Capo: 1 Tuning: E A D G B E

THE REASON WHY (Ron Sexsmith) From the album "Long Player Late Bloomer" (2011) Capo 1 [Intro] E A (x4) [Verse 1]

As all the ^Erooms are full of empties The ^Awine attempts to tempt me ^EWould you help me ^Adisappear And we'll ^Elet the path go hungry And ^Ahead at last to country ^EOr a small town ^Aaway from here

[Chorus]

^F#mMaybe there we'll finally ^DSee there is no need to ^C#mtry ^G#7All our ^Alives E A (x2) For a reason why

[Verse 2]

'Cause when the ^Emoon is glowing dimly U^Apon our hopeful chimney ^ETrouble simply ^Areappears To ^Ethrow a monkey wrench in And ^Ahold the world's attention ^EWith a show of ^Asurreal fear

[Chorus]

^F#mHoping for an answer I ^Dglance up to indifferent ^C#mskies There's ^G#7no re^Aply Or a reason ^Ewhy ^A Reason ^Ewhy ^A

[Bridge]

All we would ^Dhear is a ^Adeafening ^Esilence Hollywood ^Dtears in ^Afrivolous ^Etimes Oh ^Dto be near ^G#7your ^Alove

[Solo] E A (x4) [Verse 3]

You can ^Ewonder where the time went Or ^Awhat it was it all meant ^EIt's been a life spent ^Awondering why

[Chorus]

^F#mLooking for a name Or ^Dcoat to pin the blame on^C#m I'm ^G#7done ^Asighing For a reason ^Ewhy ^A Reason ^Ewhy ^A Reason ^Ewhy ^A Reason ^Ewhy ^A

[Outro]

All we would ^Dhear is a ^Adeafening ^Esilence^G#7 ^A ^D ^E

Ron Sexsmith - The reason why