Chords for Connie Smith & Marty Stuart, Looking For A Reason
Tempo:
135.2 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
[G] Curtis Wright and I wrote this song.
Marty couldn't be in on it because it was about me.
[A] [E] You're going to play with the mantle though.
Oh, I'm so happy.
I [A] think we need to get the wheelchair [N] community started.
[D] Hello!
[A]
[G] I hope you work out as good as Alex.
We've been married 14 years [Gm] now.
Yeah!
[N]
[Cm] You wouldn't reckon everything [E] got better.
[N] [E]
I'm going to be like getting another [Eb] 14 and seeing [G] what works out.
This is a song that Curtis Wright and I wrote.
I love this song and it really [A] is a true story.
[Am] [Em] It's called Looking For a Reason.
[G]
I thought you [C] and I would be [G] friends forever.
And friends were all that we would ever be.
I [D] felt safe enough to share [G] my heart with you.
And [A] now you want to share your [D] life with me.
[G] If I had thought [C] that this would ever [G] happen,
[Am] I [G] never would have looked into your [Am] eyes.
[G] [C] Before I give answer to [G] your question,
[C] There's one thing [D]
that you must [G] realize.
[C] I'm looking for a reason not [G] to love you.
[C] Trying hard to find a [G] place to hide.
[D] Running in the opposite [G] direction.
[A] Determined not [Em] to [Db] let your love [G] [Em] inside.
[D] [Am] [G] Doing all [C] I can to [G] convince me.
[Am] [G] Keeping [C] my own heart out [G] of the way.
[Am] [G] [C] Looking for a reason [G] not to love
[D] [Em] you.
[C] While I [Em] keep [D] falling deeper [G] every day.
[C]
[G]
[Em]
[Am] [D] [G]
I just couldn't take another heartbreak.
That's [C] why I'm afraid to feel the way [G] I feel.
[C] Promise me next time would be [G] the last time.
So [Am] promise me [D] this time that it's [G] for real.
[Em] How [C] can [G]
I love you?
[C] Trying [G]
[Em] [D]
hard in the opposite [G]
direction.
[A]
Determined not to let your love [D]
[Em] inside.
[D] [Am] [G]
Doing all [C] I can [G] to convince me.
[C]
Keeping my own heart out [G] of the way.
[C]
Looking for a reason not [G] to love [Em] you.
While [Am] I keep [D] falling deeper [G] every day.
I got [C]
a reason [G] not to love [Bm] you.
[Em]
But [Am] I keep falling [D]
deeper every [G]
day.
[Bb] [Am] Please.
[G]
[Gm]
[G] Curtis Wright and I wrote this song.
Marty couldn't be in on it because it was about me.
[A] [E] You're going to play with the mantle though.
Oh, I'm so happy.
I [A] think we need to get the wheelchair [N] community started.
[D] Hello!
[A]
[G] I hope you work out as good as Alex.
We've been married 14 years [Gm] now.
Yeah!
[N]
[Cm] You wouldn't reckon everything [E] got better.
[N] [E]
I'm going to be like getting another [Eb] 14 and seeing [G] what works out.
This is a song that Curtis Wright and I wrote.
I love this song and it really [A] is a true story.
[Am] [Em] It's called Looking For a Reason.
[G]
I thought you [C] and I would be [G] friends forever.
And friends were all that we would ever be.
I [D] felt safe enough to share [G] my heart with you.
And [A] now you want to share your [D] life with me.
[G] If I had thought [C] that this would ever [G] happen,
[Am] I [G] never would have looked into your [Am] eyes.
[G] [C] Before I give answer to [G] your question,
[C] There's one thing [D]
that you must [G] realize.
[C] I'm looking for a reason not [G] to love you.
[C] Trying hard to find a [G] place to hide.
[D] Running in the opposite [G] direction.
[A] Determined not [Em] to [Db] let your love [G] [Em] inside.
[D] [Am] [G] Doing all [C] I can to [G] convince me.
[Am] [G] Keeping [C] my own heart out [G] of the way.
[Am] [G] [C] Looking for a reason [G] not to love
[D] [Em] you.
[C] While I [Em] keep [D] falling deeper [G] every day.
[C]
[G]
[Em]
[Am] [D] [G]
I just couldn't take another heartbreak.
That's [C] why I'm afraid to feel the way [G] I feel.
[C] Promise me next time would be [G] the last time.
So [Am] promise me [D] this time that it's [G] for real.
[Em] How [C] can [G]
I love you?
[C] Trying [G]
[Em] [D]
hard in the opposite [G]
direction.
[A]
Determined not to let your love [D]
[Em] inside.
[D] [Am] [G]
Doing all [C] I can [G] to convince me.
[C]
Keeping my own heart out [G] of the way.
[C]
Looking for a reason not [G] to love [Em] you.
While [Am] I keep [D] falling deeper [G] every day.
I got [C]
a reason [G] not to love [Bm] you.
[Em]
But [Am] I keep falling [D]
deeper every [G]
day.
[Bb] [Am] Please.
[G]
[Gm]
Key:
G
C
D
Am
Em
G
C
D
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] Curtis Wright and I wrote this song.
Marty couldn't be in on it because it was about me. _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] You're going to play with the mantle though.
Oh, I'm so happy.
I [A] think we need to get the wheelchair [N] community started. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Hello!
[A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ I hope you work out as good as Alex.
_ _ We've been married 14 years [Gm] now.
Yeah!
[N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ You wouldn't reckon everything [E] got better.
[N] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ I'm going to be like getting another [Eb] 14 and seeing [G] what works out.
_ _ _ _ This is a song that Curtis Wright and I wrote.
_ _ I love this song and it really [A] is a true story.
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] It's called Looking For a Reason.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I thought you [C] and I would be [G] friends forever. _ _
_ _ _ And friends were all that we would ever be.
_ _ I _ [D] felt safe enough to share [G] my heart with you.
_ _ And [A] now you want to share your [D] life with _ me.
_ _ _ [G] If I had thought [C] that this would ever [G] happen, _ _
[Am] I [G] _ never would have looked into your _ [Am] eyes.
_ _ [G] _ [C] Before I give answer to [G] your question, _ _
_ _ _ [C] There's one thing [D]
that you must [G] realize. _ _
_ _ _ [C] I'm looking _ for a reason not [G] to love _ you.
_ _ _ [C] Trying hard to find a _ [G] place to _ hide.
_ _ _ _ [D] Running in the opposite _ [G] _ _ direction.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Determined not [Em] to [Db] let your love [G] _ [Em] inside. _
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] Doing _ all [C] I can to [G] convince me.
_ [Am] _ _ [G] Keeping [C] _ my own heart out [G] of the way.
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] Looking for a reason [G] not to love _
[D] [Em] you.
_ _ [C] While I [Em] keep [D] falling deeper [G] every day.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I just couldn't take another heartbreak.
_ _ _ That's [C] why I'm afraid to feel the way [G] I _ feel.
_ _ _ [C] Promise me next time would be [G] the last _ time.
So [Am] promise me [D] this time that it's [G] for real.
_ _ _ [Em] How [C] can _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
I love you? _ _ _ _ _
[C] Trying _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [D] _
_ _ hard in the opposite _ [G] _
direction.
_ _ _ _ _ [A]
Determined not to let your love [D] _
[Em] inside.
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G]
Doing all [C] I can [G] to convince _ me.
_ _ _ [C]
Keeping my own heart out [G] of _ _ the way.
_ _ [C]
Looking for a _ reason not [G] to love _ [Em] you.
_ While [Am] I keep [D] falling deeper [G] every _ day.
_ I got [C] _
_ _ a reason _ [G] not to love [Bm] you.
[Em] _ _ _
But [Am] I keep falling _ _ [D]
deeper _ _ _ every _ [G] _
_ day. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Am] Please. _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] Curtis Wright and I wrote this song.
Marty couldn't be in on it because it was about me. _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] You're going to play with the mantle though.
Oh, I'm so happy.
I [A] think we need to get the wheelchair [N] community started. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Hello!
[A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ I hope you work out as good as Alex.
_ _ We've been married 14 years [Gm] now.
Yeah!
[N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ You wouldn't reckon everything [E] got better.
[N] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ I'm going to be like getting another [Eb] 14 and seeing [G] what works out.
_ _ _ _ This is a song that Curtis Wright and I wrote.
_ _ I love this song and it really [A] is a true story.
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] It's called Looking For a Reason.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I thought you [C] and I would be [G] friends forever. _ _
_ _ _ And friends were all that we would ever be.
_ _ I _ [D] felt safe enough to share [G] my heart with you.
_ _ And [A] now you want to share your [D] life with _ me.
_ _ _ [G] If I had thought [C] that this would ever [G] happen, _ _
[Am] I [G] _ never would have looked into your _ [Am] eyes.
_ _ [G] _ [C] Before I give answer to [G] your question, _ _
_ _ _ [C] There's one thing [D]
that you must [G] realize. _ _
_ _ _ [C] I'm looking _ for a reason not [G] to love _ you.
_ _ _ [C] Trying hard to find a _ [G] place to _ hide.
_ _ _ _ [D] Running in the opposite _ [G] _ _ direction.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Determined not [Em] to [Db] let your love [G] _ [Em] inside. _
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] Doing _ all [C] I can to [G] convince me.
_ [Am] _ _ [G] Keeping [C] _ my own heart out [G] of the way.
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] Looking for a reason [G] not to love _
[D] [Em] you.
_ _ [C] While I [Em] keep [D] falling deeper [G] every day.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I just couldn't take another heartbreak.
_ _ _ That's [C] why I'm afraid to feel the way [G] I _ feel.
_ _ _ [C] Promise me next time would be [G] the last _ time.
So [Am] promise me [D] this time that it's [G] for real.
_ _ _ [Em] How [C] can _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
I love you? _ _ _ _ _
[C] Trying _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [D] _
_ _ hard in the opposite _ [G] _
direction.
_ _ _ _ _ [A]
Determined not to let your love [D] _
[Em] inside.
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G]
Doing all [C] I can [G] to convince _ me.
_ _ _ [C]
Keeping my own heart out [G] of _ _ the way.
_ _ [C]
Looking for a _ reason not [G] to love _ [Em] you.
_ While [Am] I keep [D] falling deeper [G] every _ day.
_ I got [C] _
_ _ a reason _ [G] not to love [Bm] you.
[Em] _ _ _
But [Am] I keep falling _ _ [D]
deeper _ _ _ every _ [G] _
_ day. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Am] Please. _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _