Why Oh Why
Why Oh Why

Why Oh Why easy guitar chords by Woody Guthrie

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    • Intro 1

    Verse 1

    Why can't 

    a dish 
    break 
    a hammer? 

    Why 
    oh why 
    oh 
    why?! 

    'Cause a 
    hammer's 
    a 
    hard 
    head. 

    Good
    bye 
    goodbye 
    goodbye. 

    Verse 2
    Why, 
    oh why, 
    oh why 
    oh, 
    why? 

    Why, 
    oh why, 
    oh 
    why? 

    Be
    cause 
    because 
    be
    cause 
    because 

    Good
    bye 
    goodbye 
    good
    bye 

    Verse 3
    Why can't 
    a bird 
    eat 
    an elephant? 

    Why, 
    oh why, 
    oh 
    why? 

    'Cause 
    an elephant's 
    got 

    a pretty hard 
    skin. 

    Good
    by 
    goodbye 
    good
    bye. 

    Verse 4
    Why can't 
    a mouse 
    eat 
    a streetcar? 

    Why, 
    oh why, 
    oh 
    why? 

    'Cause 
    a mouse's 
    stomach 
    could 
    never get 

    big enough to hold 
    a streetcar. 

    Goodbye 
    goodbye 
    goodbye. 

    Verse 5
    Why 
    does a horn 
    make 
    music? 

    Why, 
    oh why, 
    oh 
    why? 

    Because 
    the horn-blower 
    blows 
    blows 
    it. 

    Good
    bye 
    goodbye 
    goodbye 

    Verse 6
    Why does 
    a cow 
    drink 
    water? 

    Tell 
    me why 
    n 
    why? 

    Be
    cause 
    the cow 
    gets 
    thirsty 
    just like 

    you or me 
    or anybody 
    else. 

    Goo
    dye 
    goodbye goodbye. 

    Verse 7
    Why don't 
    you answer 
    my 
    questions? 

    Why, 
    oh why, 
    oh 
    why? 

    'Cause 
    I don't 
    know the 
    answers. 

    Good
    by 
    goodbye 
    good
    bye. 

    Verse 8
    What make 
    the landlord 
    take 
    money? 

    Why, 
    oh why, 
    oh 
    why? 

    I 
    don't know 
    that 
    one 
    myself. 

    Good
    bye 
    goodbye 
    good
    bye. 

    Verse 9
    Why's 
    there no pennies 
    for 
    ice 
    cream 

    Why, 
    oh why, 
    oh 
    why? 

    You 
    put all 
    the pennies 
    in 
    the 
    telephone. 

    Good
    bye 
    goodbye 
    good
    bye. 

    Verse 10
    Why 
    can't 
    a rabbit chase 
    an eagle? 

    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? 

    Because 
    because 
    be
    cause. 

    Verse 11
    Why 
    ain't my 
    grandpa 
    my grandma? 

    Why, 
    oh 
    why, 
    oh why? 

    Same 
    reas
    on your 
    dad's 

    not 
    your 
    mommy. 

    Good
    bye goodbye 
    goodbye. 

    Verse 12
    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 

    them 

    Good
    bye 
    goodbye 
    goodbye. 

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