Am  F                             C G

 40 Reasons why I often wonder

Am                            F

About the girl who led me on

C               G

Thru the thunder and the rain.

Am F / C  G

{Chorus}

D       C                 G

Why don't you ever hold me?

D    C                         G   

I…...don't believe you, don't believe you told me.

Em       G

Forty reasons

Em            C      

Why I am singing

Em              G

My head is turning and

Em               C  

My heart is stinging

 Am     F C                     G

And you…….got me on a string

Am                F     C G

That kind of love can be a lonely thing.

Am                         F C               G

And it's growing old that gives people the blues

Am                        F C     G

And it's growing up that gets me confused.

{Chorus}

Em              G             Em C  

I've been working and I sit for a while

Em                  G Em                    C

And my mind wanders to your distant smile

Am       F     C G

I bend down to tie my shoe

Am                         F C                   G

Lord knows right then that I am thinking of you

Am           F           C G

And I am listening to my favorite band.

Am            F         C G

And I was wishing I was holding your hand.

{chorus}

Am        F             C       G

I keep hoping that one day you'll see

Am                  F   C G

And you'll go looking for a man like me, cause

Am     G   F               C

I am like a song without notes

               Am     G F    C

Without you - without you.

Am       G             F   C

I am like a little boy without hope,

               Am     G F     C    

Without you, without you.

Am    G         F                       C

I am like the moon without the sun,

Am                  G   F         C

Dark and lonely, cause you're the only one.

Am           G           F C

Dark and lonely without you.

E

Rachel was a woman she was sensitive and warm
A                        D                               E

She had flaxen hair and rhythm in her boots 
E                                  

When she moved the room it grooved, people came and stared
A                                    D                                 E

Women laughed and children scrambled at her feet 

{Chorus}

A                 D                E

Roll me over and he picked me up again
A                           D                             E

She spoke it out with eloquence and grace
A                 D                 E

 Roll me over and he picked me up again
A                              A                         E

The evening came and carried her away. 
E

Twilight twilight twilight twilight come and twilight gone
A                                   D                               E

And she moved as though she never would again
E                                                    A                                        D

My oh my and side-to-side She moved so smooth, you know that girl could dance
E                                                                     A                                       E

My oh my and side-to-side you know she moved so smooth, you know that girl could dance.

 {Chorus}

 E

Jason was a gentleman His hair was dark and coarse
A                            D

He spoke in tones of wisdom old and true
E

When he spoke, the laughter broke, The people gathered round
A                                         D                                  E

Said, "Mister tell me won't you tell me what you know."
A          D                  E

He said,      "Only only all I know is what I've seen
A           D                     E

 Only only what I've seen yeah
A           D               E

 Only only all I know is what I've seen."
A                                 D                             E

And the evening came and carried him away.
E

His words were few and chosen And his eyes were dark and strong
A                         D                                        E

And his whiskey like his words they seemed to go
E                                                                 A                         D                   E

He said, "Behold before you stands a man, want to live my life, and find a wife so kind."
E                                                                 A                         D                    E

He said, "Behold before you stands a man, want to live my life, and find a wife so kind." 
A          D         E

He said, "Only only all I know is what I've seen
A              D                     E

Only only what I've seen yeah
A               D           E  

Only only all I know is what I've seen." 
A                             D                          E

And the evening came and carried him away
E                        

So he gathered up his courage, he asked her for this dance
A                            D

Said, "I beg you ma'am, I beg you for this dance.”
E                                                                                         A                             D 

Well it seemed to work cause she seemed to smirk, and she took his hand and led
E

him through the crowd
E                                                                            A                            D                

Then he held her tight and it just seemed right and he kissed that girl he kissed her 
E   

sweet and true
E                                                                             A                            D

Then he held her tight and it just seemed right and he kissed that girl he kissed her
E

sweet and true
A                     D                   E

Someone told me that love's a simple thing
A                    D                            E

 Take my song and take my words
A            D            E                                                  A                             D                         E 

 Only only all I know is what I heard And the evening came and carried him away
A                             D                     E

And the evening came and carried her away
A                             D  

And the evening came and carried them…..
E     F#     A     E

...away. (4x)

E
There’s a light in the kitchen
Somebody’s home
A woman is sleeping, a man sits alone
D         A       E
Alone… all alone.

E
And then comes the dawning
And then comes the morn
The woman is yawning                                                     
D            A                        E
And daylight, and daylight and daylight, and daylight is born.

E
The roar of an engine
The coffee pot perks
Then off to the office to a room full of jerks    
D     A           E
Again… once again

{Chorus}

A    D                                    A                    E
I… don’t know where I’m going but I’ll get there.
A                        D                 A                        E
Sometimes I’m wondering where will it be?

E
And on the Riviera
A man was painting Greece
The image that he captured - Hercules and the golden fleece 
D      A               E
Again… once again

E
The evening came and found him
His paintings looking fine
He put away his brushes
And went out for, he went out for some wine  
D       A            E
Again… once again

E
Having met a woman
They went out for some air
He loved her like his paintings
                                                                             D                 A                          E
And he wondered, and he wondered, and he wondered, wondered if she cared
Did she care?

{Chorus}

E
And now there is a farmer
With calloused hands and feet
The wagon wheel is busted
The kids have yet to eat…

  D     A           E
again... once again.

E
They gathered at the table
With loving in their eyes
He looked at them intently
                                                                       D
He looked at them, he looked at them, he looked at them
A                                       E
He looked at them with pride
Once again
E
And when the meal was over
He kissed them all goodnight
And sat down by the fire feeling everything was right
    D       A 
All right, once again

{Chorus}

E
This is a song about lifestyles
Decisions that we make
Roads that we abandon
And others that we take
D       A
We take - roads we take.