Chords for Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks with Tom Waits - I'll Tell You Why That Is

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_ [E] _ Now you may see two [A] happy people loving together.
_ [D] I'll tell you [G] why that [A] is.
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[Bm] _ [E] Or some little girl looks [A] real good in a [C#] real tight sweater.
[D] _ [G#] I will tell [D] you [G] why that is. _
[E] _ Now your pal from [A] prison just booked you a real fine dinner.
[D] _ I'll tell you [G] why that is.
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_ [E] Now Darlene Wien looks real [A] good on my finger.
_ [D] I will tell you why [G] that is. _
[E] _ An apple ain't an orange [A] but an orange is.
_ [D] I can tell you [G] why that is. _
_ [E] Some people are gay.
[A] Some people are not. Not people.
_ [D] I will tell you [G] why that's right. _
[B] _ [E] _ When the girls come looking for [A] love,
they look for the guys in the band.
[E] _ [D] _ I can tell you [Em] why that is. _ _
_ [E] I'm having a ball [A] being a know-it-all. _
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[G] _ [E] _ That's why I am [A] who I am, baby. _
[D] Cause I know _ [Dm] all these things.
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[E] So step right up and shake the hand of the [A] man who is a know-it-all.
[D] I don't know how to say it.
How to say it?
[G] I can say _ [Em] it. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[G] _ How [E] come you think I got the name Noah?
You think that's just fluke?
[G] I don't think so.
[E] I don't know why [F] everything's [G] happening.
[Em] I'll [G] tell you why.
_ [C] Now [E] _ you see [Em] some guys out on the [A] street and they're just wild about chicks.
_ [D] [C] I'll tell you [G] why that _ is.
[E] Some of them, they're ain't boys.
[A] Just like to go out and play dirty tricks.
_ [F#] But I can tell you [G] why that is.
Know why that [E] is.
Jesus Christ and God [A] and all them cats,
they don't know [C] everything.
[G] _ [D] Besides that, they [A#] can't even [B] sing.
[G] _ [E] Bet you marry [A#] dead [A] or wear an [F#m] amphib.
[F#] _ [Bm] [D] Would [C] you believe [D] you're [G] looking at wine?
_ _ [E] _ That's why I [A] am who I am, baby.
[D] Cause I know [G] all these things.
_ _ [E] I'm willing to listen to you if you're [A] willing to listen to me.
That's for sure.
[D] But you know you got to sing it for me.
You [G] got to get up and sing.
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