[G] [Am]
[F] Tell [C] me why.
[G] [Am]
[F] [C] This is the book I never [G] read, never [Am] said.
This is the palm of my literature.
[F] These are the dreams I'll dream in [C] death.
This is the joy that's seldom [G] spread.
These are the tears, the tears I [Am] shed.
This is the fear.
This is the [F] dread.
These are the contents of my [C] head.
These are the years we've [G] spent.
And this is what they represent.
[Am] And this is how I [F] feel.
Do you know how [C] I feel?
Because I don't think you [G] know.
[Am] I don't think you know what I [F] feel.
[C]
[G] [C]
[F] [C] No.
[G] [A]
Key:
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C
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It's so [C] brilliant, it makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.
[Am] Welcome to Top of the Pops, an exclusive Annie Lennox.
It's not out until Monday.
Here's why.
_ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] I stopped trying to [Bm] tell you, _ [Am] tell me, hey, this [F] kind of trouble's [C] only just _ [Bm] gone.
_ Yeah.
[Am] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] I tell myself too [B] many times, why don't you ever [D] learn to keep your big [G] mouth shut?
_ That's [D] _ why it hurts so [Bm] bad to hear the words that [D] keep on falling from [G] your mouth.
_ _ [F] _ Falling from your mouth.
_ [D] _ Falling from your mouth.
Tell [C] me why. Why?
[G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
I [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Bm] may be [Am] viciously unkind, _ [F] but I can still read what [C] you're thinking. _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] I've heard it said too [Bm] many times that you'd be better off [Am] inside.
Why [F] can't you see [C] this boy is sinking in his own [Bm] sin?
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[F] Let's _ _ _ [D] _ go down to the [B] water's edge.
_ [D] We can cast away [G] those doubts.
_ _ [D] Some things are better left [Bm] unsaid.
But [D] they still turn inside [G] out.
_ _ [F] _ Turn inside _ out.
_ [C] Turn inside [D] out.
Tell [C] me why. _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [F] _ Tell [C] me _ why.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] This is the book I never [G] read, _ never [Am] said.
This is the palm of my literature.
[F] These are the dreams I'll dream in [C] death.
This is the joy that's seldom [G] spread.
These are the tears, the tears I [Am] shed.
This is the fear.
This is the [F] dread.
These are the contents of my [C] head.
These are the years we've [G] spent.
And this is what they represent.
[Am] _ And this is how I [F] feel.
Do you know how [C] I feel?
Because I don't think you [G] know.
_ _ _ [Am] I don't think you know what I [F] feel.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] No. _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
[Am] Welcome to Top of the Pops, an exclusive Annie Lennox.
It's not out until Monday.
Here's why.
_ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] I stopped trying to [Bm] tell you, _ [Am] tell me, hey, this [F] kind of trouble's [C] only just _ [Bm] gone.
_ Yeah.
[Am] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] I tell myself too [B] many times, why don't you ever [D] learn to keep your big [G] mouth shut?
_ That's [D] _ why it hurts so [Bm] bad to hear the words that [D] keep on falling from [G] your mouth.
_ _ [F] _ Falling from your mouth.
_ [D] _ Falling from your mouth.
Tell [C] me why. Why?
[G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
I [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Bm] may be [Am] viciously unkind, _ [F] but I can still read what [C] you're thinking. _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] I've heard it said too [Bm] many times that you'd be better off [Am] inside.
Why [F] can't you see [C] this boy is sinking in his own [Bm] sin?
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[F] Let's _ _ _ [D] _ go down to the [B] water's edge.
_ [D] We can cast away [G] those doubts.
_ _ [D] Some things are better left [Bm] unsaid.
But [D] they still turn inside [G] out.
_ _ [F] _ Turn inside _ out.
_ [C] Turn inside [D] out.
Tell [C] me why. _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [F] _ Tell [C] me _ why.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] This is the book I never [G] read, _ never [Am] said.
This is the palm of my literature.
[F] These are the dreams I'll dream in [C] death.
This is the joy that's seldom [G] spread.
These are the tears, the tears I [Am] shed.
This is the fear.
This is the [F] dread.
These are the contents of my [C] head.
These are the years we've [G] spent.
And this is what they represent.
[Am] _ And this is how I [F] feel.
Do you know how [C] I feel?
Because I don't think you [G] know.
_ _ _ [Am] I don't think you know what I [F] feel.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] No. _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
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