Please Tell Me Why Chords

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Please Tell Me Why by Dave Clark Five is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, D, G, F, Dm7, Bb and Eb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Please Tell Me Why:Dave Clark Five. 
#18 CASH BOX and # 28 on BB Hot 100 on 
EPIC Records in 1966. 

Intro: C D C  G C G 

#1. 
C       G        C         F        C     G 
I don't know why she won't love me, Lord, please tell  
   C   G 
me why. 
C     G         C         F        C        G        C 
Maybe it's that she don't love me..could it be she's shy. 

#2. 
Dm7                    G                         D 
If she's shy then I'll understand, I'll make the first  
         G 
move and hold her hand. 
C          G          C       F    C  G        C 
But if I'm wrong then I'll be mad..la-da-da-da-da. 

Bridge: 
Bb        Eb      F      C             G 
I've been trying, oh, so hard, but she don't seem to  
C 
notice. 
Bb    Eb      F      C          G                C 
I sit next to her in class, but she can't see my motive. 


INTERLUDE: D C G  C G C 

#3. 
C      G         C     F    C      G             C    
Do you think she has a boy..if she has, then I'm done. 
G     C     G       C       F      C          G       C 
Cause if he catches me with her, I think I'll have to run. 
Dm7      G                                         D 
If she's passive, she'll understand..I'll value my love, 
               G 
but not in her hands. 

OUTRO: 
C          G          C       F    C  G        C 
But if I'm wrong then I'll be mad..la-da-da-da-da. 
C  G        C   C  G        C 
La-da-da-da-da..la-da-da-da-da..(Fade.) 


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat. 
    	

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