Takes So Long chords by The Weepies

Written and Performed by The Weepies (Hideaway 2008)

Intro:
D G A
D G A
D G A
D

Chorus:
 D       G A  D       G A
I don't know why,  I don't know why
 D        G A    D  G A
I don't know why it takes so long


Verse:
 D      G A  D      G A
I cut my hair,  I grow it back
D        G A   D      G A
First the thought  and then the act
D          A      G?
To think a plant up towards the sun
      E    G   A D
It can't be done, it can't be done

Chorus:
 D       G A  D       G A
I don't know why,  I don't know why
 D        G A    D  G A
I don't know why it takes so long


Verse:
 D      G A  D      G A
I see you now,  I saw you then
 D       G A  D     G A
I know you more,  and different
D          A    G
I can't contain it, still complain
     E   G   A D
Love's a weed, trust is rain


Chorus:
 D       G A  D       G A
I don't know why,  I don't know why
 D        G A    D  G A
I don't know why it takes so long
 D       G A  D       G A
I don't know why,  I don't know why
 D        G A    D  G A
I don't know why it takes so long


Bridge:
G      A
In a moment wings unfurl
G      A
A butterfly, a little girl
G            A
Star pieces fall to the ground
G         A
Streaks of light, just tonight


D G A
D G A
D G A
D


Verse:
D      G A D      G A
Sam and Libby,  Lib and Sam
D      G A D      G A
Made a little  one of them
D        A   G
A baby's born a man to die
       E   G   A  D
I don't know why, I don't know why


Chorus:
 D       G A  D       G A
I don't know why,  I don't know why
 D        G A    D
I don't know why it takes so long
G A    D
It takes so long
G A    D
It takes so long
G A    D