Why Must I Always Explain chords by
Van Morrison

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Key: G major•

Intro 1

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Bm

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

Verse 1

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the most

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Spent all the years going,

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from pillar to post

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Now I'm standing on the outside and

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I'm waitin' in the rain

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Tell me why must I always explain

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Bared my soul to the crowd

Verse 2

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eh but oh what the cost

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Most of them laughed out loud

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like nothings been lost

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There were hypocrites and parasites

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and people that drain

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Tell me why must I always explain

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Verse 3

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Why, why must I always explain

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Over and over, over again

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It's just a job you know and

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it's no sweet Lorraine

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Tell me why must I always explain

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Interlude 1

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Verse 4

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Well I get up in the morning

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and I get my brief

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I go out an d stare at the world

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in complete disbelief

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It's not righteous indignation that

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makes me complain

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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

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everywhere at once,

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there's always somebody to see

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And I never turned out to be the person

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that you wanted me to be

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G

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Bm

Bm

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And I tell you who I am,

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C

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time and time and time again

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C

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Tell me why must I al ways explain

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Verse 6

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Well it's out on the highway

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and it's on with the show

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Always telling people things

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they're too lazy to know

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It can make you crazy,

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yeah it can drive you insane

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Tell me why must I always explain.

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Outro 1

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Em

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Chords

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Em

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Why Must I Always Explain by Van Morrison is G major.

The primary chords used in Why Must I Always Explain are G, Bm, C, D, Em.

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