Chords for Why Not Me by Fred Knobloch [HQ]
Tempo:
117.2 bpm
Chords used:
D
Bm
A
E
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [F#m]
[C#] [Bm]
[E] [A] Take another [E] wedding in stride, [A] here's another June wedding, [D] I'm sitting on the [A] bright side
[B] [Bm] again.
[E] Why [D] do they always have to play [C#m] that song, [Bm] you know the one, [C#m] it's funny but we never
[D] get to see.
[C#m] [Bm]
[D] Her [A] daddy's got her by [E] one arm, I [C#] used to have her by [D] the other, [A]
at least until [B] she'd
found another [Bm] lover, and then [D] another.
Why not me?
We [B] had a [C#] real [Bm] love, she just [C#m] didn't think [D] we could put it all together.
Why not me?
We [G#m] had a [C#] real love, but [D] in a flash, [F#m] she's gone forever.
[Bm]
[D] [A] Well I think we're all here, [E] I [A] see Bill and Charlie, no wait, [D] Eddie got smart and he [A] had
a golf game, and he [B] just had to go to it.
[Bm]
[B] [D] Why do they always have to [A] ask that question, [E] [Bm] you know the one, [C#m] should I [D] speak now, or [C#m] forever
hold [D] my peace of [D#] [D] mind?
Why not me?
We [B] had a [C#] real love, [Bm] she just [C#m] didn't think [D] we could put it all together.
Why not me?
We [B] had a real [C#] love, but [E] in a flash, [F#m] she's gone forever, [Bm]
gone [D] forever, [Bm] and the ceremony
[F#m] is grand, but [Em] old lovers never get to make the [A] last stand, and I [C#m] held some rice in [Bm] my
hand, I let [C#m] it fall [F#m] to the floor, I just [Bm] don't [C#]
care.
[D#] [F]
[D] I'll just [A] get drunk at the [E] reception, [C#] I won't think about [D] her twice, [A] I'll just say [B] congratulations,
and you both look [Bm] real nice, [E] real nice.
Why [D] not me?
We [C#] had a real love, [Bm] she just [C#] didn't think [D] we could put it all [E] together.
Put it all [D] together.
Why not me?
We [F#m] had [C#] a real love, [Bm] she just [C#m] didn't think [D] we could put it all together.
[E] Put it all together.
[D] Why not me?
We [B] had a [C#] real [Bm] love, she just [C#m] didn't think [F#m] we could [Bm] put it all together.
[E]
[A] Why not me?
We [B] had a real [Bm] love, she [A] just didn't think we could put [E] it all together.
[C#] [Bm]
[E] [A] Take another [E] wedding in stride, [A] here's another June wedding, [D] I'm sitting on the [A] bright side
[B] [Bm] again.
[E] Why [D] do they always have to play [C#m] that song, [Bm] you know the one, [C#m] it's funny but we never
[D] get to see.
[C#m] [Bm]
[D] Her [A] daddy's got her by [E] one arm, I [C#] used to have her by [D] the other, [A]
at least until [B] she'd
found another [Bm] lover, and then [D] another.
Why not me?
We [B] had a [C#] real [Bm] love, she just [C#m] didn't think [D] we could put it all together.
Why not me?
We [G#m] had a [C#] real love, but [D] in a flash, [F#m] she's gone forever.
[Bm]
[D] [A] Well I think we're all here, [E] I [A] see Bill and Charlie, no wait, [D] Eddie got smart and he [A] had
a golf game, and he [B] just had to go to it.
[Bm]
[B] [D] Why do they always have to [A] ask that question, [E] [Bm] you know the one, [C#m] should I [D] speak now, or [C#m] forever
hold [D] my peace of [D#] [D] mind?
Why not me?
We [B] had a [C#] real love, [Bm] she just [C#m] didn't think [D] we could put it all together.
Why not me?
We [B] had a real [C#] love, but [E] in a flash, [F#m] she's gone forever, [Bm]
gone [D] forever, [Bm] and the ceremony
[F#m] is grand, but [Em] old lovers never get to make the [A] last stand, and I [C#m] held some rice in [Bm] my
hand, I let [C#m] it fall [F#m] to the floor, I just [Bm] don't [C#]
care.
[D#] [F]
[D] I'll just [A] get drunk at the [E] reception, [C#] I won't think about [D] her twice, [A] I'll just say [B] congratulations,
and you both look [Bm] real nice, [E] real nice.
Why [D] not me?
We [C#] had a real love, [Bm] she just [C#] didn't think [D] we could put it all [E] together.
Put it all [D] together.
Why not me?
We [F#m] had [C#] a real love, [Bm] she just [C#m] didn't think [D] we could put it all together.
[E] Put it all together.
[D] Why not me?
We [B] had a [C#] real [Bm] love, she just [C#m] didn't think [F#m] we could [Bm] put it all together.
[E]
[A] Why not me?
We [B] had a real [Bm] love, she [A] just didn't think we could put [E] it all together.
Key:
D
Bm
A
E
C#
D
Bm
A
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [C#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] Take another [E] wedding in stride, _ [A] here's another June wedding, [D] _ I'm sitting on the [A] bright side
_ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] again.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ Why [D] do they always have to play [C#m] that song, _ [Bm] you know the one, [C#m] it's funny but we never
[D] get to see.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Her [A] daddy's got her by [E] one arm, I [C#] used to have her by [D] the other, _ _ [A]
at least until [B] she'd
found another [Bm] lover, and then [D] another.
_ Why not me?
We [B] had a [C#] real [Bm] love, she just [C#m] didn't think [D] we could put it all together. _
_ Why not me?
We [G#m] had a _ [C#] real love, but [D] in a flash, _ [F#m] she's gone forever.
[Bm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] Well I think we're all here, [E] _ _ I [A] see Bill and Charlie, no wait, [D] Eddie got smart and he [A] had
a golf game, and he [B] just had to go to it.
_ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] Why do they always have to [A] ask that question, [E] _ [Bm] you know the one, _ [C#m] _ should I [D] speak now, or [C#m] forever
hold [D] my peace of [D#] _ [D] mind?
_ Why not me?
We [B] had a [C#] real love, [Bm] she just [C#m] didn't think [D] we could put it all together. _
_ Why not me?
We [B] had a real [C#] love, _ but [E] in a flash, [F#m] she's gone forever, [Bm]
gone [D] forever, _ _ [Bm] and the ceremony
[F#m] is grand, but [Em] old lovers never get to make the [A] last stand, and I [C#m] held some rice in [Bm] my
hand, I let [C#m] it fall [F#m] to the floor, _ I just [Bm] don't _ [C#]
care.
_ _ [D#] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ I'll just [A] get drunk at the [E] reception, _ _ [C#] I won't think about [D] her twice, _ [A] I'll just say _ [B] congratulations,
and you both look [Bm] real nice, _ [E] real nice.
Why [D] not me?
We [C#] had a real love, [Bm] she just [C#] didn't think [D] we could put it all [E] together.
Put it all [D] together.
Why not me?
We [F#m] had [C#] a real love, [Bm] she just [C#m] didn't think [D] we could put it all together.
[E] Put it all together.
[D] Why not me?
We [B] had a [C#] real [Bm] love, she just [C#m] didn't think [F#m] we could [Bm] put it all together.
[E] _
[A] _ _ _ Why not me?
We [B] had a real [Bm] love, she [A] just didn't think we could put [E] it all together. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] Take another [E] wedding in stride, _ [A] here's another June wedding, [D] _ I'm sitting on the [A] bright side
_ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] again.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ Why [D] do they always have to play [C#m] that song, _ [Bm] you know the one, [C#m] it's funny but we never
[D] get to see.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Her [A] daddy's got her by [E] one arm, I [C#] used to have her by [D] the other, _ _ [A]
at least until [B] she'd
found another [Bm] lover, and then [D] another.
_ Why not me?
We [B] had a [C#] real [Bm] love, she just [C#m] didn't think [D] we could put it all together. _
_ Why not me?
We [G#m] had a _ [C#] real love, but [D] in a flash, _ [F#m] she's gone forever.
[Bm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] Well I think we're all here, [E] _ _ I [A] see Bill and Charlie, no wait, [D] Eddie got smart and he [A] had
a golf game, and he [B] just had to go to it.
_ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] Why do they always have to [A] ask that question, [E] _ [Bm] you know the one, _ [C#m] _ should I [D] speak now, or [C#m] forever
hold [D] my peace of [D#] _ [D] mind?
_ Why not me?
We [B] had a [C#] real love, [Bm] she just [C#m] didn't think [D] we could put it all together. _
_ Why not me?
We [B] had a real [C#] love, _ but [E] in a flash, [F#m] she's gone forever, [Bm]
gone [D] forever, _ _ [Bm] and the ceremony
[F#m] is grand, but [Em] old lovers never get to make the [A] last stand, and I [C#m] held some rice in [Bm] my
hand, I let [C#m] it fall [F#m] to the floor, _ I just [Bm] don't _ [C#]
care.
_ _ [D#] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ I'll just [A] get drunk at the [E] reception, _ _ [C#] I won't think about [D] her twice, _ [A] I'll just say _ [B] congratulations,
and you both look [Bm] real nice, _ [E] real nice.
Why [D] not me?
We [C#] had a real love, [Bm] she just [C#] didn't think [D] we could put it all [E] together.
Put it all [D] together.
Why not me?
We [F#m] had [C#] a real love, [Bm] she just [C#m] didn't think [D] we could put it all together.
[E] Put it all together.
[D] Why not me?
We [B] had a [C#] real [Bm] love, she just [C#m] didn't think [F#m] we could [Bm] put it all together.
[E] _
[A] _ _ _ Why not me?
We [B] had a real [Bm] love, she [A] just didn't think we could put [E] it all together. _ _ _ _ _ _