You're The Reason - Hank Williams III
From debut solo album "Risin' Outlaw" released 7 Sep 1999
Written by Bobby Edwards, Terry Fell, James (Fred) Henley, Mildred Imes
Hank's version is different from original single released
Feb 1961 by "Bobby Edwards and the Four Young Men"
Electric guitar and pedal steel guitar parts arranged
for one acoustic guitar to match album recording, no capo,
play standard chord shapes (see end)
[Intro] 0:00
(solo starts on 4th beat)
N.C. E E A A
e|----------|-------------|--------------|---------------|------------|
B|----------|-------------|--------------|-5-4-3-2---3-4-|-5-4-3-2----|
G|------1-2-|-4-3-2-1---2-|-4-3-2-1--4/6-|-6-5-4-2---4-5-|-6-5-4-2----|
D|------2-4-|-6-5-4-2---4-|-6-5-4-2------|---------------|------------|
A|----------|-------------|--------------|---------------|------------|
E|----------|-------------|--------------|---------------|------------|
(pedal steel gtr arranged for acoustic gtr)
E B7 E E
e|-6/76/7------|--------------|-------------|-------0------|
B|-8/98/9--9---|-7/8-7/8--7~--|-------------|--------------|
G|------------9-|-8/9-8/9--8~--|-8/98/9-----|--------------|
D|--------------|--------------|-8/98/9-----|--------------|
A|--------------|--------------|-----------2/|/14-----------|
E|--------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
I ...
[Verse 1] 0:16
E E
I lay here at night, I toss and I turn,
A A
Loving you so, how my heart yearns, honey,
E E B7 B7
You're the reason, I cain't sleep at night.
[Verse 2] 0:32
E E
Just a walkin' the floor, thinkin' of you,
A A
Smoke cigarettes, and drink coffee too, honey,
E B7 E E7
You're the reason, I cain't sleep at night.
[Chorus] 0:47
A A E E
I'm bettin' you're not losin' sleep over me,
A A
But if I'm wrong, don't fail to call,
(2 beats only)
E B7 B7 B7
Come over and keep me-ee company.
[Verse 3] 1:06
E E
Sometimes I go for a walk, look at the moon,
A A
Strum my guitar, sing out an old tune, honey,
E B7 E
You're the reason I cain't sleep at night.
[Solo 1] 1:23
B7 E E A A
e|----------|-------------|--------------|---------------|-----------|
B|----------|-------------|--------------|-5-4-3-2---3-4-|-5-4-3-2---|
G|------1-2-|-4-3-2-1---2-|-4-3-2-1--4/6-|-6-5-4-2---4-5-|-6-5-4-2---|
D|------2-4-|-6-5-4-2---4-|-6-5-4-2------|---------------|-----------|
A|----------|-------------|--------------|---------------|-----------|
E|----------|-------------|--------------|---------------|-----------|
E E B7 B7
e|---------------|---------------|----------------|------------------|
B|---------------|---------------|-0--------------|------------------|
G|-4-6-----------|---1b2---------|----2b3---------|------------------|
D|-------54-2---|-2----2----0-1-|-------4---3b4--|-2--------------2-|
A|-------------4-|---------2-----|----------2---2-|---4/54-2--2-4---|
E|---------------|---------------|----------------|------------------|
[Solo 2] 1:40
(pedal steel gtr arranged for acoustic gtr)
E E A A
e|-4--7------4-|-7-------4-----|-----12------9--|-12~--------9~------|
B|-5--7-5----5-|-7-----5-5---9h|h10--12-10---10-|-12~-----10-10~-----|
G|------4------|-------4-----9-|-9------9-------|---------9----------|
D|-------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
A|-------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
E|-------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
E B7 E E
e|-6-7--6-7-------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
B|-8-9--8-9--9----|-/8-/8-/8---7~---|------------5/|/1715/17-----|
G|-----------9--9-|-/9-/9-/9---8~---|-8/98/9------|--------------|
D|--------------9-|-----------------|-8/98/9------|--------------|
A|----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
E|----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
I'm ...
[Chorus] 1:55
A A E E
I'm bettin' you're not losin', sleep over me,
A A
But if I'm wrong, don't fail to call,
(2 beats only)
E B7 B7 B7
Come over and keep me-ee company.
[Verse 4] 2:14
E E
Sometimes I go for a walk, look at the moon,
A A
Strum my guitar, sing out an old tune, honey,
E B7 E A
You're the reason I cain't sleep at night, honey,
E B7
You're the ree-ason I can't sleep at ...
[Outtro] 2:35
E A E E
e|------------|------------|-----0---------------|---------------|
B|------------|-5-4-3-2----|---------------------|---------------|
G|-4-3-2-1----|-6-5-4-2----|-2/4--42p0----------|---------------|
D|-6-5-4-2----|------------|------------2--1-0---|---------------|
A|------------|------------|-------------------2-|-1--0----------|
E|------------|------------|---------------------|------3~--0----|
night.
(slower)
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|-------2----|
A|------------|
E|-2-3-4------|
[End] 2:49
[Chords]
A X02220
B7 X21202
E 022100
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| / Slide up
| Slide down
| h Hummer-on
| p Pull-off
| ~ Vibrato
| b Bend
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