Key: B major
Verse 1
Bb
Why, oh why, oh why, oh why
Why, oh why, oh why
Because, because, because,
because
F
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Bb
This song was written around 1947
Gb
I think by Woody Guthrie
Bb
for his three year old daughter, Cathy
And she'll live forever
Gm
Bb
with this song.
Why can't a dish break a hammer?
Why, oh why, oh why?
F
Bb
Be cause a hammer's a hard head.
F
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
Bb
Everyone.
Gm
Bb
Why, oh why, oh why, oh why?
Gm
Eb
Bb
Why, oh why, oh why?
Gm
Bb
Cm
Because, because,
Bb
Gm
Bb
because, because,
Gm
Bb
F
Bb
goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
F
Why can't a mosquito bite
Bb
an elephant?
Why, oh why, oh why?
Because an elephant's got
a pretty thick skin.
F
Bb
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, oh why, oh why,
Gm
Bb
Gm
Bb
Eb
Bb
oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why,
Because, because, because,
because,
F
Bb
goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
F
Bb
Why can't a mouse eat a streetcar?
F
Bb
Why, oh why, oh why?
Because a mouse's stomach
isn't big enough to hold a streetcar.
F
Bb
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
Why, oh why, oh why, oh why?
Eb
Bb
Why, oh, why, oh, why?
Eb
Bb
Because, because, because,
because,
F
Bb
goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
Why does a cow drink water?
F
Bb
F
Bb
Why, oh, why, oh, why?
Because a cow gets thirsty
Gm
just like you or me or
Bb
anything else.
F
Bb
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
F
Bb
Why don't you answer my questions?
Why, oh why, oh why?
Because I don't know the answers.
F
Bb
F
Bb
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
You know, this would be a wonderful
F
Bb
song tomorrow morning,
Gm
or Monday morning, or any morning.
Bb
The teacher just opens his mouth
and with one voice
Bb
the whole class bursts into song.
Why, oh why, oh why, oh why?
Eb
Booyah why
Bb
F
F
So he says
Bb
Because, because,
because, because
Bb
Goodbye
Outro 1
F
Bb
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