G
You must have been in a place so dark
    C                G
You couldn't see the light
Em               D                  C
Reachin' for you through the stormy cloud
    G
Now here we are gathered
       C          G
In our little hometown
     Em                        D               G
This can't be the way you were meant to draw a crowd
 
 
[Chorus]
   Bm               C
Oh why, that's what I keep asking
          G                      D
Was there anything I could have said or done
        Bm          C
Oh, and I, I had no clue you were masking
  G                  D
A troubled soul, God only knows
          Em   D    C
What went wrong and why
          D
You would leave the stage
                   G   C G C
In the middle of a song
 
 
[Verse 2]
    G
Now in my mind I keep you frozen
     C              G
As a seventeen-year-old
Em                D                 C
Rounding third to score the winning run
    G
You always played with passion
   C              G
No matter what the game
         Em                   D                   C  G
When you took the stage you'd shine just like the sun
 
 
[Chorus]
   Bm               C
Oh why, that's what I keep asking
          G                      D
Was there anything I could have said or done
        Bm          C
Oh, and I, I had no clue you were masking
  G                  D
A troubled soul, God only knows
          Em   D    C
What went wrong and why
          D
You would leave the stage
                   G  C
In the middle of a song
               G  C
Your beautiful song
 
 
[Verse 3]
        G
Now the oak trees are swaying
        C           G
In the early autumn breeze
      Em            D             C
And a golden sun is shining on my face
        G
Through tangled thoughts I hear
  C           G
A mockingbird sing
                   Em           D                   C    G
And whole this old world really ain't that bad of a place
 
 
[Chorus]
       Bm              C
Oh but why, there's no comprehending
    G                  D
And who am I to try to judge or explain
        Bm            C
Oh, but I, I have one burning question
    G                    D
Who told you life wasn't worth the fight
          Em   D         C
They were wrong and they lied
   Em      Bm            C
Now you're gone and they cry
            Am              D
'Cause it's not like you to walk away
                   G   C
In the middle of a song
 
               G   C
Your beautiful song
                          G
Your absolutely beautiful song