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Tell Me Why

Hemingway Corner
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capo 1 — sounds a semitone higher

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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 20:00:00 +0000
From: peter.willmott.cnv854@nt.com
Subject: CRD: Tell Me Why by Hemingway Corner
{t:Tell Me Why}
{st:Hemingway Corner}
{define: C#m base-fret 4 frets x 1 3 3 2 1 }
{c:NOTE: Capo on 1st fret}
[E]
[A] Sailing hard ships through[B] broken harbours,
[F#m]Out on the waves, in the ni-[E]ight.
[A] Still the searcher must [B]ride a dark horse,
[F#m]Racing along through his fri-[E]ight.
{soc}
{C:Chorus:}
[B] Tell me why-y [A] [E]
[B] Tell me why-y [A] [E]
Is it [B]hard to make arrangements with your[A]self,
When you're [B]old enough to [A]repay,
But [G#m]young enough to [C#m]sell. [A] [B] [F#m] [E]
{eoc}
[A] Tell me lies, later[B] come and see me,
[F#m]I'll be around for awhi-[E]ile.
[A] I am lonely but[B] you can free me,
[F#m]All in the way that you smi-[E]ile.
{C:Chorus:}
[A] [B] [F#m] [E]
[A] [B] [F#m] [E]
{C:Chorus:}

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These need nothing beyond E, C, B, A, G#m, C#m, F#m.