Chords for The Cure - The Reasons Why (live from Rome 2008)

Tempo:
124.9 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

Em

A

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Cure - The Reasons Why (live from Rome 2008) chords
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[C] [G]
This is called The Reasons Why.
[C] [G]
[Em] [A] [Em]
[C]
[G]
[C] [G]
[Em]
[G]
[Em]
[C]
[G] [Em]
[G]
[Am] [Em]
[C] I won't try to [G] bring you down [A] about my [Em] suicide.
[C] Got no [G] need to bring you out [A] about my fear of [G]
suffering.
[C] I won't try to [G] put you down [A] about my love.
[Em] I'll lie [C] if you [G] promise not to sing [Am] about the reasons [Em]
why.
[C] I write [G] in your letter [Em] getting better.
Can I see you when [C] all the lights go [G] out?
Girl, they'll [Em] bring the weather, yeah, the cold again.
[C] In the darkness [G] for a second, [Em] I am sure I see the smiling man.
[C] Yeah, they are [G] calling me.
[Em] Yeah, I feel it calling me.
[A] When I'm falling [Bm] through the [C] stars, you remember [Am]
now.
I am falling [Bm] in their [C] arms.
You remember [D]
how.
[Am] [G] Through the [C] stars, you remember [F#]
this.
[Am] I am falling.
[Bm]
[C] Remember love.
Yeah.
[Am] I [Em]
[C] [G]
[Em]
[C] [G]
[Em]
[C] [G]
[Em]
[C] won't try to [G] pull you down [A] about the other [Em] side.
[C] Got no [G] need to pull you out [A] about my right [Em] to die.
[C] I won't [Em] try to bring you down [A] about my [Em] suicide.
[C] If you [G] promise not to sing [Am] about the reasons [Em]
why.
[C] I'm calling [G] you, man.
[Em] Feeling all right.
Can I take you there?
[C] I'm lying [G] outside my words.
[Em] Must feel like birds on the wire.
Then [C] in the darkness [G] for a second,
[Em] I am sure I see the laughing man.
[C] I hear them calling [G]
[Em] me.
Yeah, they are calling me.
[A] When I'm falling [Bm] through the [C] stars, you remember [Am] now.
I am falling [G] in their [C] arms.
You remember [Bm]
how.
[A] [Am] [G] Through the [C] stars, you remember [F#]
this.
[Am] [G]
[C] I am falling.
Remember [Bm] love.
[F] You know they [G] say you're [E] holding on.
[G]
[F] Nothing worked.
[G]
[E] But something's [Em] gone.
[F] We know they say [G]
[E] you're letting go.
[Em]
[F] You feel rejected [G]
[E] from all you [Em] know.
[A] You're losing it.
[Bm]
[C] You're starting to change.
[A] Make believe.
[Bm]
[C] It's hard to change.
[A] To find the truth.
[G]
[C] Reality.
[G]
[Am] And make believe.
[G]
[C] I [G]
[A] [Em]
[C] [G]
[Em]
[C] won't try to [G] bring you down [Em] about my suicide.
[C] If you promise [G] not to sing [Em] about the reasons why.
[G#]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
Em
121
A
1231
Am
2311
G
2131
C
3211
Em
121
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To learn The Cure - The Reasons Why chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - C, G, Em, C, G, A, Em and G of chords. Begin your practice at a relaxed 62 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 125. Considering the song's key of C Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ This is called The Reasons Why. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] I won't try to [G] bring you down [A] about my _ _ [Em] suicide.
_ [C] _ Got no [G] need to bring you out [A] about my fear of [G] _
suffering.
[C] _ I won't try to [G] put you down [A] about my love.
[Em] I'll lie _ [C] if you [G] promise not to sing [Am] about the reasons [Em] _
why.
[C] _ I write [G] in your letter [Em] getting better.
Can I see you when _ [C] _ all the lights go [G] out?
Girl, they'll [Em] bring the weather, yeah, the cold again.
[C] _ In the darkness [G] for a second, [Em] I am sure I see the smiling man.
[C] _ Yeah, they are [G] calling me.
[Em] Yeah, I feel it calling me.
[A] When I'm falling [Bm] through the [C] stars, you remember [Am]
now.
I am falling [Bm] in their [C] arms.
You remember [D]
how.
[Am] _ _ _ [G] Through the [C] stars, you remember [F#]
this.
[Am] I am falling.
[Bm] _
_ [C] _ _ Remember love.
Yeah. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] I [Em] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ won't try to [G] pull you down [A] about the other [Em] side.
_ [C] _ Got no [G] need to pull you out [A] about my right [Em] to die.
_ [C] _ I won't [Em] try to bring you down [A] about my _ _ [Em] suicide.
_ [C] _ If you [G] promise not to sing [Am] about the reasons [Em] _
why.
[C] _ I'm calling [G] you, man.
[Em] Feeling all right.
Can I take you there?
_ [C] _ I'm lying [G] outside my words.
[Em] Must feel like birds on the wire.
Then _ [C] _ in the darkness [G] for a second,
[Em] I am sure I see the laughing man.
[C] I hear them calling [G] _
[Em] me.
Yeah, they are calling me.
[A] When I'm falling [Bm] through the [C] stars, you remember [Am] now.
_ I am falling [G] in their [C] arms.
You remember [Bm]
how.
[A] _ [Am] _ _ [G] Through the [C] stars, you remember [F#]
this.
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _
[C] I am falling.
_ Remember [Bm] love.
[F] You know they [G] say you're [E] _ holding on.
[G] _
_ [F] Nothing worked.
[G] _
[E] But something's [Em] gone. _
[F] We know they say [G] _
[E] you're letting go.
[Em] _
[F] You feel rejected [G] _
[E] from all you [Em] know. _
[A] You're losing it.
[Bm] _
[C] You're starting to change. _
_ [A] Make believe.
[Bm] _
_ [C] It's hard to change. _
[A] To find the truth.
[G] _
_ [C] _ Reality.
_ [G] _
[Am] And make believe.
[G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ I _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] won't try to [G] bring you down [Em] about my _ suicide. _
_ [C] _ If you promise [G] not to sing [Em] about the reasons _ why. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _