Why Would I Now? chords by
The Decemberists
The Decemberists

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Key: G major
Verse 1
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Have I ever lost your way?
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Have I ever left you waylaid?
Have I ever called and stayed?
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Why would I now?
Verse 2
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There were times I load your name
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There were times I laid on plain
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There were times I brought on shame
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Why would I now?
Verse 3
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But I will never be your familiar soul
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C

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And I will never see your interior whole
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But have I ever stood back and
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C

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G

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watched you fall?
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C

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C

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Ditched your call? Cut you, bend around?
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Why would I now?
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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Have I ever steered you wrong?
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Have I ever strung you along?
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Have I ever kept you long?
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Why would I now?
Verse 5
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There were times I broke
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through the walls
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There were times I broke through it all
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There were times it felt so hard
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Why would I now?
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But I will never
Verse 6
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be your familiar soul
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And I will never see your interior whole
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But have I ever stood back and
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watched you fall?
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Ditched your call? Cut you, bend around?
Why would I now?
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Em
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Verse 7
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Though the years they may
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upbraid you
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How it all nearly unmade
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you laying down
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Why would I now?
Verse 8
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Remember when it all went dark
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Remember when it first ran apart
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Remember how I held my marks
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So wouldn't I now?
Verse 9
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But I will never be your familiar soul
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And I will never see your interior whole
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But have I ever stood back and
C
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watched you fall?
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Ditched your call? Cut you, bend around?
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Why would I now?
Outro 1
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Em
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