Van Morrison – Why Must I Always Explain (Guitar)

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[Intro] G Bm C G G Bm C D G Bm C G G Bm C G [Verse 1]
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Have to toe the line, I've got to make the most

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Spent all the years going, from pillar to post

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Now I'm standing on the outside and I'm waitin' in the rain

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Tell me why must I always explain
[Verse 2]
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Bared my soul to the crowd eh but oh what the cost

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Most of them laughed out loud like nothing's been lost

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There were hypocrites and parasites and people that drain

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Tell me why must I always explain
[Verse 3]
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Why, why must I always explain

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Over and over, over again

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It's just a job you know and it's no sweet Lorraine

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Tell me why must I always explain (alright)
[Instrumental] G Bm C G G Bm C D G Bm C G G Bm C G [Verse 4]
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Well I get up in the morning and I get my brief

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I go out and stare at the world in complete disbelief

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It's not righteous indignation that makes me complain

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It's the fact that I always have to explain
[Verse 5]
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I can't be everywhere at once, there's always somebody to see

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And I never turned out to be the person that you wanted me to be

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And I tell you who I am, time and time and time again

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Tell me why must I always explain
[Verse 6]
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Well it's out on the highway and it's on with the show

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Always telling people things they're too lazy to know

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It can make you crazy, yeah it can drive you insane

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Tell me why must I always explain?
[Outro] G Bm C G G Bm C D G Bm C G G Bm C G