Why You Fall Chords
Why You Fall by Jenny Owen Youngs is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A#. It uses the chords A#, Gm, D# and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
A# Gm
Oh god it took a while to come right back to me
A# Gm
I’d give up anything if you’d just let me be
A# Gm
No use in shaking me just leave me in my bed
D# A#
Cause mornings are the worst bit
F A#
Mornings drag me on ahead
A# Gm
I know I should have seen that hand behind your back
A# Gm
But I was launching my own full-scale heart attack
A# Gm
Yeah you sure taught me something when you took me down
D# A#
Make the best of moments
F A#
Then make for higher ground
D# A# F Gm
Don’t want to hear about the wind and how it blow
D# A# Gm F
As far as I see love is just a hole (do do do)
D# A# Gm F
Love is just a hole (do do do)
A# Gm
Just like a tidal wave you crumble and divide (wooo)
A# Gm
With no regard for all the shreds you’ve left behind (wooo)
A# Gm
So now what can I do but tremble in your wake
D# A#
Sorting things you’ve broken
F A#
From things you’ve yet to break
D# A# F Gm
Don’t want to hear about some fate we can’t control
D# A# Gm F
As far as I see love is just a hole (do do do)
D# A# Gm F
Love is just a hole (do do do)
D# A# Gm F
That’s why you fall (do do do)
D# A# Gm F
Love is just a hole
A# Gm
Armed with demons plenty and pleasures oh so few
A# Gm
Left to my devices can’t say what I might do
Gm
Well you turned me around
D#
But that’s all over now
A# Gm F D# X3
(whistle x2)
(do do do)
D# A# Gm F
Love is just a hole (do do do)
D# A# Gm F
Love is just a hole (do do do)
D# A# Gm F
That’s why you faaaall (do do do)
D# A# Gm F
Love is just a hoooole (do do do)
D# A# Gm F
Love is just a hole (do do do)
D# A# Gm F
Love is just a hole (whistle)