Chords for Genesis - Tell Me Why (Official Music Video)
Tempo:
120.1 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Bm
Em
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em]
[Bm]
[G] [D] [Em]
[Bm] Oh, [G] tell me [D] why.
[G]
[Em] People starving everywhere.
There's too much food but there's none to spare.
[Bm] Tell me why.
Oh, [G] tell me why.
[D]
Can't you see that we're all dying?
Can't you see that [G] shadow of sunlight?
[D] Can't you see [G] it in my [D] eyes?
I can feel [Bm] the fire that's burning.
[D] I ain't gonna hold [Bm] so deep, [D] so [G] deep in my heart.
[Em] But [D] before my eyes,
[G] oh, for some it's too late.
[A] It seems there's no one listening.
[Em] Even sleeping in the streets.
No roof above, no food to eat.
[Bm] Tell me [F#m] why.
[Bm]
[G] Tell me why.
[Em] See the questions in their eyes.
Listen to their children's cries.
[Bm] Tell me why.
Please [G] tell [D] me why.
[G] [D]
If there's a God, [G] is he watching?
[D] Can't give [G] away our [D] pain.
So much [F#m] pain, [Bm] so much sorrow.
[D] Tell me what does [Bm] he see?
[D]
[G] When he looks at you,
when [D] he looks at me.
[G] What will he say?
[A] It seems there's no one listening.
[D] [C] [G] [D]
[G]
[D] [G] Who'd think it still could [D] happen?
[G] Even in [C] this [D] time and place.
Politicians, [C] they may save [G] themselves.
[Bm] But they [Am] won't shave their face.
[C]
[Am] So hold against her.
It's not too [Em] late.
[Bm]
[G] [A] [D] [G]
[Em] You say there's nothing you can do.
There's one roof for them and one for you.
[Bm] Tell me [D] why.
Tell [Bm] me why.
Just [G] tell me why.
Tell me why.
[D] Listen.
Can you see [G] that shadowed sunlight?
[D] Can you see [G] it in my [D]
eyes?
I can feel [Bm] that fire that's burning.
[D] And I'm in hope [Bm] so deep,
[D] so [G] deep within [A] my heart.
[Em]
[D] But before my eyes,
[G] my song is too late.
[A] And it seems there's no one [Em] listening.
Hurry to me.
Hurry, love me.
[Bm] They cry.
[G] They cry.
Hurry to [Em] me.
Hurry to me.
Hurry, love me.
[Bm] They cry.
[G] They cry.
[Em] Hurry for me, hurry for me, hurry for me, hurry for me, [Bm] they cry,
[G] they cry.
[D] [G]
[Bm]
[G] [D] [Em]
[Bm] Oh, [G] tell me [D] why.
[G]
[Em] People starving everywhere.
There's too much food but there's none to spare.
[Bm] Tell me why.
Oh, [G] tell me why.
[D]
Can't you see that we're all dying?
Can't you see that [G] shadow of sunlight?
[D] Can't you see [G] it in my [D] eyes?
I can feel [Bm] the fire that's burning.
[D] I ain't gonna hold [Bm] so deep, [D] so [G] deep in my heart.
[Em] But [D] before my eyes,
[G] oh, for some it's too late.
[A] It seems there's no one listening.
[Em] Even sleeping in the streets.
No roof above, no food to eat.
[Bm] Tell me [F#m] why.
[Bm]
[G] Tell me why.
[Em] See the questions in their eyes.
Listen to their children's cries.
[Bm] Tell me why.
Please [G] tell [D] me why.
[G] [D]
If there's a God, [G] is he watching?
[D] Can't give [G] away our [D] pain.
So much [F#m] pain, [Bm] so much sorrow.
[D] Tell me what does [Bm] he see?
[D]
[G] When he looks at you,
when [D] he looks at me.
[G] What will he say?
[A] It seems there's no one listening.
[D] [C] [G] [D]
[G]
[D] [G] Who'd think it still could [D] happen?
[G] Even in [C] this [D] time and place.
Politicians, [C] they may save [G] themselves.
[Bm] But they [Am] won't shave their face.
[C]
[Am] So hold against her.
It's not too [Em] late.
[Bm]
[G] [A] [D] [G]
[Em] You say there's nothing you can do.
There's one roof for them and one for you.
[Bm] Tell me [D] why.
Tell [Bm] me why.
Just [G] tell me why.
Tell me why.
[D] Listen.
Can you see [G] that shadowed sunlight?
[D] Can you see [G] it in my [D]
eyes?
I can feel [Bm] that fire that's burning.
[D] And I'm in hope [Bm] so deep,
[D] so [G] deep within [A] my heart.
[Em]
[D] But before my eyes,
[G] my song is too late.
[A] And it seems there's no one [Em] listening.
Hurry to me.
Hurry, love me.
[Bm] They cry.
[G] They cry.
Hurry to [Em] me.
Hurry to me.
Hurry, love me.
[Bm] They cry.
[G] They cry.
[Em] Hurry for me, hurry for me, hurry for me, hurry for me, [Bm] they cry,
[G] they cry.
[D] [G]
Key:
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D
Bm
Em
A
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ Oh, _ _ _ [G] tell me [D] why.
[G] _ _ _ _
[Em] People starving everywhere. _
There's too much food but there's none to spare.
[Bm] Tell me why.
