Why - Nathan Leazer (Official Acoustic Video) Chords
Tempo:
119.2 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
C
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[Am] [C]
[G] [D]
Why [Em]
[G] do I keep [D]
driving across [Am] these county lines, [C]
knowing good and well [G] I can't change
[D]
her [Am] mind?
[C]
[G] How do I [D] sort through these emotions [Am] deep down inside?
[C] I feel like I'm [G] oceanized.
[D]
Oh, [Am] as [C]
[G] I sit on this [D] porch swing singing prayers to the sky, I [Am] don't want to be the
man she [C]
said she forgot.
But [G] I [D]
don't [Am] know why.
[C]
Never [G] once have I stared down [D] the barrel of a gun, but [Am] my heart felt the [C] pain as these
strings came undone.
[G] And I [D]
don't [Am] know why.
[C]
[G] [D]
[Am] [C]
[G] [D]
[G]
Wishing for [D]
a dream to come true, [Am] but I keep waking up [C] to a shadow of you [G] around [D] me everywhere [Am] I go.
[C]
[G] Hoping for [D] a lifetime with you is [Am] like an open door [C] to a terrible view.
[G] It's time [D] for me to [Am] move [C] on.
[G] So I sit on this porch [D] swing singing prayers to the sky, [Am] I don't want to be the man [C] she
said she forgot.
But [G] I
[D] don't [Am] know why.
[C]
[G] Never once have I stared [D] down the barrel of a gun, [Am] but my heart felt the pain [C] as these
strings came undone.
[G] And I [D]
just don't [Am] know why.
[C]
[G] [D]
[Am] [C]
[G] [D]
[Em]
[G] Now that I [D] have opened my heart to [Am] change my desire, [C] I'm pressing restart because [G] I
know [D] that love just comes [Am] and goes.
[C]
[G] So I sit on this porch [D] swing singing prayers to the sky, [Am] I don't want to be the man she
[C] said she forgot.
But [G] I [D]
don't [Am] know why.
[C]
[G] Never once have I stared down [D] the barrel of a gun, [Am] but my heart felt the pain [C] as these
strings came undone.
[G] And I [D] just don't [Am] know why.
[C] [G] [D]
[Am] [C]
[G] [D]
[G] [C]
[D] [G]
[Am] [C]
[G] [D]
Why [Em]
[G] do I keep [D]
driving across [Am] these county lines, [C]
knowing good and well [G] I can't change
[D]
her [Am] mind?
[C]
[G] How do I [D] sort through these emotions [Am] deep down inside?
[C] I feel like I'm [G] oceanized.
[D]
Oh, [Am] as [C]
[G] I sit on this [D] porch swing singing prayers to the sky, I [Am] don't want to be the
man she [C]
said she forgot.
But [G] I [D]
don't [Am] know why.
[C]
Never [G] once have I stared down [D] the barrel of a gun, but [Am] my heart felt the [C] pain as these
strings came undone.
[G] And I [D]
don't [Am] know why.
[C]
[G] [D]
[Am] [C]
[G] [D]
[G]
Wishing for [D]
a dream to come true, [Am] but I keep waking up [C] to a shadow of you [G] around [D] me everywhere [Am] I go.
[C]
[G] Hoping for [D] a lifetime with you is [Am] like an open door [C] to a terrible view.
[G] It's time [D] for me to [Am] move [C] on.
[G] So I sit on this porch [D] swing singing prayers to the sky, [Am] I don't want to be the man [C] she
said she forgot.
But [G] I
[D] don't [Am] know why.
[C]
[G] Never once have I stared [D] down the barrel of a gun, [Am] but my heart felt the pain [C] as these
strings came undone.
[G] And I [D]
just don't [Am] know why.
[C]
[G] [D]
[Am] [C]
[G] [D]
[Em]
[G] Now that I [D] have opened my heart to [Am] change my desire, [C] I'm pressing restart because [G] I
know [D] that love just comes [Am] and goes.
[C]
[G] So I sit on this porch [D] swing singing prayers to the sky, [Am] I don't want to be the man she
[C] said she forgot.
But [G] I [D]
don't [Am] know why.
[C]
[G] Never once have I stared down [D] the barrel of a gun, [Am] but my heart felt the pain [C] as these
strings came undone.
[G] And I [D] just don't [Am] know why.
[C] [G] [D]
[Am] [C]
[G] [D]
[G] [C]
[D] [G]
Key:
D
G
C
Am
Em
D
G
C
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ Why [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ do I keep [D]
driving across [Am] these county lines, [C] _
knowing good and well [G] I can't change
[D] _
her _ [Am] _ mind?
_ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] How do I [D] sort through these emotions [Am] deep down inside?
[C] I feel like I'm [G] _ _ _ oceanized.
[D]
Oh, _ [Am] _ _ _ as [C] _
_ [G] I sit on this [D] porch swing singing prayers to the sky, I [Am] don't want to be the
man she [C]
said she forgot.
But [G] _ I _ [D] _
don't [Am] know why.
_ _ [C] _
_ Never [G] once have I stared down [D] the barrel of a gun, but [Am] my heart felt the [C] pain as these
strings came undone.
_ [G] And I _ [D] _
don't [Am] know why.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Wishing for _ [D]
a dream to come true, [Am] but I keep waking up [C] to a shadow of you [G] _ around [D] me _ everywhere [Am] I go.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] Hoping for _ [D] a lifetime with you is [Am] like an open door [C] to a terrible view.
[G] It's time [D] for me to [Am] move _ [C] on.
_ _ [G] So I sit on this porch [D] swing singing prayers to the sky, [Am] I don't want to be the man [C] she
said she forgot.
But [G] _ I _
[D] _ don't [Am] know why.
[C] _
_ _ [G] Never once have I stared [D] down the barrel of a gun, [Am] but my heart felt the pain [C] as these
strings came undone.
[G] And I [D]
just don't [Am] know why.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Now that I [D] have opened my heart to [Am] change my desire, [C] I'm pressing restart because [G] I
know _ [D] that love just comes [Am] and goes.
_ [C] _
_ [G] So I sit on this porch [D] swing singing prayers to the sky, [Am] I don't want to be the man she
[C] said she forgot.
But [G] _ I _ [D] _
don't [Am] know why.
_ [C] _
_ [G] Never once have I stared down [D] the barrel of a gun, [Am] but my heart felt the pain [C] as these
strings came undone.
[G] _ And I [D] just don't [Am] know why.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ Why [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ do I keep [D]
driving across [Am] these county lines, [C] _
knowing good and well [G] I can't change
[D] _
her _ [Am] _ mind?
_ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] How do I [D] sort through these emotions [Am] deep down inside?
[C] I feel like I'm [G] _ _ _ oceanized.
[D]
Oh, _ [Am] _ _ _ as [C] _
_ [G] I sit on this [D] porch swing singing prayers to the sky, I [Am] don't want to be the
man she [C]
said she forgot.
But [G] _ I _ [D] _
don't [Am] know why.
_ _ [C] _
_ Never [G] once have I stared down [D] the barrel of a gun, but [Am] my heart felt the [C] pain as these
strings came undone.
_ [G] And I _ [D] _
don't [Am] know why.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Wishing for _ [D]
a dream to come true, [Am] but I keep waking up [C] to a shadow of you [G] _ around [D] me _ everywhere [Am] I go.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] Hoping for _ [D] a lifetime with you is [Am] like an open door [C] to a terrible view.
[G] It's time [D] for me to [Am] move _ [C] on.
_ _ [G] So I sit on this porch [D] swing singing prayers to the sky, [Am] I don't want to be the man [C] she
said she forgot.
But [G] _ I _
[D] _ don't [Am] know why.
[C] _
_ _ [G] Never once have I stared [D] down the barrel of a gun, [Am] but my heart felt the pain [C] as these
strings came undone.
[G] And I [D]
just don't [Am] know why.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Now that I [D] have opened my heart to [Am] change my desire, [C] I'm pressing restart because [G] I
know _ [D] that love just comes [Am] and goes.
_ [C] _
_ [G] So I sit on this porch [D] swing singing prayers to the sky, [Am] I don't want to be the man she
[C] said she forgot.
But [G] _ I _ [D] _
don't [Am] know why.
_ [C] _
_ [G] Never once have I stared down [D] the barrel of a gun, [Am] but my heart felt the pain [C] as these
strings came undone.
[G] _ And I [D] just don't [Am] know why.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _