Why Oh Why chords by
Woody Guthrie

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Why can't
a dish break a hammer?
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D D 
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Why oh why oh why?!
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D D 
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'Cause a hammer's a hard head.
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Verse 2

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Why, oh why, oh why oh, why?

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Why, oh why, oh why?

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Be cause because because because

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Verse 3
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Why can't a bird eat an elephant?
Why, oh why, oh why?
'Cause an elephant's got
a pretty hard skin.
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Verse 4
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Why can't a mouse eat a streetcar?
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Why, oh why, oh why?
'Cause a mouse's stomach could never get
big enough to hold a streetcar.
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D D 
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Verse 5

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Why does a horn make music?

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Why, oh why, oh why?

Because the horn-blower blows blows it.

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Verse 6
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Why does a cow drink water?
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Tell me why n why?
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Be cause the cow gets thirsty just like
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G G 
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D D 
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you or me or anybody else.
A A 
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Verse 7

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Why don't you answer my questions?

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Why, oh why, oh why?

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'Cause I don't know the answers.

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Verse 8

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What make the landlord take money?

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Why, oh why, oh why?

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I don't know that one myself.

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Verse 9

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Why's there no pennies for ice cream

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Why, oh why, oh why?

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You put all the pennies in the telephone.

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Verse 10
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Why can't a rabbit chase an eagle?
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Tell me why, oh why?
'Cause the last rabbit that took out and
chased after an eagle didn't come
Out so good and that's why rabbits
don't chase after eagles that's all I
Know about rabbits and eagles?
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D D 
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Because because because.

Verse 11
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Why ain't my grandpa my grandma?
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Why, oh why, oh why?
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Same reason your dad's
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not your mommy.
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Verse 12
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Why couldn't the wind
blow backwards?
Why, oh why, oh why?
'Cause it might backfire and
hurt somebody and if it
Hurt somebody it'd keep on hurting
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D D 
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G G 
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them
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