Nickel Creek – Reasons Why (Guitar)

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by Nickel Creek (Sean Watkins and David Puckett) charted by Bo Frazer with help from Larry Dean NOTE: capo on fret 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Intro = verse 1st half Verse 1:
Em                   D           C     D
Where am I today?  I wish that I knew,

       Em                     D          A    C  D
'Cause looking around there's no sign of you.

Em                   D           C
I don't remember one jump or one leap,  

     Em           D             A       C  (D)
Just quiet steps away from your lead.
Verse 2:
 Em                           D             C   D
I'm holding my heart out but clutching it too,  

    Em                   D                A     C  D
Feeling this sort of a love that we once knew.  

Em                              D           C
I'm calling this home when it's not even close,

   Em                  D             A        C (D)  
Playing the role with nerves left exposed.
Chorus 1:
D             C        G      D                     C      G
Standing on a darkened stage, stumbling through the lines.

A7            D          Em        G  C    D 
Others have excuses, but I have my reasons why.
Verse 3:
Em                     D            C   D
We get distracted by dreams of our own,  

      Em                  D         A   C  D
But nobody's happy while feeling alone,

     Em                  D              C     
And knowing how hard it hurts when we fall,

     Em                  D                 A    C (D)
We lean another ladder against the wrong wall.  
Chorus 2:
    D                 C       G        D                  C
And climb high to the highest rung, to shake fists at the sky.

                             Em      G  C    D 
While others have excuses, I have my reasons why.
Bridge:
               D            C           Em      D
With so much deception it's hard not to wander away,  

     C           Em      D
It's hard not to wander away,
It's hard not to wander away. ====