Chords
Why

Key: C

Introduction:  Cm   Ab   Cm   F/A  

 Fm-  Eb/G}  Dº-  G}     C} 
VERSE 1
 C2+                             F               G/B 
We rode into town the other day,
 C               C/E                 F           G 
        Just me and my daddy.
 C                               F             G/B 
He said I?d finally reached the age
 C                             Gm   C                 F               C/E 
And I could ride next to him on a horse
 Dm                                           G/B 
That of course was not quite as wide
 C/E               F                 G/B       C 
We heard a crowd of people shouting,
 C/E                 F                 G/B 
And so we stopped to find out why.
 C                                   Gm   C               F                     C/E 
There was that man that my dad said he loved
 Dm                                                             Fm  Bb/D 
But today there was fear in his eyes.
   Eb                                   Bb/D 
So I said, ?Daddy why are they screaming?
 Cm                                       Eb                 Eb/G 
Why are the faces of some of them beaming?
 Ab                                               Eb/G 
Why is he dressed in that bright purple robe?
 Fm                                                       Ab                       Bb/D 
I?ll bet that crown hurts him more than he shows.
 Eb                                       Bb/D 
Daddy, please, can?t you do something?
 Cm                             Eb/G               F/A 
He looks as though he?s gonna cry.
 Fm                                             Eb/G 
You said he was stronger than all of those guys.
 Ab                     G/B                 Cm             Eb 
Daddy please tell me why,
 Fm             Bb                     Eb          Dm  G} 
Why does everyone want him to die??
VERSE 2 (same chords as VERSE 1)
 Ab               G/B       Cm   Eb           Fm           Eb/G     F/A 
Father remind me why, why does everyone want me to die
 C/D             Gm                 F/A               G/B     Bb/C   Bb/D   C/E 
Oh, when will I understand why?
  3
 F                               Em               A 
My precious Son, I hear them screaming,
 Dm                                               F/C 
and I?m watching the face of the enemy beaming.
 Bb                                                 Dm 
But soon I will clothe You in robes of my own.
 Gm                                               Bb/D 
Jesus, this hurts Me much more than You know.
 C/E                     F                              
But this dark hour I must do   nothing
 A7                     Dm                     F/C           G 
Though I?ve heard Your unbearable cry.
 Gm                                                   F/A 
The pow?r in Your blood destroys all of the lies.
 Bb                                                     Dm 
Soon You?ll see past their unmerciful eyes.
 Gm                             Bb/F                  A7 
Look there below, see the child
 Dm                               G7 
Trembling by her father?s side.
 Gm                                 F/A               Bb 
Now I can tell You why,
 Bb/D             C7                   Dm           Bb           Dm   F/A 
She is why You must die.