Wherefore And Why Chords

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Wherefore And Why by Glen Campbell is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Am, Bm, D, C, A7 and Dsus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: G  Am  Bm  Am   

verse 1 

G                        Am                     Bm 
When I woke this mornin' something inside of me 
                    Am    G 
Told me, This would be my day. 
G                         Am 
I heard the mornin' train,   I felt the wind change. 
Bm                  Am    G 
Too many times, I'm on my way. 

 

D        G         C            G 
Come on, sunshine, what can you show me 
C             G          A7           D 
Where can you take me to make me understand 
C            G         C           G        C 
The wind can shake me, brothers forsake me. 
             G             C               Dsus4 
The rain can touch me, but can I touch the rain 

verse 2 

G                      Am                 Bm              Am      G 
Then I saw the sunrise above a cotton sky    like a candy cane delight. 
                   Am                     Bm             Am      G 
I saw the milkman, I saw the businessman, I saw the only road in sight. 
                            Am                       Bm  
And then I got to thinkin', what makes you want to go   to know the  
          Am      G 
wherefore and the why 
G                  Am                        Bm                 Am  G 
So many times now, O Lord, I can't remember, if it is September or July 
 

D        G         C            G 
Come on, sunshine, what can you show me 
C             G          A7           D 
Where can you take me to make me understand 
C            G         C           G        C 
The wind can shake me, brothers forsake me. 
             G             C               Dsus4 
The rain can touch me, but can I touch the rain 

G  Am  Bm  Am  G 

Bridge 

G                              Am             
And all at once it came to me. I saw the wherefore, 
Bm                 Am     G 
And you can see it if you try. 
                       Am 
It's in the sun above, it's in the ones you love. 
Bm                    Am     G 
You'll never know the reason why. 

Outro 

D        G         C            G 
Come on, sunshine, what can you show me 
C              G          A7          D 
Where can you take me to make me understand 
C            G         C           G        C 
The wind can shake me, brothers forsake me. 
             G             C               Dsus4 
The rain can touch me, but can I touch the rain 

So much to lose, so much to gain.  
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante