Chords for Why

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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
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[C] When I was nine, _ Michael [Bb] and I
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Entered a talent show down at [Bb] the Y
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] 9am went to [Eb] rehearse by some stairs
_ _ Mike couldn't [Db] sing, [Eb] but I said no one cares
We [Ab] sang _ _ Yellow _ Bird and _ Let's Go Fly A Kite
_ [Db] Over and over and over till we [Bb] got it [Ab] right _ _ _ _ _
_ When we emerged from the _ _ YMCA _ _ _
_ 3 o'clock sun _ had made the [Bb] grass _ _ _ hay
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] I thought, hey, _ what a way to [Db] spend the day
[Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] Hey, what a way to [Db] spend the day
[C] _ _ _ [Ab] I _ [Eb] make a vow _ [Cm] right here and [Eb] now
_ I'm gonna [Bb] spend _ [Eb] my time this way
[Bb] When I was sixteen, _ Michael and I _
Got parts in West Side at White Plains High
[F] _ 3 o'clock went [Eb] to rehearse in the gym _
Mike [Ebm] played Doc, who [Eb] didn't sing fine with him
We [Ab] sang Gotta Rock It in Your Pocket
And the Jets are gonna have their day tonight
_ [Db]
Over and over and over till we [Bb] got it [Ab] right _ _ _ _
When we _ emerged, wiped out by that plane
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9 o'clock stars _ [Ab] and moon lit [Bb] the _ way _ _
_ _ _ _ I [Eb] _
thought, hey, _ what a way to [Db] spend the _ day
[C] _ _ _ [Eb] Hey, _ what a way to [Db] spend the day
[C] _ _ _ _ [Ab] I [Eb] made a vow, [Cm] _ I [B]
wonder now
[Eb] Am I [Bb] cut out to spend my [Eb] time this way
[Cm] _
With [Ab] only so [C] much time to spend
[Cm] Don't [Ab] wanna _ waste the [C] time [G] I'm given
[Cm] _ Have [Ab] it all, play the [Bb] game some [G] recommend _
_ _ [Ab] I'm afraid it just [Bb] may be time [G] to give [D] in _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ I'm twenty-nine, _ _ _ Michael and I
_ _ Live on the West Side of Soho, NY _ _ _
[F] 9 a.m. I write a lyric or two
_ Mike sings a song along Mad Avenue
I [Bb] sing Come to Your Senses
[Dm] Defense is not the [Bb] way to _ go
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
Over and over and over till I get [Bb] it right _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ I'll be _ [Bb] minor, alright _ _ _
[Eb] _ 5 o'clock, diner [Bbm] calls
_ I'm [C] on my _ _ _ _ way
_ _ _ [F] I think, hey, what a way to spend [Eb] the _ [D] day
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Hey, [Bbm] what a way to [Eb] spend the _ day
[D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ I make [Bb] a _ vow, [D] right here [Db] and _ _ [Ab] now
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
[Am] _ I'm gonna [Bb] _ spend _ _ [C] my time _ [Gm] _
[Dm] this way
_ _ [C] _ I'm _ gonna [Bb] _ spend _ _
[C] my time _ [G] _ this _ way
[Cm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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