Don’t Know Why
By Norah Jones
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INTRO
BbM7 – Bb7 – Eb – D7#5 –
Gm7 – C7 – F11sus2 – –
VERSE 1
BbM7 – Bb7 – Eb – D7#5 –
I waited ’til I saw the sun
Gm7 – C7 – F11sus2 – Bb –
I don’t know why I didn’t come
BbM7 – Bb7 – Eb – D7#5 –
I left you by the house of fun
Gm7 – C7 – F11sus2 – Bb –
I don’t know why I didn’t come
Gm7 – C7 – F11sus2 – Bb –
I don’t know why I didn’t come
BbM7 – Bb7 – Eb – D7#5 –
When I saw the break of day
Gm7 – C7 – F11sus2 – Bb –
I wished that I could fly away
BbM7 – Bb7 – Eb – D7#5 –
Instead of kneeling in the sand
Gm7 – C7 – F11sus2 – Bb –
Catching teardrops in my hand
CHORUS 1
Gm7 – – C13 – – F7 – – – –
My heart is drenched in wine
Gm7 – – C13 – – F7 –
But you’ll be on my mind
F7/Eb – Bb/D – F –
For-e-ver
VERSE 2
BbM7 – Bb7 – Eb – D7#5 –
Out across the endless sea
Gm7 – C7 – F11sus2 – Bb –
I would die in ecstasy
BbM7 – Bb7 – Eb – D7#5 –
But I’ll be a bag of bones
Gm7 – C7 – F11sus2 – Bb –
Driving down the road along
CHORUS 2
Gm7 – – C13 – – F7 – – – –
My heart is drenched in wine
Gm7 – – C13 – – F7 –
But you’ll be on my mind
F7/Eb – Bb/D – F –
For-e-ver
INTERLUDE
BbM7 – Bb7 – Eb – D7#5 –
Gm7 – C7 – F11sus2 – – (twice)
VERSE 3
BbM7 – Bb7 – Eb – D7#5 –
Something has to make you run
Gm7 – C7 – F11sus2 – Bb –
I don’t know why I didn’t come
BbM7 – Bb7 – Eb – D7#5 –
I feel as empty as a drum
Gm7 – C7 – F11sus2 – Bb –
I don’t know why I didn’t come
Gm7 – C7 – F11sus2 – Bb –
I don’t know why I didn’t come
Gm7 – C7 – F11sus2 – Bb ->
I don’t know why I didn’t come
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