Why Would I Now? Uke tab by The Decemberists

6 Chords used in the song: G, Cmaj7, C, Em, D, Bm

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Year:  2015
Difficulty: 
3.33
(Beginner)
Key: G, EmChords
G G           Cmaj7 Cmaj7     G G
Have I ever lost your way?
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 G G
Have I ever left you waylaid?
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 G G
Have I ever come unstayed?
C C G G
Why would I now?

Em Em G G
There were times I loathed your name.
Em Em G G
There were times I laid on blame.
Em Em G G
There were times I brought on shame
C C G G
but why would I now?

D D C C G G
For I will never be your familiar soul.
D D C C G G
I will never see your imperial whole.
Em Em C C G G
But have I ever stood back and watched you fall,
C C G G
ditched your call,
C C G G D D
or caught you bent around?
G G
Why would I now?

Cmaj7 Cmaj7 G G
Have I ever steered you wrong?
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 G G
Have I ever strung you along?
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 G G
Have I ever kept you long?
C C G G
Why would I now?

Em Em G G
There were times I broke through the walls.
Em Em G G
There were times I broke through it all.
Em Em G G
There were times I fell so hard
C C G G
but why would I now?

D D C C G G
For I will never be your familiar soul.
D D C C G G
I will never see your imperial whole.
Em Em C C G G
But have I ever stood back and watched you fall,
C C G G
ditched your call,
C C G G D D
or caught you bent around?
G G
Why would I now?

Bm Bm C C G G
And though the years, they may upbraid you.
Bm Bm C C G G D D
How it all nearly unmade you laying down.
G G
Why would it now?

Cmaj7 Cmaj7 G G
Remember when it all went dark?
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 G G
Remember when it first rent apart?
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 G G
Remember how I held my mark?
C C G G
So why wouldn't I now?

D D C C G G
For I will never be your familiar soul.
D D C C G G
I will never see your imperial whole.
Em Em C C G G
But have I ever stood back and watched you fall,
C C G G
ditched your call,
C C G G D D
or caught you bent around?
G G
Why would I now?

Uke tab by , 30 Jan 2016

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