Tell Me Why chords by John Butler Trio

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Novice

On the D MajorD Chord hammer on 3 fret of the e string

Intro:
C majorC G+G E minorEm D MajorD
C majorC G+G E minorEm D MajorD

Verse:
     C majorC
I got to let it go
     G+G     E minorEm D MajorD
I got to give it up
   C majorC
Gonna take a ride
   G+G      E minorEm D MajorD
In my pickup truck
       C majorC
Because it's one in five
   G+G     E minorEm D MajorD
Maybe one in ten
       C majorC
That you and i are
         G+G      E minorEm D MajorD
Gonna get back together again

     C majorC
I'm gonna roll one up
     G+G       E minorEm D MajorD
I'm gonna burn one down
       C majorC
Gonna take a left
        G+G      E minorEm D MajorD
Into the shady part of town
  C majorC
And jamie on the corner
      G+G   E minorEm D MajorD
Gonna hook me up
       C majorC
Ain't nothing i can do
      G+G      E minorEm G+G
But go and get messed up

Chorus:
    A minorAm
Because tell me why
    G+G         E minorEm  G+G
You and i keep wasting our time
A minorAm           G+G
Ain't no use trying to read
    E minorEm     D MajorD
Your goddamn mind
  C majorC         E minorEm
And i can't work it if you
       D MajorD
Can't work it out
            C majorC
Tell me what it's all about
     G+G           E minorEm  D MajorD
Darling, tell me what it's all about

Verse:
      C majorC
And now i'm broken down
     G+G      E minorEm G+G
I got to take it slow
       A minorAm
Gonna catch a greyhound
   G+G    E minorEm D MajorD
Into chicago
    C majorC
And the windy little city
   G+G      E minorEm D MajorD
Gonna blow it away
C majorC           G+G
All my disillusion and all my pain
E minorEm           D MajorD
All my disillusion and all my pain

Chorus:
    A minorAm
Because tell me why
    G+G         E minorEm  G+G
You and i keep wasting our time
A minorAm           G+G
Ain't no use trying to read
    E minorEm     D MajorD
Your goddamn mind
  C majorC         E minorEm
And i can't work it if you
       D MajorD
Can't work it out
            C majorC
Tell me what it's all about
     G+G           E minorEm  D MajorD
Darling, tell me what it's all about

Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm         E minorEm
 so tangled up in you
    A minorAm      G+G
I can't separate the two
          D MajorD
Where do i end and you begin
          G+G
Where do i end and you begin
          D MajorD
Where do i end and you begin
          G+G
Where do i end and you begin
          D MajorD
Where do i end and you begin

Chorus:
A minorAm
Tell me why
    G+G         E minorEm  G+G
You and i keep wasting our time
A minorAm           G+G
Ain't no use trying to read
    E minorEm     D MajorD
Your goddamn mind
  C majorC         E minorEm
And i can't work it if you
       D MajorD
Can't work it out
            C majorC
Tell me what it's all about

Outro:
     G+G           E minorEm  D MajorD
Darling, tell me what it's all about
     G+G           E minorEm  D MajorD
Darling, tell me what it's all about
     G+G           E minorEm  D MajorD
Darling, tell me what it's all about
     G+G           E minorEm  D MajorD
Darling, tell me what it's all about