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Millie Jackson
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Key: A minor•
Intro 1
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We lost
Verse 1
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his
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father while serving this country
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This is a subject he nev
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er understood
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Then why do we live here in poverty,
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in this rundown neighbor hood?
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He always says, why me?
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Mom, I know you taught me right,
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why me?
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F
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But you seem to stay uptight,
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why me?
F
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The answer's never easy,
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Am
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but still you try so hard to please me, yeah
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I worked two jobs to keep food on the table,
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nothing he needed was enough
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Night after night I wondered how would I be able,
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to keep the truth from him when he's so dissat isfied, all the time he can't
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Why me?
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Why do I have to live this way?
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Why me?
F
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There has to be a better day
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Am
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Why me?
F
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If I only had my dad
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This country on me,
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G

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they'd take it as a hat
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G
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Yeah
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It must have been too much for him
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My phone rang late one night
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I recall a saying
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Ma 'am, we got your boy down here
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Am
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The truth was coming to the light
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He said they took my dad and
Dm
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now I've taken from them
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And I don't think that's a crime
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C
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My heart was heavy as I cried after him
Dm
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Son, can you forgive me?
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I've been lying all the time
F
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I thought I was
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God and what was mine

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F
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I did all that I could do
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Dm
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Why me?
F
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I wanted to spare this all from you
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Why me?
Am
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I might die and go to hell,
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E
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but I told a lie
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Am
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Your dad is in jail, why me?
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D
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Dm
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You just don't understand, why me?
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G
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Am
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I lost my son and my land, why me?
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All this life I have pretended
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E
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Now just look at me and you'll

see how it's ended
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Am
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Why me?
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G
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Why did it all happen to me?
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Dm
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Why me?
F
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You got me here in misery
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Am
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Why me? I can't even go as planned
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D
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When I look at this, give me to stay in jail
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Am
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Why me? I got no reason to go home
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Dm
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F
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Why me? I gotta live my life alone
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Am
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Why me?
F
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It was the truth I never punished
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Dm
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E
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Em
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But now it's me,
F
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I'm the one who's being punished
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Am
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Why me?
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Dm
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F
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Tell me, why me?
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Why me,
Outro 1

Lord?
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Am

  • C

  • D

  • F

  • G

  • Dm

  • E

  • Em

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Why Me by Millie Jackson is A minor.

The primary chords used in Why Me are Am, C, D, F, G, Dm.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Am, C, D, F, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Why Me is approximately 130 beats per minute.

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