Chords for Lionel Richie - Why (AOL Black Voices)

_ Three, four.
[Am] It's been so many [D] years.
[Am] It's been that many tears.
_ I still have to ask myself the [Dm] question, [Gm] _ why?
♪ [C] I could [D] barely move this thing [Am] ♪
[D] ♪ I [C] could barely move [Am] this thing ♪
♪ [Gm] I was so lost, I had too much to say ♪
♪ [C] Funny me, [Bm] funny you don't have nothing left in [Am] common ♪
♪ You wanted me to have your heart, now you want it back ♪
♪ What about the promise made to me [Dm] that you wouldn't [Gm] trade the key in for no damn reason?
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♪ And [Am] suddenly, we're flying high, now it's [Gm] me, they were falling fast [Am] ♪
♪ I'm trying to feel lost, I'm trying to pull up, damn I can't say ♪
♪ You said you didn't [Dm] need me, I [Bb] really didn't think that you would leave [C] _ [D] ♪
♪ I could barely move this [C] thing, I could barely move this thing [D] ♪
♪ I had [C] to ask myself the question, why?
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♪ I could barely move [Dm] this thing, I could barely move this thing ♪
♪ I [Gm] was so [Dm] lost, I had too much to say [C] ♪
♪ Funny me, [D] funny you don't have nothing left in common, you don't have to ask me why?
[C] ♪
♪ What about the promise made to me that you wouldn't trade the key in [Dm] for no damn reason?
[Gm] _ ♪
[C] ♪ Now the [E] kids are looking at [Gm] me like I'm to blame, [Am] no longer got the respect for me and what I'm saying ♪
And know how it [Dm] feels to be [Gm] ashamed
Cause when I was young I felt that danger
[Am] And I can't say enough that what caused you to make the change
But that's the reason that we're going our separate ways
Who am I [Dm] fooling?
[Gm] What am I doing?
Thinking you love me
[Am] _ _ _ _
_ [D] Oh, I [C] _ _ _ [Dm]
[Bb] was too young to find you worth the same
[C] _ [D] I, [Am] yeah, [D] am I lying?
[C] _ Yeah
[Dm] _
[Gm] _ _ _ [A] You would think by this time I would get it right
You know the schemes and the [Dm] things that make you feel right
When you [Eb] said you could stay no [F] longer
We thought our heads a little more daylight
[A] Like we used to turn and fight and do a good night
I know the things I used to [Gm] do to make you feel right
I was invented dear, but fortunate [Dm] me
To bring back the deeds when the feeling was so [Am] right
Oh, yeah, [G] _
[C] so right
Hey, _ [Am] _ oh, [Bb] _
[Gm] _ _ yeah
[C] _ _ _ [D]
I've done a deal like you used to, baby
[C] _ _ _ [Dm]
[Gm] Now it's so [Dm] hard to find the words to say
[Am] _ _ _ [D]
Remember saying all of my [Am] life
I've done a deal like you used [Dm] to, [Gm] baby
[C] Hey, hey, hey, [C] hey
[D] While the dreams we had we'd [Am] move it all the way
Remember my [C] life
While the dreams we [Dm] had we'd [Gm] dance and play
All of my life
[C] While the dreams we had we'd move it all the [D] way
So throw it [C] away
While the dreams we [Dm] had we'd [Gm] dance and play
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