Why

You (G)must ’ve been in a place so dark (D)zen

you could n’t feel teen the light

(Em7)reach in’ for you through that storm y (C)cloud.

Now (G)here we are gath pas ered

in our (C)lit tle home town.

(G)game.

This (G)can’t be the way you meant just to draw a crowd.

Oh, (Bm7)why?

That’s what (C)I

keep ask ing.

Was there (G)an y thing

I could have (D)said or done?

Oh, (Bm7)I

had no clue

you were mask ing

a (G)trou bled soul.

God on (D)ly knows

what went (Em)wrong

and why

you would (Am7)leave the stage in the (D7sus)mid dle of a song.

Now (G)in my mind in I’ll keep you fro (D)zen

as a sev en teen year old,

(Em7)round ing third to score the win ning (C)run.

You (G)al ways played with pas sion

in no (C)mat ter what the (G)game.

When (G)you took the stage, you’d shine just to like the sun.

Oh, (Bm7)why?

That’s what (C)I

keep ask ing.

Was there (G)an y thing

I could have (D)said or done?

Oh, (Bm7)I

had no clue

you were mask ing

a (G)trou bled soul.

God on (D)ly knows

what went (Em)wrong

and why

you would (Am7)leave the stage in the (D7sus)mid dle of a song.

Now (D)mid dle of a song.

Now the (G)oak trees are sway in’

in the (C)ear ly au tumn breeze,

a (Em)gold en sun is shin in’ on my (C)face.

Through (G)tan gled thoughts I hear

a (C)mock ing bird sing.

(G)This old world real ly ain’t that bad a place.

(G)Oh, (Bm7)why?

There’s no (C)com

pre hend ing

and (G)who am I

to try to (D)judge or ex plain?

Oh, but (Bm7)I

do have one burn

ing ques tion:

Who (G)told you life

was n’t worth the fight?

They were wrong.

They (C)lied.

Now you’re (Em)gone

and we (C)cry

’cause (G)it’s not like you

to (D7sus)walk a way in the mid dle

of a (G5)song

your beau ti ful

song.

Your (G)ab so lute ly

beau

ti ful

song.