Rascal Flatts – Why chords

Intro: G D C D G D C D

        G                                CYou must have been in a place so dark
                       GYou couldn’t feel the light
  Em               D          Cadd9       GReaching for you through that stormy cloud
                               C            GNow here we are gathered in our little home town
      Em                   D       Cadd9       GThis can’t be the way you meant to draw a crowd

    D               COh why, that’s what I keep asking
            G                    DWas there anything I could have said or done
             C                        GOh I had no clue you were masking a troubled soul
    Dsus      D            Em  DGod only knows what went wrong
     C         Am                     D           G  
 D C D G D C Dand why you’d leave the stage in the middle of a song

    G                                    C         GNow in my mind I’ll keep you frozen as a 17 year old
Em                  D        Cadd9     GRounding third to score the winning run
                                   C               GYou always played with passion no matter what the game
          Em                  D        Cadd9        GWhen you took the stage you shined just like the sun

    D               COh why, that’s what I keep asking
           G                     DWas there anything I could have said or done
             C                        GOh I had no clue you were masking a troubled soul
    Dsus      D           Em   DGod only knows what went wrong
     C         Am                     D           Emand why you’d leave the stage in the middle of a song

Interlude: D C G Em D C G 
D Em(7) D   Am C(hold)

         G                          C             GNow the oak trees a swaying in the early autumn breeze
     Em             D     Cadd9     GThe golden sun is shining on my face
                             C            GTangled thoughts I hear the mocking bird sing
 Em                    D          Cadd9     GThis old world really ain’t that bad a place

    D              COh why there’s no comprehending
     G               DAnd who am I to try judge or explain
                   CBut I do have one burning question
     G                    Dsus          DWho told you life wasn’t worth the fight
           EmThey were wrong
      CThey lied
            Em          CNow you’re gone and we cry
              Cadd9(hold)  Am               D           
   D CIt’s just not like you to walk away in the middle of a song

         D      G      D C DYour beautiful song

        G     D C(add9)  D(sus)(D)     GYour absolutely         beautiful     song