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Why I Had To Go - Bishop Allen Chords

Chords: G, Em, D, C, Am

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Genre: indie, rock, pop


Why I Had To Go

Intro/fill (originally on keyboard)
G Em
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|--------------------|--------------------|

|--7-------7---------|--9-------9---------|

|----9-7-----9-7-----|----9-7-----9-7-----|

|-------10------10---|-------10------10---|

|--------------------|--------------------|x2

Chords are for two measures each. The fill above basically happens every time

there’s

a G-Em progression that isn’t under major vocals.
G Em x2
D C
G Em x2
G Em
It is a narrowing. It is a shrinking and there’s a danger of overthinking
G Em
It was everybody getting tired of drinking every night
D C
There was a little left to believe in, which is how I really knew I should be

leaving
G Em
I should be leaving… now
G Em
I should be leaving
G
We were clever then. We’d talk forever then, and the night of our invention
Em
it would never end
G
It was a parting, and there was sorrow, it was impossible to picture a
Em
tomorrow
D C
It was necessity and it was instinct and the pattern underneath it kept

repeating
D C
kept repeating, kept repeating, which is how I really knew I should be

leaving
G Em
I should be leaving… now
G Em
I should be leaving
Am C
Oh and it was everything. Oh and it was just a way to keep from waking up
G Em
alone
G Em
Which is why I had to go

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