Why Oh Why chords by Woody Guthrie
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Intro 1
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 1
(D major) Why can't
a dish break a hammer?
(G major) Why oh why oh (D major) why?!
(G major) 'Cause a hammer's a (D major) hard head.
Good (A major) bye goodbye (D major) goodbye.
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Verse 2
(D major) Why, oh why, oh why oh, (G major) why?
Why, oh why, oh (D major) why?
(G major) Be cause because be (D major) cause because
Good (A major) bye goodbye good (D major) bye
Verse 3
(D major) Why can't a bird eat an elephant?
Why, oh why, oh why?
'Cause an elephant's got
a pretty hard skin.
Good (A major) by goodbye good (D major) bye.
Verse 4
(D major) Why can't a mouse eat a streetcar?
(G major) Why, oh why, oh (D major) why?
'Cause a mouse's stomach could never get
big enough to hold a streetcar.
Goodbye (A major) goodbye (D major) goodbye.
Verse 5
Why does a horn make (D major) music?
(G major) Why, oh why, oh (D major) why?
Because the horn-blower blows blows it.
Good (A major) bye goodbye (D major) goodbye
Verse 6
Why does a cow drink (D major) water?
(G major) Tell me why n (D major) why?
(G major) Be cause the cow gets (D major) thirsty just like
you or me or anybody else. (A major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
Goo (A major) dye goodbye goodbye. (D major)
Verse 7
(D major) Why don't you answer my questions?
(G major) Why, oh why, oh (D major) why?
(G major) 'Cause I don't know the (D major) answers.
Good (A major) by goodbye good (D major) bye.
Verse 8
(D major) What make the landlord take money?
(G major) Why, oh why, oh (D major) why?
I don't know that (G major) one myself.
Good (A major) bye goodbye good (D major) bye.
Verse 9
(D major) Why's there no pennies for ice cream
(G major) Why, oh why, oh (D major) why?
You (G major) put all the pennies in the (D major) telephone.
Good (A major) bye goodbye good (D major) bye.
Verse 10
Why can't a rabbit chase an eagle? (D major)
Tell (G major) me why, oh why? (D major)
'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 (A major) cause. (D major)
Verse 11
Why ain't my (D major) grandpa my grandma?
Why, (G major) oh why, (D major) oh why?
Same (G major) reason your dad's
(D major) not your mommy.
Good (A major) bye goodbye (D major) goodbye.
Verse 12
Why couldn't (D major) 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
(A major) (D major) (G major) (D major) them (G major)
Good (A major) bye goodbye goodbye.
Why Oh Why
Woody Guthrie
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