Tell Me Why chords by John Butler Trio

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Novice

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

Intro:
C  G  Em  D
C  G  Em  D

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

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

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

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

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

Pre-Chorus:
Am                 Em
  so tangled up in you
        Am           G
I can't separate the two
                   D
Where do i end and you begin
                   G
Where do i end and you begin
                   D
Where do i end and you begin
                   G
Where do i end and you begin
                   D
Where do i end and you begin

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

Outro:
         G                      Em   D
Darling, tell me what it's all about
         G                      Em   D
Darling, tell me what it's all about
         G                      Em   D
Darling, tell me what it's all about
         G                      Em   D
Darling, tell me what it's all about