Chords for I Don't Know Why - The Williams Brothers
Tempo:
101.4 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Cm
Eb
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [Dm] [C] [D]
[C] [F] [C]
I don't know why [C] I [Dm] [C] [C] have to cry [Bb] sometimes.
[C] [F] I don't know why, Lord.
Y'all remember that.
[F] I have to [Dm] sigh sometimes.
[C] But there's gonna [F] be [C] a [G] perfect day.
[C]
[E] Trouble [Am] get out of my [Dm] way.
[C] I don't know why, Lord.
Would [D] I [G] find out [C] by and [F] by.
Yeah.
[C]
I don't know why, Lord.
I [Dm] [C] stand in need [Gm] sometimes.
[C] [F] I don't know [C] why, Lord.
[F]
My poor heart bleeds [Dm] sometimes.
[C] But there's gonna be a perfect day.
[G] [C] Trouble [E] [Am] get out of my [F] way.
[C] I don't know why, [Gb] Lord.
I'll [F] find out [C] by and [F] by.
[C] Lord, if you don't mind.
[C] You know the Lord.
He [Am] moves in [Gm] mysterious [C] ways.
[F] His [C] wonders,
[F] [Gm] they are [Dm] to perform.
[C] [Dm]
[C] He plants [Dm] his footsteps [C]
[E] way out [Am] on the sea.
You [D] know he rides in on [G] every storm.
Oh,
[C] he brings what I [Dm] want down [C] the [G] stairs.
[C] Sometimes, [F] no matter [Gm]
[F] [C] how hard we try.
Sometimes I wonder why he [F] [D] allows
[C] such [E] things to [Am] happen to me.
Oh, [Fm] [C] I'll find out by [Gb] and by.
[G] I'll find [C] out by and by.
[F] [F] Yeah.
[Cm]
I don't know [F] why, oh [C] my, my.
I have to cry sometimes.
[F] I don't know why, Lord.
I sit around and I sigh sometimes.
[C] But there's gonna be a perfect day.
Trouble [Fm] [Am] get out of my way.
[D] [C] I don't know why, [D] Lord.
I'll find [G] out [C] by and [Fm] by.
[C]
[Dm] Oh, [C] I [C] stand in need sometimes.
I [F] don't know why, [Gm] Lord.
[F]
This old poor heart, it have to bleed sometimes.
[Dm] But [C] there's gonna be a perfect day.
[Em] Trouble get [Am] out of [F] my way.
[C] I don't know why, [Gb] Lord.
[G] I'll find out [C] by and [F] by.
Take it [Am] on home, William [C] Brothers.
Oh, [Eb] by [F] and by.
[Cm] By and by.
[F] By [Eb] and by.
[F]
I'll [Eb] understand that.
[F] [Eb] Oh, by and by.
Lord gonna show me.
[A] [Bb] [C] The reason why.
[Cm] [F] I had to [Eb] go through what I went through.
I'll understand that.
[Cm] I'll understand that.
[F] [Eb] You'll understand that.
[Cm] Look at somebody and tell [C] them, by and [Cm] by.
By and by.
[F] [Bb] [Eb] I want you to take a [Cm] minute and just [Eb] tell them why.
By [F] and by.
[Cm] [F] [C] I won't have to cry no more.
By and [F] by.
By [C] and by.
[F] [Eb] I [C] won't be bad no more.
By and by.
[F] [Cm] Gonna lay [Cm] my burden down.
[C] By and by.
[Cm] Go in the hole, [F] get my barrel.
You better [C] watch yourself.
[F] If [C] I won't be [Cm] [F] over.
[Cm] By and [F] by.
By [Cm] and by.
[F] [Cm] If I won't be over.
By and by.
By and by.
[F]
[Cm] By and by.
[F] If [Cm] I won't [F] [Cm] be over.
By and by.
[Eb] [C] [Eb] Let [A] me [C] hear you say that.
[Eb] [Cm]
[C] I get my [Eb] crown.
[Cm] [Gm] I [Cm] put on these new clothes.
[Eb] Pick up my robe.
[F] [Bb] [C] Pick up my [Eb] shoes.
[F]
Pick up my [Eb] crown.
[Cm]
By and [Eb] by.
[C] [Cm] By and by.
[Bb] By and by.
[Eb] By [F] and by.
[Gm] Listen to me.
[C]
I won't [F] have to cry [C] no more.
By and [F] by.
[Cm] How many of you gonna say [F] that tonight?
[Eb] I [C] won't [F] have to [Cm] cry no more.
By and by.
[F] By and by.
[Cm] I won't have to cry no more.
By and by.
I [F] won't have [Eb] to cry no more.
[C] By and [F] by.
Here [Eb] we go.
Said [C] there'll be a perfect day.
[G] [C] Shmoop [E] up.
Get [Am] out of my [Bb] way.
I [Am] don't know why.
But [D] I'll [G] find out.
By [Cm] and by.
By and by.
By,
[C] by,
by.
By,
by,
[Cm] by.
By and [C] by.
By and by.
By and by. Hyah!
Ah!
[Cm]
[Dm] [C] [F] Hyah!
[C]
Oh!
Ah!
Ah!
[Cm]
Ah!
[C] [F]
[C] [F] [C]
I don't know why [C] I [Dm] [C] [C] have to cry [Bb] sometimes.
[C] [F] I don't know why, Lord.
Y'all remember that.
[F] I have to [Dm] sigh sometimes.
[C] But there's gonna [F] be [C] a [G] perfect day.
[C]
[E] Trouble [Am] get out of my [Dm] way.
[C] I don't know why, Lord.
Would [D] I [G] find out [C] by and [F] by.
Yeah.
[C]
I don't know why, Lord.
I [Dm] [C] stand in need [Gm] sometimes.
[C] [F] I don't know [C] why, Lord.
[F]
My poor heart bleeds [Dm] sometimes.
[C] But there's gonna be a perfect day.
[G] [C] Trouble [E] [Am] get out of my [F] way.
[C] I don't know why, [Gb] Lord.
I'll [F] find out [C] by and [F] by.
[C] Lord, if you don't mind.
[C] You know the Lord.
He [Am] moves in [Gm] mysterious [C] ways.
[F] His [C] wonders,
[F] [Gm] they are [Dm] to perform.
[C] [Dm]
[C] He plants [Dm] his footsteps [C]
[E] way out [Am] on the sea.
You [D] know he rides in on [G] every storm.
Oh,
[C] he brings what I [Dm] want down [C] the [G] stairs.
[C] Sometimes, [F] no matter [Gm]
[F] [C] how hard we try.
Sometimes I wonder why he [F] [D] allows
[C] such [E] things to [Am] happen to me.
Oh, [Fm] [C] I'll find out by [Gb] and by.
[G] I'll find [C] out by and by.
[F] [F] Yeah.
[Cm]
I don't know [F] why, oh [C] my, my.
I have to cry sometimes.
[F] I don't know why, Lord.
I sit around and I sigh sometimes.
[C] But there's gonna be a perfect day.
Trouble [Fm] [Am] get out of my way.
[D] [C] I don't know why, [D] Lord.
I'll find [G] out [C] by and [Fm] by.
[C]
[Dm] Oh, [C] I [C] stand in need sometimes.
I [F] don't know why, [Gm] Lord.
[F]
This old poor heart, it have to bleed sometimes.
[Dm] But [C] there's gonna be a perfect day.
[Em] Trouble get [Am] out of [F] my way.
[C] I don't know why, [Gb] Lord.
[G] I'll find out [C] by and [F] by.
Take it [Am] on home, William [C] Brothers.
Oh, [Eb] by [F] and by.
[Cm] By and by.
[F] By [Eb] and by.
[F]
I'll [Eb] understand that.
[F] [Eb] Oh, by and by.
Lord gonna show me.
[A] [Bb] [C] The reason why.
[Cm] [F] I had to [Eb] go through what I went through.
I'll understand that.
[Cm] I'll understand that.
[F] [Eb] You'll understand that.
[Cm] Look at somebody and tell [C] them, by and [Cm] by.
By and by.
[F] [Bb] [Eb] I want you to take a [Cm] minute and just [Eb] tell them why.
By [F] and by.
[Cm] [F] [C] I won't have to cry no more.
By and [F] by.
By [C] and by.
[F] [Eb] I [C] won't be bad no more.
By and by.
[F] [Cm] Gonna lay [Cm] my burden down.
[C] By and by.
[Cm] Go in the hole, [F] get my barrel.
You better [C] watch yourself.
[F] If [C] I won't be [Cm] [F] over.
[Cm] By and [F] by.
By [Cm] and by.
[F] [Cm] If I won't be over.
By and by.
By and by.
[F]
[Cm] By and by.
[F] If [Cm] I won't [F] [Cm] be over.
By and by.
[Eb] [C] [Eb] Let [A] me [C] hear you say that.
[Eb] [Cm]
[C] I get my [Eb] crown.
[Cm] [Gm] I [Cm] put on these new clothes.
[Eb] Pick up my robe.
[F] [Bb] [C] Pick up my [Eb] shoes.
[F]
Pick up my [Eb] crown.
[Cm]
By and [Eb] by.
[C] [Cm] By and by.
[Bb] By and by.
[Eb] By [F] and by.
[Gm] Listen to me.
[C]
I won't [F] have to cry [C] no more.
By and [F] by.
[Cm] How many of you gonna say [F] that tonight?
[Eb] I [C] won't [F] have to [Cm] cry no more.
By and by.
[F] By and by.
[Cm] I won't have to cry no more.
By and by.
I [F] won't have [Eb] to cry no more.
[C] By and [F] by.
Here [Eb] we go.
Said [C] there'll be a perfect day.
[G] [C] Shmoop [E] up.
Get [Am] out of my [Bb] way.
I [Am] don't know why.
But [D] I'll [G] find out.
By [Cm] and by.
By and by.
By,
[C] by,
by.
By,
by,
[Cm] by.
By and [C] by.
By and by.
By and by. Hyah!
Ah!
[Cm]
[Dm] [C] [F] Hyah!
[C]
Oh!
Ah!
Ah!
[Cm]
Ah!
[C] [F]
Key:
C
F
Cm
Eb
Dm
C
F
Cm
[C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _
I don't know why [C] I [Dm] _ [C] [C] have to cry _ [Bb] sometimes.
[C] [F] I don't know why, Lord.
Y'all remember that.
[F] I have to [Dm] sigh sometimes.
[C] But there's gonna [F] be [C] a [G] perfect day.
_ _ [C]
[E] Trouble [Am] get out of my [Dm] way.
[C] I don't know why, Lord.
Would [D] I [G] find out [C] by and [F] by.
Yeah.
[C]
I don't know why, Lord.
I [Dm] _ [C] _ _ stand in need [Gm] sometimes.
[C] [F] I don't know [C] why, Lord.
[F] _
_ My poor heart bleeds [Dm] sometimes.
[C] But there's gonna be a perfect day.
[G] _ [C] Trouble [E] [Am] get out of my [F] way.
[C] I don't know why, [Gb] Lord.
I'll [F] find out [C] by and [F] by.
[C] Lord, if you don't mind.
[C] You know the Lord.
He [Am] moves in _ [Gm] mysterious [C] ways.
[F] His [C] wonders, _
[F] _ [Gm] they are [Dm] to perform.
[C] _ [Dm] _
[C] He plants [Dm] his footsteps _ [C]
[E] way out [Am] on the sea.
You [D] know he rides in _ on [G] every storm.
Oh, _ _
[C] he brings what I [Dm] want down [C] the [G] stairs.
[C] Sometimes, _ [F] no matter _ [Gm] _
[F] _ [C] how hard we try. _ _
Sometimes I wonder why he [F] [D] allows
[C] such [E] things to [Am] happen to me.
Oh, [Fm] [C] I'll find out by [Gb] and by.
[G] I'll find [C] out by and by.
[F] _ [F] Yeah.
[Cm]
I don't know [F] why, oh [C] my, my.
I have to cry _ sometimes.
[F] I don't know why, Lord.
I sit around and I sigh sometimes.
[C] But there's gonna be a perfect day.
_ Trouble [Fm] [Am] get out of my way.
[D] [C] I don't know why, [D] Lord.
I'll find [G] out [C] by and [Fm] by.
[C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] Oh, [C] I [C] stand in need sometimes.
I [F] don't know why, [Gm] Lord.
