Don’t know why
(midi)
G - G7 - C -
Cm - Em - A - D - D7
- G G7
C - Cm - Em A D - G
1. I waited till I saw the
sun, I don’t know why I didn't come.
G
G7 C - Cm - Em A D - G
I left you by the house of
fun, I don't know why I
didn't come,
Em
A D - G
I don't know why I didn't
come.
G G7 C - Cm - Em A D - G
2. When I saw the break of
day, I wished that I could
fly away,
G
G7 C - Cm
Em A D G
instead of kneeling in the
sand, catching teardrops in my
hand.
Em A D - D7
Em A D D7
My heart is drenched in
wine, but you'll be on my mind,
forever.
G G7 C - Cm - Em A D - G
3. Out across the endless
sea, I would die in
ecstasy,
G
G7 C - Cm - Em A
D - G
but I'll be a bag of
bones, driving down the
road alone.
Em A D - D7
Em A D D7
My heart is drenched in
wine, but you'll be on my mind,
forever.
+ instrumental = verse 3, lines 1 & 2
G G7 C - Cm - Em A D -G
4. Something has to make you
run, I don't know why I didn't
come.
G
G7 C - Cm - Em A D - G
I feel as empty as a
drum, I don't know why I
didn't come.
- Em A D - G
I don't know why I didn't come,
- Em A D - G
I don't know why I didn't come.
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Norah
Jones)