Tell Me Why Chords

KeyBm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays587

Tell Me Why by Early November is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm, D, F#m, E and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bm
Text
16
Speed
  			         Bm                      D 
(Tell me why you left, tell me where you went. 
        F#m                  E 
Tell me why am I worth the lines. 
        Bm                       D 
Tell me all you want, keep me holding on. 
        F#m 
Tell me lies) 
         E 
Tell me why... 

        Bm                      D 
Tell me why you left, tell me where you went. 
        F#m                  E 
Tell me why am I worth the lines. 
        Bm                       D 
Tell me all you want, keep me holding on. 
        F#m            E 
Tell me lies, tell me why. 

  D         E            F#m 
(Just like wind, you're gone.) 

            D                          F#m 
You won't stay, afraid to settle like ashes. 
                       A                   E 
You say you need a silhouette, and I'm a shadow standing in your way 
D                      F#m                            A 
   I bet you find a millionaire and one of them will need you 
           E                             D  E 
And your silver hair when you've gone 

        Bm                      D 
Tell me why you left, tell me where you went. 
        F#m                  E 
Tell me why am I worth the lines. 
        Bm                       D 
Tell me all you want, keep me holding on. 
        F#m            E 
Tell me lies, tell me why. 

  D         E            F#m 
(Just like wind, you're gone. 
               D       E   F#m 
Leaving me breathless and alone.) 

Bm  A  F#m  A   E    
               Just like the wind, you're gone. 
Bm  A  F#m  A   E 
               Leaving me breathless and alone. 
Bm  A  F#m  A   E    
               Just like the wind, you're gone. 
Bm  A  F#m  A   E 
               Leaving me breathless and alone. 

        Bm                      D 
Tell me why you left, tell me where you went. 
        F#m                  E 
Tell me why am I worth the lines. 
        Bm                       D 
Tell me all you want, keep me holding on. 
        F#m            E 
Tell me lies, tell me why. 

Outro: D  F#m  A  E (x2) 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante