Chords for John Boutte Sings "Why"
Tempo:
150 bpm
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[N] I gotta get my big deep voice down a little [G] bit.
me do it, [C] George.
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Please welcome to the stage [G] Mr.
John Boutte.
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me do it, [C] George.
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Please welcome to the stage [G] Mr.
John Boutte.
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[N] _ _ _ I gotta get my big deep voice down a little [G] _ bit.
You know, let me do it, [C] George.
That sounds like the one I want to [F] use.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
Please welcome to the stage [G] _ Mr.
John Boutte.
_ [Am] _ Tell _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
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_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
me _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ why _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ I'm _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ sorry _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ for _ [C] _ the things I've done.
I'm sorry for the things that I've done. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ That's the time when you start to [G] try to tell me, _ _ _ _ [C]
hey, _ [F] _ _ _ this kind of trouble [C] _ is only just [Em] begun.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ I tell myself _ [Bm] too many times when will you ever [D] learn to keep your big [G] _ mouth shut?
_ _ _ [D] _
_ That's why it [Bm] hurts so bad to hear the words keep on falling [D] from [G] your mouth, _
_ [F] _ falling from your mouth, _ _ _ _ _ _ [D]
falling from your _ _ mouth.
_ Tell [C] me _ why.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ Tell [C] me _ why. _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ I may be mad. _
[G] I may be blind.
_ [Am] _
[C] I may be vicious.
_ [F] _ _ _
But I can still read what [C] you're thinking.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Oh, baby.
_ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
And I've heard _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] that you'd be [C] better off. _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
See that this boat is [G] sinking. _
_ This [Am] boat is sinking, baby.
_ This boat [F] is sinking. _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ Let's go _ to [Bm] the water's end [D] and we can cast [G] away all of those.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ Some things are better left [Bm] unsaid.
_ Yet they [D] still turn me [G] inside _ _ out.
_ _ [F] Turning me inside out. _ _ _
_ _ [D] Turning me inside _ _ _ _ out.
Tell [C]
me _ why. _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ Tell _ [C] me _ _ why. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ This is the book.
_ [G] _ _ _ These are the words.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ The dreams I dream instead.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ These are the tears. _
[F] _ _ _ These are [C] the cards. _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ What they represent.
[F] _ This is how I feel.
[C] _ _ This is how I [G] feel.
Do you know?
Do you [Am] know how I feel?
I don't [F] think _ _ _ you know.
[C] _ _ You _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] don't _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ know _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ how I feel.
[C] You don't know.
You [F] don't.
You _ don't _ _ [C] _
know how I feel. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] John Boucher.
[F#] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#m] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ John Boucher, y'all. _ _
You know, let me do it, [C] George.
That sounds like the one I want to [F] use.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
Please welcome to the stage [G] _ Mr.
John Boutte.
_ [Am] _ Tell _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
me _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ why _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ I'm _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ sorry _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ for _ [C] _ the things I've done.
I'm sorry for the things that I've done. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ That's the time when you start to [G] try to tell me, _ _ _ _ [C]
hey, _ [F] _ _ _ this kind of trouble [C] _ is only just [Em] begun.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ I tell myself _ [Bm] too many times when will you ever [D] learn to keep your big [G] _ mouth shut?
_ _ _ [D] _
_ That's why it [Bm] hurts so bad to hear the words keep on falling [D] from [G] your mouth, _
_ [F] _ falling from your mouth, _ _ _ _ _ _ [D]
falling from your _ _ mouth.
_ Tell [C] me _ why.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ Tell [C] me _ why. _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ I may be mad. _
[G] I may be blind.
_ [Am] _
[C] I may be vicious.
_ [F] _ _ _
But I can still read what [C] you're thinking.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Oh, baby.
_ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
And I've heard _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] that you'd be [C] better off. _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
See that this boat is [G] sinking. _
_ This [Am] boat is sinking, baby.
_ This boat [F] is sinking. _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ Let's go _ to [Bm] the water's end [D] and we can cast [G] away all of those.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ Some things are better left [Bm] unsaid.
_ Yet they [D] still turn me [G] inside _ _ out.
_ _ [F] Turning me inside out. _ _ _
_ _ [D] Turning me inside _ _ _ _ out.
Tell [C]
me _ why. _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ Tell _ [C] me _ _ why. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ This is the book.
_ [G] _ _ _ These are the words.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ The dreams I dream instead.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ These are the tears. _
[F] _ _ _ These are [C] the cards. _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ What they represent.
[F] _ This is how I feel.
[C] _ _ This is how I [G] feel.
Do you know?
Do you [Am] know how I feel?
I don't [F] think _ _ _ you know.
[C] _ _ You _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] don't _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ know _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ how I feel.
[C] You don't know.
You [F] don't.
You _ don't _ _ [C] _
know how I feel. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] John Boucher.
[F#] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#m] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ John Boucher, y'all. _ _