Intro: G D C D G D C D
Verse:
G
You must have been in a place so dark
C G
You couldn’t feel the light
Em D Cadd9
Reaching for you through that stormy cloud
G C G
Now here we are gathered in our little home town
G D Cadd9 G
This can’t be the way you meant to draw a crowd
Chorus:
Bm C
Oh, why? That’s what I keep asking
G D D
Was there anything I could have said or done?
Bm C G
Oh, I had no clue you were masking a troubled soul
D D Em D
God only knows what went wrong
C Em Am D G
and why you’d leave the stage in the middle of a song
Interlude: D C D G D C D
Verse:
G C G
Now in my mind I keep you frozen as a 17-year old
Em D Cadd9
Rounding third to score the winning run
G C G
You always played with passion no matter what the game
G D Cadd9 G
When you took the stage you shined just like the sun
Chorus:
Bm C
Oh, why? That’s what I keep asking
G D D
Was there anything I could have said or done?
Bm C G
Oh, I had no clue you were masking a troubled soul
D D Em D
God only knows what went wrong
C G Am D Em
and why you’d leave the stage in the middle of a song
Interlude:
D C G Em D C G
A A A A Em7 C
Verse:
G C G
Now the oak trees a-swaying in the early autumn breeze
Em D Cadd9
The golden sun is shining on my face
G C G
Tangled thoughts I hear the mocking bird sing
G D Cadd9 G
This old world really ain’t that bad a place
Chorus:
Bm C
Oh, why? There’s no comprehending
G D D
And who am I to try to judge or ex - plain
Bm C
But I do have one burning question
G D D
Who told you life wasn’t worth the fight
Em D
They were wrong
C
They lied
Em D C
Now you’re gone and we cry
G Am D G D C
It’s just not like you to walk away in the middle of a song
D G D C D
Your beaut - i - ful song
G D C D D G
Your absolutely beaut – i - ful song