Dont Know Why Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	1st fret

Author astriddeneef [a] 244.

5 contributors total, last edit on Feb 11, 2025

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Chords

C#7

F#m7

C#m

E7/B

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Capo 1
 
[Verse]
A          A7     D       C#7
 I waited 'til I saw the sun 
F#m7          B      D      A
 I don't know why I didn't come 
A           A7      D       C#7
 I left you by the house of fun
F#m7          B      D      A
 I don't know why I didn't come 
F#m7          B      D      A
 I don't know why I didn't come 
A        A7       D       C#7
 When I saw the break of day 
F#m7           B        D    A
 I wished that I could fly away 
A            A7      D       C#7
 Instead of kneeling in the sand 
F#m7        B        D    A
 Catching teardrops in my hand 
 
[Chorus]
F#m7           B          E    E7
 My heart is drenched in wine 
F#m7           B      E
 But you'll be on my mind
D  C#m  E7/B
For-e-ver
 
[Verse]
A       A7      D       C#7
 Out across the endless sea 
F#m7      B      D     A
 I would die in ecstasy 
A     A7       D       C#7
 But I'll be a bag of bones 
F#m7      B        D     A
 Driving down the road alone 
 
[Chorus]
F#m7           B          E    E7
 My heart is drenched in wine 
F#m7           B      E
 But you'll be on my mind
D  C#m  E7/B
For-e-ver 
 
[Verse]
A           A7     D       C#7
 Something has to make you run 
F#m7            B     D     A
 I don't know why I didn't come
A          A7    D      C#7
 I feel as empty as a drum 
F#m7            B     D     A
 I don't know why I didn't come 
F#m7            B     D     A
 I don't know why I didn't come 
F#m7            B     D     A
 I don't know why I didn't come
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Dont Know Why – Norah Jones

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yeah, I know the chords aren't correct, and definately don't fit if you play along with the song, that's because I usually play guitar at festivals and I just make sure I can play the song fluently (the easier the better) and hope that people recognise the song when I play it, and they mostly do. And quite honestly, jazz chords are still a mystery to me, I'm more into blues and rocknroll.

Nice and simple to play, thank you. From an old geezers perspective it's more important that it sounds good than "am I playing the correct chords" now if you got a voice like Norah Jones then get them chords right, otherwise just chill and enjoy. ;) I personally like the C#7. I play it like a C7 just move it up a fret, gives it a jazzy sound, just need to find someone with a voice to sing it ... LOL !!

hey! great tab. not sure if this has been said but pretty sure the B is a B7. but good job