Chord/Tab song: Reason Why

Rachael Yamagata - Reason Why
Album: Happenstance (2004)

Chords Used:

Am [x02210]
Bm [x04432]
C [332010]
Dm [xx0231]
D2 [xx0230]
D7 [x00212]
Fd/D [xx0101]
G [320033]

CAPO 3 to match album

This is a piano song, so you really need to listen to get the chord timing just right.
It is near impossible to find any of her sheet music, so this is one I figured out on my own.
Please email me with any corrections @ [email protected]


[G] I think about how[C] it might have [G]been[C]

[G] We'd spend our da[C]ys travelin'[G][C]

[Am] It's not that I don't [G]understand you

[Am] It's not that I don't [G]want to be with you

But you [Am]only wanted me

The way you [C]wanted me

So, I will [G]head out a[C]lone and[G] hope for the [C]best

And we can [G]hang our heads down

As we[C] skip the good[G]byes[C]

And you can [G]tell the world what you [C]want them to hear

I've got [Dm]nothing left to [Am]lose, my dear

So, I'm [Bm]up for the little white [Fd/D]lies

But you and [C]I [D2] know the reason [G]why

I'm [C]gone, and you're still [G]there

I'm [C]gone, and you're still [G]there

I'm [C]gone, and you're still [G]there

[G] I'll buy a magazine[C] searching for your [G]face[C]

[G] From coast to coast or [C]wherever I find my [G]place[C]

[Am] I'll track you on the [G]radio, and

I'll [Am]sign your list in a [Dm]different name

But as [Am]close as I get to you

It's not the [C]same


So, I will [G]head out a[C]lone and[G] hope for the [C]best

We [G]can pat ourselves on the back[C]

And say that we [G]tried[C]

And if [G]one of us makes it [C]big

We can [Dm]spill our reg[Am]rets

And [Bm]talk about how the love never d[Fd/D]ies

But you and [C]I [D2] know the reason [G]why

I'm [C]gone, and you're still [G]there

I'm [C]gone, and you're still [G]there

I'm [C]gone, and you're still [G]there


[Bm] So, steal the show, and do your [Fd/D]best

To cover the tracks that I have [Am]left

I wish you well and hope you [D7]find

Whatever you're looking [Am]for

The way I might've changed my [D7]mind

But you only showed me the [Am]door[Bm][C][D7]


So, I will [G]head out a[C]lone and[G] hope for the [C]best

We [G]can pat ourselves on the back[C]

And say that we [G]tried[C]

And if [G]one of us makes it [C]big

We can [Dm]spill our reg[Am]rets

And [Bm]talk about how the love never d[Fd/D]ies

But you and [C]I [D2]

[C] [Fd/D]

You and I--------


You and [C]I [D2] know the reason w[G]hy[C][G][C][G][C][G]