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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