Tell Me Why Chords
Tell Me Why by Steeleye Span is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, Bb, Gm, C, Dm, Eb and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: F
Verse
Bb
What is deeper than the sea?
Gm C F C
What is higher than a tree?
F Bb
And what is louder than a horn?
Gm C F
What is sharper than a thorn?
Verse
Bb
What is whiter than the light?
Gm C F C
What is darker than the night?
F Bb
And what is colder than the clay?
Gm C Dm
What is broader than the way?
Dm C Bb
Tell me why, so many questions
C Bb
Tell me why the devil lies
C Bb
Tell me why
F Eb Bb G
Who will live or who will die?
Dm C Bb
Tell me why, so many questions
C Bb
Tell me why the devil lies
C Bb
Tell me why
F Eb Bb G
Which way leads to paradise?
Dm C Bb
Tell me why
C F
Tell me why
Verse
Bb
Hell is deeper than the sea
Gm C F C
Heaven is higher than a tree
F Bb
And thunder is louder than a horn
Gm C F
Hunger is sharper than a thorn
Verse
Bb
Truth is whiter than the light
Gm C F C
The devil is darker than the night
F Bb
And death is colder than the clay
Gm C Dm
Love is broader than the way
Dm C Bb
Tell me why, so many questions
C Bb
Tell me why the devil lies
C Bb
Tell me why
F Eb Bb G
Who will live or who will die?
Dm C Bb
Tell me why, so many questions
C Bb
Tell me why the devil lies
C Bb
Tell me why
F Eb Bb G
Which way leads to paradise?
Dm C Bb
Live or die
C F
Tell me why