The Difference Is Why Chords

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The Difference Is Why by Lenny Kravitz is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, Am7, D/A, E7, A/G, Dsus2/F#, Dsus2/F, B7 and Bb7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

  			 
INTRO (play twice):     
 
    A                  Am7               D/A               E7         
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| 
|-------2----------|-------5---------|--------7--------|-------3------------| 
|-----2---2--------|-----5---5-------|------7---7------|-----1---1----------| 
|---2-------2------|---5-------5-----|----7-------7----|---2-------2--------| 
|-0----------------|-0---------------|--0--------------|-2-----------2------| 
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| 
                                                                                
VERSE 
 
    A                  A/G               Dsus2/F#          Dsus2/F     
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| 
|-------2----------|-------2---------|-------3---------|-------3------------| 
|-----2---2--------|-----2---2-------|-----2---2-------|-----2---2----------| 
|---2-------2------|---2-------2-----|---2-------2-----|---2-------2--------| 
|-0----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| 
|------------------|-3---------------|-2---------------|-1------------------| 
      I'm just a human                I never said  I was God.          
     
     
    A                  A/G               Dsus2/F#          Dsus2/F       
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| 
|-------2----------|-------2---------|-------3---------|-------3------------| 
|-----2---2--------|-----2---2-------|-----2---2-------|-----2---2----------| 
|---2-------2------|---2-------2-----|---2-------2-----|---2-------2--------| 
|-0----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| 
|------------------|-3---------------|-2---------------|-1------------------| 
      And each day I wonder     where you are.                     How could 
     
    A                  A/G               Dsus2/F#          Dsus2/F     
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| 
|-------2----------|-------2---------|-------3---------|-------3------------| 
|-----2---2--------|-----2---2-------|-----2---2-------|-----2---2----------| 
|---2-------2------|---2-------2-----|---2-------2-----|---2-------2--------| 
|-0----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| 
|------------------|-3---------------|-2---------------|-1------------------| 
 our lives once be so together               new we're apart?     
     
    A                  A/G               Dsus2/F#          Dsus2/F       
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| 
|-------2----------|-------2---------|-------3---------|-------3------------| 
|-----2---2--------|-----2---2-------|-----2---2-------|-----2---2----------| 
|---2-------2------|---2-------2-----|---2-------2-----|---2-------2--------| 
|-0----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| 
|------------------|-3---------------|-2---------------|-1------------------| 
        I know we can make it  but whre do we start?     
     
     
    B7                                   Bb7                            
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| 
|-------4----------|-------4---------|-------3---------|-------3------------| 
|-----2---2--------|-----2----2------|-----1---1-------|-----1---1----------| 
|---4-------4------|---4--------4----|---3-------3-----|---3-------1--------| 
|-2----------------|-2---------------|-1---------------|-1------------------| 
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| 
 Sometime the scales,they get unbalanced,   Don't you know the reason why ? 
 
 
    A                  Am7               D/A               E7              
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| 
|-------2----------|-------5---------|--------7--------|-------3------------| 
|-----2---2--------|-----5---5-------|------7---7------|-----1---1----------| 
|---2-------2------|---5-------5-----|----7-------7----|---2-------2--------| 
|-0----------------|-0---------------|--0--------------|-2-----------2------| 
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| 
                       The difference is why. 
 
    A                  Am7               D/A               E7     
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| 
|-------2----------|-------5---------|--------7--------|-------3------------| 
|-----2---2--------|-----5---5-------|------7---7------|-----1---1----------| 
|---2-------2------|---5-------5-----|----7-------7----|---2-------2--------| 
|-0----------------|-0---------------|--0--------------|-2-----------2------| 
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| 
                       The difference is why.

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