The Reasons Why

Intro C5 G5 E5 G5 C5 G5 E5 G5 Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B [Verse 1] Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B I won't try to bring you down about my suicide Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B Got no need to understand about my big surprise Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B I won't beg to hang you up about my love of life Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B If you promise not to sing about the reasons why [Pre-Chorus] Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B I am writing you a letter. Getting better. Can I see you when Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B All the lights go out together? Blame the weather, yeah, the cold again Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B In the darkness for a second I am sure I see them smiling then Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B I feel them calling me. Yeah, they are calling me Chorus Am Bm C C/D And I'm falling through the stars (you remember now?) Am Bm C C/D Yeah, I'm falling in their arms (you remember how?) Am Bm C C/D Oh, I'm falling through the sky (you remember this?) Am Bm C C/D C I am falling in their eyes (you remember the kiss?) [Instrumental] C5 G5 E5 G5 C5 G5 E5 G5 Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B [Verse 2] Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B I won't try to pull you in about my sacrifice Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B Makes no sense to get upset about the other side Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B I won't beg to put you out about my right to die Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B If you promise not to sing about the reasons why [Pre-Chorus] Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B I am calling you at midnight. Feeling all right. Can I tell you when? Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B On the line, no sound but my words must be night birds on the wire again Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B In the silence for a second I am sure I hear them laughing then Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B I feel them calling me. Yeah, they are calling me Chorus Am Bm C C/D And I'm falling through the stars (you remember now?) Am Bm C C/D Yeah, I'm falling in their arms (you remember how?) Am Bm C C/D Oh, I'm falling through the sky (you remember this?) Am Bm C C/D I am falling in their eyes (you remember the kiss?) Bridge Fmaj7/C G Em "We know, they said, - You're holding on Fmaj7/C G Em To nothing left - of something gone" Fmaj7/C G Em "We know, they said, - in letting go Fmaj7/C G Em Of fear and dread - and all you know Am Bm C C/D You'll lose the nee-e-ed of certainty Am Bm C C/D And make-beli-i-ieve eternity Am Bm C C/D To find the true, oh, reality Am Bm C C/D C C5 G5 E5 G5 In beautiful, oh, infinity", yeah! -eah! -eah! -eah! (yeah! yeah! yeah!) Outro Cmaj7 G/D Em7 G/B I won't try to bring you down about my suicide Cmaj7 G/D Em7 Cmaj7 If you promise not to sing about the reasons why