[Intro]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7
[Verse]
Fmaj7
Why does Saigon never sleep at night?
Cmaj7
Why does this girl smell of orange trees?
Fmaj7
How can I feel good when nothing's right?
Em
Why is she cool when there is no breeze?
Dm
Vietnam
Dm
You don't give answers, do you friend?
G F/G G
Just questions that don't ever end
[Chorus]
C Cmaj7 Am/C C
Why God? Why today?
Am Am7 F/A Am
I'm all through here, on my way
Dm
There's nothing left here that I'll miss
F/G G
Why send me now a night like this?
[Verse]
Fmaj7
Who is the girl in this rusty bed?
Cmaj7
Why am I back in a filthy room?
Fmaj7
Why is her voice ringing in my head?
Em
Why am I high on her cheap perfume?
Dm
Vietnam
Dm
Hey look I mean you no offense
G F/G G
But why does nothing here make sense?
[Chorus]
C Cmaj7 Am/C C
Why God? Show your hand
Am Am7 F/A Am
Why can't one guy understand?
Dm
I've been with girls who knew much more
F/G G
I never felt confused before
[Verse]
Eb Ebmaj7 Cm/Eb Eb
Why me? What's your plan?
Cm Cm7 Ab/C Cm
I can't help her, no one can
Ab Cm/F
I liked my mem'ries as they were
Bbsus Bb
But now I'll leave rememb'ring her
[Instrumental]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Ebmaj7 Db Gb Gb Ab Gb/Ab Ab
[Verse]
Db
When I went home before
Dbmaj7
No one talked of the war
Bb/Db
What they knew from TV
Db5 Fm
Didn't have a thing to do with me
Fm/Eb
Db
I went back and re-upped
Dbmaj7
Sure Saigon is corrupt
Bm/Db
It felt better to be
Db5 Bb7
Here driving for the embassy
Ebm11
'Cause here if you can pull a string
Absus
A guy like me lives like a king
Ab A
Just as long as you don't believe anything
[Instrumental]
D D/C G/B Bb
[Chorus]
D/A F#m/A Bm/A D/A
Why God? Why this face?
Bm Bm7 G/B Bm
Why such beauty in this place?
Bm/E Em
I liked my mem'ries as they were
Asus A G/A
But now I'll leave rememb'ring her
D
Just her
[Outro]
Bm G Gmaj7 D