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