Why

(intro) G D C D G D C D

        G                       
You must have been in a place so 
         C
dark
                       G
You couldn't feel the light
  Em               D          C9 
Reaching for you through that 
      G
stormy cloud
Now here we are gathered in our 
C            G
little home town
      Em                   D       
This can't be the way you meant to 
C9       G
draw a crowd

    D               C
Oh why, that's what I keep asking
            G                    D
Was there anything I could have said
 or done
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Oh I had no clue you were masking a
   G
 troubled soul
    Dsus      D            Em  D
God only knows what went wrong
     C         Am                 
    D           G
 D C D G D C D
and why you'd leave the stage in the
 middle of a song

    G                              
Now in my mind I'll keep you frozen
      C         G
 as a 17 year old
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Em                  D        C9 
Rounding third to score the 
    G
winning run
You always played with passion no 
 C               G
matter what the game
          Em                  D   
When you took the stage you shined
     C9        G
 just like the sun

    D               C
Oh why, that's what I keep asking
           G                     D
Was there anything I could have said
 or done
             C                     
Oh I had no clue you were masking a
   G
 troubled soul
    Dsus      D           Em   D
God only knows what went wrong
     C         Am                 
and why you'd leave the stage in 
    D           Em
the middle of a song

(interlude) D C G Em D C G
D Em7 D   Am C  (hold)

         G                         
Now the oak trees a swaying in the 
 C             G
early autumn breeze
     Em             D     C9     G
The golden sun is shining on my face
                             C     
Tangled thoughts I hear the mocking
       G
 bird sing
 Em                    D          
This old world really ain't that 
C9     G
bad a place

    D              C
Oh why there's no comprehending
     G               D
And who am I to try judge or explain
                   C
But I do have one burning question
     G                    Dsus    
Who told you life wasn't worth the
      D
 fight
           Em
They were wrong
      C
They lied
            Em          C
Now you're gone and we cry
              C9 (hold)  Am         
      D
   D C
It's just not like you to walk away 
in the middle of a song

         D      G      D C D
Your beautiful song
        G     D C9  D ( D )     
Your absolutely         beautiful   
G
  song