More songs by Gordon Lightfoot

This file is part of a collection that (moreso than the rest of the site) are not meant to be detailed or accurate transcriptions of the original recordings. They're just some simple chord charts that I made for my own use, some of them my own arrangements.
- T-rev

"WHEREFORE AND WHY" by Gordon Lightfoot www.lightfoot.ca
From his 1968 album Did She Mention My Name?
Written by Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr.
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net

Capo 3.

D    Em     D    Em

              D
         When I awoke this morning
    G/D
         Something inside of me
    A7/D
         Told me this would be my day
    D
         I heard the morning train
    G/D
         I felt the wind change
    A7/D
         Too many times I'm on my way

 A         D             G              D
   Come on sunshine        what can you show me
 G               D            E            A
   Where can you take me   to make me understand
 G              D        G             D
   The wind can shake me   brothers forsake me
 G              D              E               A     A7
   The rain can touch me   but can I touch the rain

         D
         Then I saw the sunrise
    G/D
         Above a cotton sky
    A7/D
         Like a candycane delight
    D
         I saw the milkman
    G/D
         I saw the businessman
    A7/D
         I saw the only road in sight

         D
         Then I got to thinking
    G/D
         What makes you want to go
    A7/D
         To know the wherefore and the why
    D
         So many times now
    G/D
         Oh Lord I can't remember
    A7/D
         If it's September or July

 A         D             G              D
   Come on sunshine        what can you show me
 G               D            E            A
   Where can you take me   to make me understand
 G              D        G             D
   The wind can shake me   brothers forsake me
 G              D              E               A     A7
   The rain can touch me   but can I touch the rain

D    G/D    A7/D

              D
         Then all at once it came to me
    G/D
         I saw the wherefore
    A7/D
         And you can see it if you try
    D
         It's in the sun above
    G/D
         It's in the one you love
    A7/D
         You'll never know the reason why

 A         D             G              D
   Come on sunshine        what can you show me
 G               D            E            A
   Where can you take me   to make me understand
 G              D        G             D
   The wind can shake me   brothers forsake me
 G              D              E               A7
   The rain can touch me   but can I touch the rain
              A7                      A7
   So much to lose         so much to gain

D      Em     D/F#   G
D/F#   Em     D

Transcribed 2023-05-06 by T-rev
More tab available at www.t-rev.net

xx0232 D
022000 Em
xx0433 G/D
xx0020 A7/D
320003 G
x02220 A
022100 E
x02020 A7
200232 D/F#

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