Chords for Why Oh Why Gilbert O'Sullivan

Tempo:
81.3 bpm
Chords used:

Ab

Eb

Db

Bbm

Cm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Why Oh Why Gilbert O'Sullivan chords
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[Ab] [Bbm] [Ab] [Db]
[Ab] [Bbm] [Ab] [Db]
[Eb] [Ab] Why is [Eb] it you must [Ab] be so [Db] very cruel to [Ab] me in [Db] order [Eb] to be [Ab] kind?
[Bbm]
[Eb] [Ab] Why [Eb] can't I hold you [Ab] close?
Do you [Db]
insist your [Ab] toast?
I'll be [Db] stood on by [Ab] mine.
[Cm] Why [Eb] when I kiss your lips do you [F]
astound [Bbm] me, saying [Db] that you won't put your [Eb] arms around me?
[Gb] No one should be that [F] cold.
[Db] Whatever I've done, surely [Dbm] I've a [Eb] right to know.
[Cm] Oh [Ab] [Bbm] why, [Eb]
[Ab] oh why, why [Eb] is it every [Ab] time we [Db] visit friends [Ab] of mine you [Db] never [Eb] want [Ab] to go?
[Db]
[Ab] Why [Eb] when I'm [Ab] feeling good you [Db] act as if [Ab] I should be [Db] at an all [Ab]-time low?
[Cm] Why [B] after all [Eb] these years we've [F] been together [Bbm] must [Db] you behave as if we'd [Eb] hardly ever [Gb] met?
[F] It
[Db] seems that you're happy [Dbm] as long as I'm [Eb] upset.
[Cm] Oh [Fm] why, [Bbm] oh why, [Eb]
[Db] oh why, is it [G] that you don't love me?
[Eb] Have you just [F] had enough of me?
Oh [Bbm] why do I [Dbm] always have to cry [Gb] myself to sleep seven [Eb] days a week?
[Ab] [Eb] [Ab] [Db]
[Ab] [Db] [Fm] [Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] [Ab] [Db]
[Ab] [Db] [Ab]
[Cm] Why [G] in the name [Eb] of God are [F] you so [Bbm] angry?
Could [Db] it be that you can no [Eb] longer stand [Gb] me?
Tell me and I [F] will know.
[Db] You're breaking my heart just [Dbm] in case you [Eb] didn't know.
[Cm] Oh why, [Fm] [Db] [Eb]
[Ab] oh why, [Db] oh why, [Eb]
[Cm] [Fm] [Db] [Eb]
[Ab] oh why.
[B] [N]
Key:  
Ab
134211114
Eb
12341116
Db
12341114
Bbm
13421111
Cm
13421113
Ab
134211114
Eb
12341116
Db
12341114
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To start learning Gilbert Osullivan - Why, Oh Why, Oh Why chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: Ab, Eb, Ab, Db, Ab, Db and Eb. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 40 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 81. Fine-tune the capo based on your vocal range, ensuring it complements the key of Ab Major.

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[Ab] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _
_ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _
[Eb] _ [Ab] Why is [Eb] it you must [Ab] be so [Db] very cruel to [Ab] me in [Db] order [Eb] to be [Ab] kind?
[Bbm] _
[Eb] _ [Ab] Why [Eb] can't I hold you [Ab] close?
Do you [Db]
insist your [Ab] toast?
I'll be [Db] stood on by [Ab] mine. _
_ [Cm] Why [Eb] when I kiss your lips do you [F]
astound [Bbm] me, saying [Db] that you won't put your [Eb] arms around me?
[Gb] No one should be that [F] cold. _ _
[Db] Whatever I've done, surely [Dbm] I've a [Eb] right to know.
[Cm] Oh _ [Ab] _ _ [Bbm] why, [Eb] _
[Ab] oh why, _ _ _ _ _ _ why [Eb] is it every [Ab] time we [Db] visit friends [Ab] of mine you [Db] never [Eb] want [Ab] to go?
_ [Db] _
_ [Ab] Why [Eb] when I'm [Ab] feeling good you [Db] act as if [Ab] I should be [Db] at an all [Ab]-time low? _
_ [Cm] Why [B] after all [Eb] these years we've [F] been together [Bbm] must [Db] you behave as if we'd [Eb] hardly ever [Gb] _ met?
_ [F] It _
_ [Db] seems that you're happy [Dbm] as long as I'm [Eb] upset.
[Cm] Oh [Fm] why, [Bbm] oh why, [Eb] _
[Db] oh why, is it [G] that you don't love me?
_ [Eb] _ _ Have you just [F] had enough of me?
Oh [Bbm] why do I [Dbm] always have to cry [Gb] myself to sleep seven [Eb] days a week?
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Fm] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Cm] Why [G] in the name [Eb] of God are [F] you so [Bbm] angry?
Could [Db] it be that you can no [Eb] longer stand [Gb] me?
Tell me and I [F] will know. _ _
[Db] You're breaking my heart just [Dbm] in case you [Eb] didn't know.
[Cm] Oh why, [Fm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _
[Ab] oh why, [Db] oh why, [Eb] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _
[Ab] oh why.
_ _ [B] _ _ [N] _

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The The Essential Collection album includes this song.

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