_ _ Oh, [G] tell me why.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ Can't you see that we're all dying?
Can't you see that [G] shadow of sunlight?
[D] Can't you see [G] it in my [D] eyes?
I can feel [Bm] the fire that's burning.
[D] I ain't gonna hold [Bm] so deep, [D] so [G] deep in my heart.
_ _ [Em] But [D] before my eyes, _ _ _
[G] oh, for some it's too late. _ _ _
[A] It seems there's no one listening.
[Em] Even sleeping in the streets. _
No roof above, no food to eat.
[Bm] Tell me [F#m] why.
_ [Bm] _ _ _
[G] Tell me why. _ _ _ _
[Em] See the questions in their eyes.
Listen to their children's cries.
[Bm] Tell me why.
_ _ _ Please [G] tell [D] me why.
[G] _ _ _ [D]
If there's a God, [G] is he watching?
[D] _ Can't give [G] away our [D] pain.
So much [F#m] pain, [Bm] so much sorrow.
[D] Tell me what does [Bm] he see?
_ [D]
[G] When he looks at you,
_ _ when [D] he looks at me. _ _ _
[G] What will he say? _ _ _ _
[A] It seems there's no one listening.
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ [G] Who'd think it still could [D] happen?
[G] Even in [C] this [D] time and place. _
_ _ Politicians, [C] they may save [G] themselves.
_ _ [Bm] _ But they [Am] won't shave their face.
[C] _ _ _
[Am] So hold against her.
It's not too [Em] late. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Em] You say there's nothing you can do.
There's one roof for them and one for you.
[Bm] Tell me [D] why.
Tell [Bm] me why.
Just [G] tell me why.
Tell me why.
[D] Listen.
Can you see [G] that shadowed sunlight?
[D] Can you see [G] it in my [D]
eyes?
I can feel [Bm] that fire that's burning.
[D] And I'm in hope [Bm] so deep,
[D] so [G] deep within [A] my heart.
[Em] _ _ _
[D] But before my eyes, _ _
[G] my song is too late. _ _ _
[A] And it seems there's no one [Em] listening.
Hurry to _ _ me. _
_ _ _ Hurry, love me.
[Bm] They cry. _ _ _ _ _
[G] They cry. _ _ _ _
Hurry to [Em] me. _ _ _
Hurry to me.
Hurry, love me.
[Bm] They cry. _ _ _ _
[G] They cry. _ _ _ _
[Em] Hurry for me, hurry for me, _ hurry for me, hurry for me, [Bm] they cry, _ _ _ _ _
[G] they cry.
[D] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ Oh, _ _ _ [G] tell me [D] why.
[G] _ _ _ _
[Em] People starving everywhere. _
There's too much food but there's none to spare.
[Bm] Tell me why.
_ _ Oh, [G] tell me why.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ Can't you see that we're all dying?
Can't you see that [G] shadow of sunlight?
[D] Can't you see [G] it in my [D] eyes?
I can feel [Bm] the fire that's burning.
[D] I ain't gonna hold [Bm] so deep, [D] so [G] deep in my heart.
_ _ [Em] But [D] before my eyes, _ _ _
[G] oh, for some it's too late. _ _ _
[A] It seems there's no one listening.
[Em] Even sleeping in the streets. _
No roof above, no food to eat.
[Bm] Tell me [F#m] why.
_ [Bm] _ _ _
[G] Tell me why. _ _ _ _
[Em] See the questions in their eyes.
Listen to their children's cries.
[Bm] Tell me why.
_ _ _ Please [G] tell [D] me why.
[G] _ _ _ [D]
If there's a God, [G] is he watching?
[D] _ Can't give [G] away our [D] pain.
So much [F#m] pain, [Bm] so much sorrow.
[D] Tell me what does [Bm] he see?
_ [D]
[G] When he looks at you,
_ _ when [D] he looks at me. _ _ _
[G] What will he say? _ _ _ _
[A] It seems there's no one listening.
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ [G] Who'd think it still could [D] happen?
[G] Even in [C] this [D] time and place. _
_ _ Politicians, [C] they may save [G] themselves.
_ _ [Bm] _ But they [Am] won't shave their face.
[C] _ _ _
[Am] So hold against her.
It's not too [Em] late. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Em] You say there's nothing you can do.
There's one roof for them and one for you.
[Bm] Tell me [D] why.
Tell [Bm] me why.
Just [G] tell me why.
Tell me why.
[D] Listen.
Can you see [G] that shadowed sunlight?
[D] Can you see [G] it in my [D]
eyes?
I can feel [Bm] that fire that's burning.
[D] And I'm in hope [Bm] so deep,
[D] so [G] deep within [A] my heart.
[Em] _ _ _
[D] But before my eyes, _ _
[G] my song is too late. _ _ _
[A] And it seems there's no one [Em] listening.
Hurry to _ _ me. _
_ _ _ Hurry, love me.
[Bm] They cry. _ _ _ _ _
[G] They cry. _ _ _ _
Hurry to [Em] me. _ _ _
Hurry to me.
Hurry, love me.
[Bm] They cry. _ _ _ _
[G] They cry. _ _ _ _
[Em] Hurry for me, hurry for me, _ hurry for me, hurry for me, [Bm] they cry, _ _ _ _ _
[G] they cry.
[D] _ [G] _ _ _ _