Intro:  C5 A5  (2x)


           C5            A5
There's a reason for a snowfall,
   C5            A5
A reason why a tree's tall,
   C5            A5        C5 - C5
A reason why a star  is bright.
   F5              D5
A reason why the moon glows,
   C5              D5
A reason why the wind blows,
   C5               A5      C5
A reason why it's dark at night.

Chorus:
            G5            F5
     But I don't know why I should cry
     G5                 F5
     Just because you said goodbye
            C5         A5      Dm(7)
     There must be a reason,
         G5             C5
     I?d like to know why.
        A5   Dm(7)              G5
     Oh why, oh I?d like to know

           C5            A5
There's a reason for a sunbeam ,
    C5           A5
A reason for a daydream ,
    C5             A5      C5 - C5
A reason why the desert's dry.
    F5            D5  
A reason why a stream falls,
   F5                 D5
A reason why there's rainbows,
   C5            A5     C5
A reason for a cloudy sky.


(Repeat Chorus Except Last 2 Lines)

     G5            C5 - F5 - C5 - C5
I'd like to know why.


Bridge:

       F5               E5
There was a time when I could smile,
     F5                 E5        
We'd sit and talk of us awhile,
 F5             E5
Times I never got your love
      D5                G5     F5
And thanked my lucky stars above

(Repeat 1st Stanza & Chorus)

CODA: (FADE)
       C5         A5    Dm(7)
There must be a reason,
     G5            C5
I'd like to know why (why, oh,
     A5   Dm(7)          ( G5 )
    why, why I'd like to know).
         G5       C5 - A5 - Dm(7)
Please tell me why,
    G5         C5 - A5 - Dm(7) - G-
I wanna know why?