The Cure – The Reasons Why Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are The Reasons Why chords by The Cure on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro]
C5    G5    E5    G5
C5    G5    E5    G5
Cmaj7    G/D    Em7    G/B
Cmaj7    G/D    Em7    G/B
Cmaj7    G/D    Em7    G/B
Cmaj7    G/D    Em7    G/B

[Verse 1]
Cmaj7            G/D
  I won't try to bring you
       Em7        G/B
down about my suicide
Cmaj7            G/D
  Got no need to understand
  Em7            G/B
 about my big surprise
Cmaj7            G/D
  I won't beg to hang you
     Em7          G/B
 up about my love of life
Cmaj7            G/D
  If you promise not to sing
  Em7               G/B
 about the reasons why

[Pre-Chorus]
Cmaj7                G/D
  I am writing you a letter.
          Em7                  G/B
Getting better. Can I see you when
Cmaj7                   G/D
  All the lights go out together?
           Em7
 Blame the weather, yeah,
            G/B
the cold again
Cmaj7                   G/D
  In the darkness for a second
      Em7                     G/B
 I am sure I see them smiling then
Cmaj7            G/D
  I feel them calling me.
  Em7                    G/B
 Yeah, they are calling me

[Chorus]
Am
 And I'm falling through the
  Bm     C            C/D
 stars (you remember now?)
Am
 Yeah, I'm falling in their
 Bm    C            C/D
arms (you remember how?)
Am
 Oh, I'm falling through th
  Bm   C            C/D
e sky (you remember this?)
Am                     Bm
 I am falling in their eyes
  C                C/D  C
(you remember the kiss?)

[Instrumental]
C5    G5    E5    G5
C5    G5    E5    G5
Cmaj7    G/D    Em7    G/B
Cmaj7    G/D    Em7    G/B

[Verse 2]
Cmaj7            G/D
  I won't try to pull you
     Em7          G/B
in about my sacrifice
Cmaj7               G/D
  Makes no sense to get
      Em7             G/B
upset about the other side
Cmaj7            G/D
  I won't beg to put you out
  Em7              G/B
 about my right to die
Cmaj7            G/D
  If you promise not to sing
  Em7              G/B
 about the reasons why

[Pre-Chorus]
Cmaj7                 G/D
  I am calling you at midnight.
         Em7
 Feeling all right.
                G/B
 Can I tell you when?
Cmaj7                       G/D
  On the line, no sound but my
              Em7
words must be night birds
              G/B
on the wire again
Cmaj7                  G/D
  In the silence for a second
            Em7                G/B
 I am sure I hear them laughing then
Cmaj7            G/D      Em7
  I feel them calling me. Yeah,
                  G/B
they are calling me

[Chorus]
Am                           Bm
 And I'm falling through the stars
  C            C/D
 (you remember now?)
Am                          Bm
 Yeah, I'm falling in their arms
  C            C/D
(you remember how?)
Am                            Bm
 Oh, I'm falling through the sky
   C           C/D
(you remember this?)
Am                     Bm
 I am falling in their eyes
 C                C/D
 (you remember the kiss?)

[Bridge]

    Fmaj7/C          G
"We know, they said, -
       Em
You're holding on
     Fmaj7/C    G
To nothing left - of
 Em
something gone"
    Fmaj7/C          G
"We know, they said, -
    Em
 in letting go
   Fmaj7/C         G
Of fear and dread  - and
 Em
all you know
       Am             Bm
You'll lose the nee-e-ed
    C         C/D
of certainty
    Am           Bm   C       C/D
And make-beli-i-ieve eternity
   Am       Bm          C     C/D
To find the true, oh, reality
   Am    Bm         C        C/D
In beautiful, oh, infinity", yeah!
 C
 -eah! -eah! -eah! (yeah!
     C5    G5    E5    G5
yeah! yeah!)

[Outro]
Cmaj7            G/D
  I won't try to bring you
       Em7        G/B
 down about my suicide
Cmaj7            G/D
  If you promise not to
       Em7              Cmaj7
sing about the reasons why

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