I Wonder Why Chords

KeyBm Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays521

I Wonder Why by Fleetwood Mac is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bm with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords Bm, F#sus4, G, A, Em and C#7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bm
Text
16
Speed
  			
 

Intro 
Bm F#sus4 Bm (x2) 


verse 1 
     Bm 
It's hard 

When a love goes wrong 
G               A            Bm 
 Picking up the pieces to go on 
    Bm 
Our dreams 

Are scattered in the wind 
G               A 
 I won't let you take me under 
G                A 
 Even though you tried...and 

Bm A        G 
I wonder why 
       Em              Bm 
Things go the way they do 
    A        G      Em               Bm 
Why people lie, and break a heart in two 
  A        G 
I wonder why 
       Em              Bm 
Things go the way they do 

verse 2 
     Bm 
It's strange 

Strange the way I feel 
G              A               Bm 
 Time is all I need to make me heal 
       Bm 
You're gone 

And now I'm all alone (now you're all alone) 
G       A 
 I'll reclaim the thunder 
G                   A 
 Dry the tears i've cried...still 
 
Bm A        G 
I wonder why 
       Em              Bm 
Things go the way they do 
    A        G      Em               Bm 
Why people lie, and break a heart in two 
  A        G 
I wonder why 
       Em              Bm 
Things go the way they do 

verse 3 
        A                            Bm 
Now I'm turning my back on confusion 
        A                           Bm 
I won't live in a world of illusion 
         G                     A 
Well the river stopped running through me 
G                        A 
 You didn't see what you did to me 
G                        A 
 I've got to try to find, some kind of peace of mind 
C#7 
   You're just a mystery to me 

G       A 
 I'll reclaim the thunder 
G                   A 
 Dry the tears I've cried...still 


Bm A        G 
I wonder why 
       Em              Bm 
Things go the way they do 
    A        G      Em               Bm 
Why people lie, and break a heart in two 
  A        G 
I wonder why 
       Em              Bm 
Things go the way they do 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante