Tell me why Chords
by Genesis
Tell me why by Genesis is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em7, Em6, Bm, Bsus2, G, A, Bm7, D, Dmaj7, A6, A7, C, C6, Gmaj7, Am, Am9 and Am6. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6 Bm Bsus2 Bm G A G
Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6
Mothers crying in the street, children dying at their feet
Bm Bsus2 Bm G A G
Tell me why, oh, tell me why
Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6
People starving everywhere, there's too much food but there's none to spare
Bm Bsus2 Bm G A G
Tell me why, oh, tell me why
Bm7 D G Bm D G
Can you see that shaft of sunlight? Can you see it in my eyes?
D A G D A G
I can feel the fire that's burning, anger and hope so deep
Em7 Em6 Em7 D Dmaj7 D
So deep within my heart but before my eyes
G A6 A A6 A7
Oh, for some it's too late 'cause it seems there's no-one listening
Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6
People sleeping in the streets, no roof above, no food to eat
Bm Bsus2 Bm G A G
Tell me why, oh, tell me why
Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6
See the questions in their eyes, listen to their children's cries
Bm Bsus2 Bm G A G
Tell me why, please tell me why
Bm7 D G Bm D G
If there's a God, is He watching? Can he give a ray of light?
D A G D A G
So much pain and so much sorrow, tell me what does He see
Em7 Em6 Em7 D Dmaj7 D
When He looks at you? When He looks at me?
G A6 A A6 A7 G
What would He say? It seems there's no-one listening
D G C G D C G D G
Who would think it still could happen even in this time and place?
D C6 Gmaj7
Politicians, they may save themselves
Bm7 Am C
Ah, but they won't save their face
Am9 Am6
So hope against hope, it's not too late
Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6 Bm Bsus2 Bm G A G
Em7 Em6
You say there's nothing you can do
Em7 Em6
Is there one rule for them and one for you?
Bm Bsus2 Bm G A G
Tell me why, just tell me why
Bm7 D G Bm D G
Listen, can you see that shaft of sunlight? Can you see it in my eyes?
D A G D A G
I can feel the fire that's burning, anger and hope so deep
Em7 Em6 Em7 D Dmaj7 D
So deep within my heart but before my eyes
G A6 A A6 A7
Oh, for some it's too late 'cause it seems there's no-one listening
Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6 Bm Bsus2 Bm G A G
"Hurry for me, hurry for me and hurry for me, hurry for me", they cry, they cry
Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6 Bm Bsus2 Bm G A G
"Hurry for me, hurry for me and hurry for me, hurry for me", they cry, they cry
Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6 Bm Bsus2 Bm G A G
"Hurry for me, hurry for me and hurry for me, hurry for me", they cry, they cry
Em7 Em6
"Hurry for me, hurry for me"
Em6: 022020
A6: 002222
Am9: 575557
Am6: 575755