Why Must I Always Explain chords by
Ray Charles
Van Morrison

N/A

Key: G major

Intro 1

Have to toe the line, I've got to make

Verse 1
C C 
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G G 
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the most
Bm Bm 2
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Spent all the years going,
C C 
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D D 
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from pillar to post
G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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Now I'm standing on the outside
C C 
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G G 
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and I'm waitin' in the rain
Bm Bm 2
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C C 
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Tell me why must I always explain
G G 
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Verse 2
Bm Bm 2
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Bared my soul to the crowd
C C 
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G G 
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eh but oh what the cost
Bm Bm 2
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Most of  them laughed out loud
C C 
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D D 
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like nothings been lost
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Bm Bm 2
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There were hypocrites and parasites
C C 
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G G 
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and people that drain
Bm Bm 2
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C C 
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Tell me why must I always explain
G G 
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Verse 3
Bm Bm 2
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C C 
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G G 
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Why, why must I always explain
Bm Bm 2
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C C 
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Over and over, over again
D D 
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G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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It's just a job you know and
C C 
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G G 
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it's no sweet Lorraine
Bm Bm 2
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C C 
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G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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Tell me why must I always explain
C C 
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G G 
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Interlude 1

Verse 4
G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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Well I get up in the morning
C C 
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G G 
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and I get my brief
Bm Bm 2
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I go out and stare at the world
C C 
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D D 
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in complete disbelief
G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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It's not righteous indignation
C C 
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G G 
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that makes me complain
Bm Bm 2
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C C 
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It's the fact that I always have to explain
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I can't be

Verse 5
Bm Bm 2
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everywhere at once,
C C 
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G G 
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there's always somebody to see
Bm Bm 2
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And I never turned out to be the person
C C 
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D D 
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that you wanted me to be
G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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And I tell you who I   am,
C C 
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G G 
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time and time and time again
Bm Bm 2
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C C 
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Tell me why must I always explain
G G 
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Verse 6
Bm Bm 2
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Well it's out on the highway
C C 
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G G 
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and it's on with the show
Bm Bm 2
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Always telling people things
C C 
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D D 
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they're too lazy to know
G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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It can make you crazy,
C C 
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yeah it can drive you insane
G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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C C 
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Tell me why must I always explain.
G G 
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Outro 1
Bm Bm 2
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C C 
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G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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C C 
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D D 
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G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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C C 
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G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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C C 
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G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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C C 
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G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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G G 
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C C 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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C C 
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G G 
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