Why chords by
David Byrne
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Verse 1
Bm Bm 
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F#dim F#dim 
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G G 
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C C 
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I  don't have
G G 
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Bm Bm 
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any philosophy
Am Am 
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G G 
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C C 
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Am Am 
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F F 
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D D 
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Why do I know what I know?
C C 
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F F 
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F#dim F#dim 
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F F 
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I  see the world in a coffee   cup
C# C# 
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D D 
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Dm Dm 
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And when I drink it down there I go

Verse 2
G G 
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C C 
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We have our own kind of
G G 
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Bm Bm 
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Am Am 
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universe
G G 
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C C 
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Am Am 
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F F 
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D D 
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Sometime but not always true
C C 
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F F 
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F#dim F#dim 
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F F 
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How come? Wait! Maybe I think    it is
C# C# 
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D D 
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Abdim Abdim 
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The view is very nice and      it's
D D 
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Abdim Abdim 
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D D 
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big through  and through

Verse 3
D D 
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I got skills and I got secrets,
G G 
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I can part my hair
D D 
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I  feel an empty space where love could be
In adjoining universes
Touching here and there
I stick my head outside
E E 
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and I can see - that
A A 
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Particles

Verse 4
D D 
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A A 
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spin 'round a nucleus
C#m C#m 
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Bm Bm 
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A A 
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D D 
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Planets encircle
Bm Bm 
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G G 
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E E 
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the sun
D D 
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G G 
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Abdim Abdim 
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G G 
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Further out there is the Milky    Way
Bm Bm 
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Am Am 
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D D 
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G#dim G#dim 
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D D 
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The coolest part of all cracks   me up,
G#dim G#dim 
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Ev'rytime
D D 
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E E 
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Verse 5
A A 
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D D 
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A A 
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Bm Bm 
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Life isn't really miraculous
A A 
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D D 
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Bm Bm 
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G G 
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E E 
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It had to happen this way
D D 
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G G 
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G#dim G#dim 
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G G 
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We had to meet in this checkout line
Bm Bm 
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Am Am 
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D D 
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G#dim G#dim 
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D D 
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Explain it as  a simple twist    of fate
G#dim G#dim 
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D D 
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G#dim G#dim 
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G G 
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Cm Cm 
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But      we can't - be     - sure

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