Why Did I Choose You Chords
by Shirley Horn
Why Did I Choose You by Shirley Horn is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, D9, F#m, Bm, G6, Cdim, B7, Em, B5+, Em7, A7, Bm5-/7, F#7, Gdim, Bm7, E9, E7, A9, A, A7M, Edim, E7/13, Cm5-/7, Fdim, G, C#m5-/7, E7/6 and E7/9-. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D D9 F#m Bm G6 Bm F#m Cdim B7 Em B5+ Em7 A7 D
Why did I choose you? What did I see in you
F#m Cdim Bm5-/7 Em7 F#7
I saw the heart you hide so well
Gdim Bm Bm7 E9 E7 A9 A A7M
I saw a quiet man who had a gentle way
D9 A E7 A E7 D9 Bm5-/7 E7 A Cdim A7
A way that caught me in its glowing spell
D D9 F#m Bm G6 Edim
Why did I want you
Bm F#m Gdim F#m Cdim B7 F#7 D
What could you offer me
F#m Cdim Bm5-/7 Em7 F#7
A love to last a life time through
Edim F#7 Bm E7 E7/13 D9 Cm5-/7 A7M
And when I lost my heart so many years ago
A A7M A D Fdim G Bm7 F#7 B7
I lost it lovingy and willingly to you
C#m5-/7 Gdim B7 E7/6 E7 D9 E7/9- A
If I had to choose again, I would still choose you