40 Reasons

Written by Reid Genauer • Performed by Strangefolk & Assembly of Dust
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Intro / Verse 1
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

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

Verse 2
Em                                               G
Forty reasons why I am singing
Em                                               C
My head is turning and my heart is stinging
Am     F                                            C     G
You got me on a string — 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

Verse 3
Em     G                                                C
I’ve been working and I sit for a while
Em     G                                                C
And my mind wanders to your distant smile
Am     F                                            C     G
I bend down to tie my shoe — Lord knows I’m thinking of you
Am     F                                            C     G
And I was wishing I was holding your hand

Outro
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
Am     G                                            F                   C
I’m like a song without notes — without you, without you
Am     G                                            F                   C
I’m like a little boy without hope — without you, without you
Am     G                                            F                   C
I’m like the moon without the sun — dark and lonely ‘cause you’re the only one
Am     G                                            F                   C
Dark and lonely without you