[F]
This old poor heart, it have to bleed sometimes.
[Dm] But [C] there's gonna be a perfect day.
_ [Em] Trouble get [Am] out of [F] my way.
[C] I don't know why, [Gb] Lord.
[G] I'll find out [C] by and [F] by.
Take it [Am] on home, William [C] Brothers.
Oh, [Eb] by [F] and by.
[Cm] _ By and by.
[F] By _ [Eb] _ and by.
_ [F]
I'll [Eb] understand that.
_ [F] _ [Eb] Oh, by and by.
_ _ Lord gonna show me.
[A] _ _ [Bb] [C] The reason why.
[Cm] _ [F] I had to [Eb] go through what I went through.
_ I'll understand that.
_ _ [Cm] _ I'll understand that.
[F] _ [Eb] _ You'll understand that.
[Cm] Look at somebody and tell [C] them, by and [Cm] by.
_ By and by.
_ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] I want you to take a [Cm] _ _ minute and just [Eb] tell them why.
By [F] and by. _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] I won't have to cry no more.
By and [F] by.
By [C] and by.
[F] [Eb] I [C] won't be bad no more.
By and by.
_ _ [F] [Cm] Gonna lay [Cm] my burden down.
[C] By and by. _ _
_ [Cm] Go in the hole, [F] get my barrel.
You better [C] watch yourself.
_ [F] _ _ If [C] I won't be [Cm] [F] over.
[Cm] By and [F] by.
By [Cm] and by.
[F] _ [Cm] If I won't be over.
By and by.
By and by.
_ _ [F] _
[Cm] _ _ By _ and by.
[F] If [Cm] I won't [F] [Cm] be over.
By and by.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] _ [Eb] Let [A] _ me [C] hear you say that.
[Eb] _ [Cm] _
[C] I get my [Eb] crown.
_ [Cm] _ [Gm] I [Cm] put on these new clothes.
_ [Eb] Pick up my robe. _
[F] _ [Bb] [C] Pick up my [Eb] shoes.
[F] _ _
Pick up my [Eb] crown.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _
By and [Eb] by.
_ [C] _ [Cm] By and by.
_ [Bb] By and by.
[Eb] By [F] and by.
[Gm] Listen to me.
[C]
I won't [F] have to cry [C] no more.
By and [F] by.
[Cm] How many of you gonna say [F] that tonight?
[Eb] I [C] won't [F] have to [Cm] cry no more.
By and by.
[F] By and by.
[Cm] I won't have to cry no more.
By and by.
I _ _ [F] won't have [Eb] to cry no more.
[C] By and [F] by.
Here [Eb] we go.
Said [C] there'll be a perfect day.
[G] [C] Shmoop [E] up.
Get [Am] out of my [Bb] way.
I [Am] don't know why.
But [D] I'll [G] find out.
By [Cm] and by.
By and by.
_ _ By,
_ [C] _ by, _ _ _
by. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ By,
by,
[Cm] by.
_ By and [C] by.
By and by.
By and by. Hyah!
Ah!
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ [F] Hyah!
[C] _
Oh!
Ah!
Ah! _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ Ah! _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _
I don't know why [C] I [Dm] _ [C] [C] have to cry _ [Bb] sometimes.
[C] [F] I don't know why, Lord.
Y'all remember that.
[F] I have to [Dm] sigh sometimes.
[C] But there's gonna [F] be [C] a [G] perfect day.
_ _ [C]
[E] Trouble [Am] get out of my [Dm] way.
[C] I don't know why, Lord.
Would [D] I [G] find out [C] by and [F] by.
Yeah.
[C]
I don't know why, Lord.
I [Dm] _ [C] _ _ stand in need [Gm] sometimes.
[C] [F] I don't know [C] why, Lord.
[F] _
_ My poor heart bleeds [Dm] sometimes.
[C] But there's gonna be a perfect day.
[G] _ [C] Trouble [E] [Am] get out of my [F] way.
[C] I don't know why, [Gb] Lord.
I'll [F] find out [C] by and [F] by.
[C] Lord, if you don't mind.
[C] You know the Lord.
He [Am] moves in _ [Gm] mysterious [C] ways.
[F] His [C] wonders, _
[F] _ [Gm] they are [Dm] to perform.
[C] _ [Dm] _
[C] He plants [Dm] his footsteps _ [C]
[E] way out [Am] on the sea.
You [D] know he rides in _ on [G] every storm.
Oh, _ _
[C] he brings what I [Dm] want down [C] the [G] stairs.
[C] Sometimes, _ [F] no matter _ [Gm] _
[F] _ [C] how hard we try. _ _
Sometimes I wonder why he [F] [D] allows
[C] such [E] things to [Am] happen to me.
Oh, [Fm] [C] I'll find out by [Gb] and by.
[G] I'll find [C] out by and by.
[F] _ [F] Yeah.
[Cm]
I don't know [F] why, oh [C] my, my.
I have to cry _ sometimes.
[F] I don't know why, Lord.
I sit around and I sigh sometimes.
[C] But there's gonna be a perfect day.
_ Trouble [Fm] [Am] get out of my way.
[D] [C] I don't know why, [D] Lord.
I'll find [G] out [C] by and [Fm] by.
[C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] Oh, [C] I [C] stand in need sometimes.
I [F] don't know why, [Gm] Lord.
[F]
This old poor heart, it have to bleed sometimes.
[Dm] But [C] there's gonna be a perfect day.
_ [Em] Trouble get [Am] out of [F] my way.
[C] I don't know why, [Gb] Lord.
[G] I'll find out [C] by and [F] by.
Take it [Am] on home, William [C] Brothers.
Oh, [Eb] by [F] and by.
[Cm] _ By and by.
[F] By _ [Eb] _ and by.
_ [F]
I'll [Eb] understand that.
_ [F] _ [Eb] Oh, by and by.
_ _ Lord gonna show me.
[A] _ _ [Bb] [C] The reason why.
[Cm] _ [F] I had to [Eb] go through what I went through.
_ I'll understand that.
_ _ [Cm] _ I'll understand that.
[F] _ [Eb] _ You'll understand that.
[Cm] Look at somebody and tell [C] them, by and [Cm] by.
_ By and by.
_ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] I want you to take a [Cm] _ _ minute and just [Eb] tell them why.
By [F] and by. _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] I won't have to cry no more.
By and [F] by.
By [C] and by.
[F] [Eb] I [C] won't be bad no more.
By and by.
_ _ [F] [Cm] Gonna lay [Cm] my burden down.
[C] By and by. _ _
_ [Cm] Go in the hole, [F] get my barrel.
You better [C] watch yourself.
_ [F] _ _ If [C] I won't be [Cm] [F] over.
[Cm] By and [F] by.
By [Cm] and by.
[F] _ [Cm] If I won't be over.
By and by.
By and by.
_ _ [F] _
[Cm] _ _ By _ and by.
[F] If [Cm] I won't [F] [Cm] be over.
By and by.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] _ [Eb] Let [A] _ me [C] hear you say that.
[Eb] _ [Cm] _
[C] I get my [Eb] crown.
_ [Cm] _ [Gm] I [Cm] put on these new clothes.
_ [Eb] Pick up my robe. _
[F] _ [Bb] [C] Pick up my [Eb] shoes.
[F] _ _
Pick up my [Eb] crown.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _
By and [Eb] by.
_ [C] _ [Cm] By and by.
_ [Bb] By and by.
[Eb] By [F] and by.
[Gm] Listen to me.
[C]
I won't [F] have to cry [C] no more.
By and [F] by.
[Cm] How many of you gonna say [F] that tonight?
[Eb] I [C] won't [F] have to [Cm] cry no more.
By and by.
[F] By and by.
[Cm] I won't have to cry no more.
By and by.
I _ _ [F] won't have [Eb] to cry no more.
[C] By and [F] by.
Here [Eb] we go.
Said [C] there'll be a perfect day.
[G] [C] Shmoop [E] up.
Get [Am] out of my [Bb] way.
I [Am] don't know why.
But [D] I'll [G] find out.
By [Cm] and by.
By and by.
_ _ By,
_ [C] _ by, _ _ _
by. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ By,
by,
[Cm] by.
_ By and [C] by.
By and by.
By and by. Hyah!
Ah!
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ [F] Hyah!
[C] _
Oh!
Ah!
Ah! _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ Ah! _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _