Why Chords
Why by Rascal Flatts is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, C, Em, Cadd9, Dsus, Am, Em7 and D4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G D C D G D C D
G C
You must have been in a place so dark
G
You couldn’t feel the light
Em D Cadd9 G
Reaching for you through that stormy cloud
C G
Now here we are gathered in our little home town
Em D Cadd9 G
This can’t be the way you meant to draw a crowd
D C
Oh why, that’s what I keep asking
G D
Was there anything I could have said or done
C G
Oh I had no clue you were masking a troubled soul
Dsus D Em D
God only knows what went wrong
C Am D G
D C D G D C D
and why you’d leave the stage in the middle of a song
G C G
Now in my mind I’ll keep you frozen as a 17 year old
Em D Cadd9 G
Rounding third to score the winning run
C G
You always played with passion no matter what the game
Em D Cadd9 G
When you took the stage you shined just like the sun
D C
Oh why, that’s what I keep asking
G D
Was there anything I could have said or done
C G
Oh I had no clue you were masking a troubled soul
Dsus D Em D
God only knows what went wrong
C Am D Em
and why you’d leave the stage in the middle of a song
D C G Em D C G
D Em7 D Am C
G C G
Now the oak trees a swaying in the early autumn breeze
Em D Cadd9 G
The golden sun is shining on my face
C G
Tangled thoughts I hear the mocking bird sing
Em D Cadd9 G
This old world really ain’t that bad a place
D C
Oh why there’s no comprehending
G D
And who am I to try judge or explain
C
But I do have one burning question
G Dsus D
Who told you life wasn’t worth the fight
Em
They were wrong
C
They lied
Em C
Now you’re gone and we cry
Cadd9 Am D
D C
It’s just not like you to walk away in the middle of a song
D G D C D
Your beautiful song
G D Cadd9 D4 D G
Your absolutely beautiful song