Troubled And I Dont Know Why Chords

KeyC Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays498

Troubled And I Dont Know Why by Joan Baez is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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Chorus 
    C 
I'm troubled and I don't know why 
    F                         C 
I'm troubled and I don't know why 
                  G       F          G 
the trouble on my mind is driving me blind 
    F              G          C 
I'm troubled and I don't know why 

Verse 
    C 
Oh, what did the morning say? 
   F                       C 
Oh, what did the morning say? 
                          G            F          G 
Well, it rolled from the night with a dark dreary light 
    F              G      C 
Sayin' another old weary day 

Verse 
      C 
What did the newspaper tell? 
       F                C 
What did the newspaper tell? 
                         G            F          G 
Well, it rolled in the door and it layed on the floor 
   F              G      C 
Sayin' things ain't goin' so well 

Verse 
      C 
What did the television squall? 
       F                C 
What did the television squall? 
                         G                F              G 
Well, it roared and it boomed and it bounced around the room 
   F              G      C 
and it never said nothing at all 

Verse 
      C 
What did the moviescreen lecture? 
       F                C 
What did the moviescreen lecture? 
                         G                F              G 
Well, it heated and it froze and it took off all its clothes 
  F              G      C 
and I left in the middle of the picture 


    C 
I'm troubled and I don't know why 
    F                         C 
I'm troubled and I don't know why 
                  G       F          G 
the trouble on my mind is driving me blind 
    F              G          C 
I'm troubled and I don't know why  
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante