Norah Jones – Tell Me Why (Guitar)
Capo 1
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Chords
This is how Norah Jones plays this song at the Neil Young Tribute
She plays it with capo first fret.
The song is played basically with a typical country 2/4 strumming
including some hammer-on variations like they are shown in the Intro tabs below.
Important exception:
In the Chorus, in the first two lines after "Tell me why" the "C" is a three steps basswalk down
to the following G chord.
[Intro]
Picking:
C D e|---------|--------------------------|---2---2----2-----| B|---------|----1------1--------------|---3---3----3-----| G|---------|----0------0--ho2-2-------|---2---2----2-----| D|---------|----2--ho2-2--------ho2-0-|-0--------0-------| A|----0--2-|-3------------------------|-----0--------3-2-| E|-3-------|--------------------------|------------------| Am G e|---------------------------|---3--------------------| B|---1-------1-----1---------|---0--------------------| G|---2-------2-----2---------|---0--------------------| D|---2--ho2--2-----2-----ho2-|---0------ho2-----------| A|-0------------0-----ho2----|---2--ho2----------0-2--| E|---------------------------|-3------------3--3------|
C C D D Am Am G G
[Verse 1]
C D Sailing heartships through - broken harbors Am G G Out on the waves in the night C D Still the searcher must - ride the dark horse Am G G Racing alone in his fright
[Chorus]
D Am C G Tell me why D Am C G Tell me why Gmaj7 C C Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself D C Bm Em When you're old enough to repay but young enough to sell
[Interlude 1]
C C D D Am Am G G
[Verse 2]
C D Tell me lies later - come and see me Am G G I'll be around for a while C D I am lonely but - you can free me Am G All in the way that you smile
[Chorus]
D Am C G Tell me why D Am C G Tell me why Gmaj7 C C Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself D C Bm Em When you're old enough to repay but young enough to sell
[Interlude 2]
C C D D Am Am G G
C C D D Am Am G G
[Chorus]
D Am C G Tell me why D Am C G Tell me why Gmaj7 C C Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself D C Bm Em When you're old enough to repay but young enough to sell
[Outro]
C C D D Am Am G G