Key: G
Introduction:
G C
Why you with your long brown hair flowing
D G
And you with your fresh tattooed skin
G C
And you from the western Virginia
D G
That you?ll never get to see again
verse 2
G C
As darkness descended the desert
D G
And a bad actor starred in his play
G C
Why you from Tennessee did life capture
D G
And me from Tennessee get away
C G
And when the morning sun hit the mountains
C D Em
And a glorious still calmed the breeze
C D G
I asked the God of all knowing wisdom
C D G
Why you and why not me?
Break
G C
Yeah the lord is my refuge and fortress
D G
My god with whom I trust
G C
But I?ll never know why the wicked
D G
Gets to prey on the best of us
verse 4
G C
Why you full of life and promise
D G
At the top of your lungs so loud
G C
My songs that you sang so sweetly will ring
D G
In my ears forever now
C G
And when the morning sun hit the mountains
C D Em
And a glorious still calmed the breeze
C D G
I asked the God of all knowing wisdom
C D G
Why you and why not me?
C G
And every morning when the sun hits the mountain
C D Em
And a glorious still calms the breeze
C D G
I?ll ask the god of my salvation
C D G
Why you and why not me?
C D G
Why you and why not me?
Outro