Why — Piano Lead Sheet

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.