Why Must I Always Explain Chords by Van Morrison

Tempo:
86.525 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

Bm

D

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Van Morrison - Why Must I Always Explain? chords
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[G] [Bm] [C] [G]
[C]
[Bm] [G] [Bm] [Em]
[G] [C]
[G] I've got [Bm] [C] to make the [G] most.
And all [Bm] the years going.
[C]
I'm telling the [D] folks.
[G] Now I'm [Bm] standing on the outside [C] and I'm waiting in the [G] rain.
[Bm] Tell me why must [C] I always [G] explain.
Read my [Bm] soul to the crowd.
[C]
They'll know [G] what they caused.
Most [Bm] of them laughed out [C] loud like a [D] nonsense be lost.
[G] They were [Bm] hypocrites and parasites [C] and people that [G] drink.
[Bm] Tell me why [C] must I [Am] always [G] explain.
Why, [Bm] why [C] must I always [G] explain.
[Bm] Over and over, [C]
[D] over again.
[G] It's just a job you [Bm] know.
[C] In this night sweet [G] Lorraine.
[Bm] Tell me why [C] must I [G] always explain.
Alright.
[Bm] [C]
[G] [Bm] [G] [C]
[D] [G] [Bm] [C]
[G] [Bm] [C]
[G] Well I get up [Bm] in the morning and [C] I get my [G] brief.
I go out [Bm] and stare at the world and [C]
complete [D] disbelief.
[G] It's not righteous [Bm] indignation [C] that makes me [G] complain.
It's the fact [Bm] that I always [C]
[Am] have to [G] explain.
I can't be every word at [Bm] once.
There's [C] always somebody to [G] say.
And I never turned [Bm] out to be the person [C] that you [D] wanted me to be.
And [G] I tell you who [Bm] I am [C] time and time and [G] time again.
[Bm] Tell me why [C] must I always [G] explain.
Well I [Bm] sat on the highway and I [C] tried on [G] with the show.
Always [Bm] telling people things [C] they're too [D] lazy to know.
[G] It can make you [Bm] crazy.
Yeah [C] it can drive you [G] insane.
[Bm] Tell me why [C] must I [G] always explain.
[Bm] [G] [C] [G] [D]
[G] [Am]
[C] [G] [Bm] [Am]
[G] [Bm] [C]
[G]
[Em] [C]
[G] [Bm] [C]
[G] [G]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
Bm
13421112
D
1321
Am
2311
G
2131
C
3211
Bm
13421112
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Let's start jamming Van Morrison - (Disc 1) Why Must I Always Explain chords, Practice these chords sequence - Bm, C, G, Bm, D, G and G. For best results, commence at 43 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 87. With an eye on the song's key G Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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[G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[G] _ _ _ I've got [Bm] _ [C] to make the [G] most.
_ _ And all [Bm] the years going.
[C]
I'm telling the [D] folks.
_ [G] Now I'm [Bm] standing on the outside [C] and I'm waiting in the [G] rain.
_ _ [Bm] Tell me why must [C] I always [G] explain.
_ Read my [Bm] soul to the crowd.
[C]
They'll know [G] what they caused.
Most [Bm] of them laughed out [C] loud like a [D] nonsense be lost.
[G] They were [Bm] hypocrites and parasites [C] and people that [G] drink.
_ _ [Bm] Tell me why [C] must I [Am] always [G] explain.
Why, [Bm] why [C] must I always [G] explain.
_ [Bm] Over and over, [C]
[D] over again.
[G] It's just a job you [Bm] know.
[C] In this night sweet [G] Lorraine.
_ _ [Bm] Tell me why [C] must I [G] always explain.
Alright.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _
[G] _ _ Well I get up [Bm] in the morning and [C] I get my [G] brief.
_ I go out [Bm] and stare at the world and [C]
complete [D] disbelief.
[G] It's not righteous [Bm] indignation [C] that makes me [G] complain.
It's the fact [Bm] that I always [C]
[Am] have to [G] explain.
I can't be every word at [Bm] once.
There's [C] always somebody to [G] say.
And I never turned [Bm] out to be the person [C] that you [D] wanted me to be.
And [G] I tell you who [Bm] I am [C] time and time and [G] time again.
_ _ [Bm] Tell me why [C] must I always [G] explain.
_ Well I [Bm] sat on the highway and I [C] tried on [G] with the show.
Always [Bm] telling people things [C] they're too [D] lazy to know.
[G] It can make you [Bm] crazy.
Yeah [C] it can drive you [G] insane.
_ [Bm] Tell me why [C] must I [G] always explain.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _
[G] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song finds its place within the Hymns To The Silence album.

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