CHORDS: The Cure – The Reasons Why Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are The Reasons Why chords by The Cure on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[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      
  I won\'t try to bring you 
       Em7        G/B
down about my suicide
Cmaj7            G/D       
  Got no need to understand
  Em7            G/B
 about my big surprise
Cmaj7            G/D     
  I won\'t beg to hang you
     Em7          G/B
 up about my love of life
Cmaj7            G/D        
  If you promise not to sing
  Em7               G/B
 about the reasons why

[Pre-Chorus]
Cmaj7                G/D   
  I am writing you a letter. 
          Em7                  G/B
Getting better. Can I see you when
Cmaj7                   G/D      
  All the lights go out together?
           Em7          
 Blame the weather, yeah, 
            G/B
the cold again
Cmaj7                   G/D   
  In the darkness for a second
      Em7                     G/B
 I am sure I see them smiling then
Cmaj7            G/D    
  I feel them calling me.
  Em7                    G/B
 Yeah, they are calling me

[Chorus]
Am                         
 And I\'m falling through the
  Bm     C            C/D
 stars (you remember now?)
Am                         
 Yeah, I\'m falling in their 
 Bm    C            C/D
arms (you remember how?)
Am                         
 Oh, I\'m falling through th
  Bm   C            C/D
e sky (you remember this?)
Am                     Bm  
 I am falling in their eyes 
  C                C/D  C
(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     
  I won\'t try to pull you 
     Em7          G/B
in about my sacrifice
Cmaj7               G/D 
  Makes no sense to get 
      Em7             G/B
upset about the other side
Cmaj7            G/D        
  I won\'t beg to put you out
  Em7              G/B
 about my right to die
Cmaj7            G/D        
  If you promise not to sing
  Em7              G/B
 about the reasons why

[Pre-Chorus]
Cmaj7                 G/D      
  I am calling you at midnight.
         Em7       
 Feeling all right.
                G/B
 Can I tell you when?
Cmaj7                       G/D
  On the line, no sound but my 
              Em7        
words must be night birds 
              G/B
on the wire again
Cmaj7                  G/D    
  In the silence for a second
            Em7                G/B
 I am sure I hear them laughing then
Cmaj7            G/D      Em7  
  I feel them calling me. Yeah, 
                  G/B
they are calling me

[Chorus]
Am                           Bm   
 And I\'m falling through the stars
  C            C/D
 (you remember now?)
Am                          Bm  
 Yeah, I\'m falling in their arms 
  C            C/D
(you remember how?)
Am                            Bm
 Oh, I\'m falling through the sky 
   C           C/D
(you remember this?)
Am                     Bm   
 I am falling in their eyes
 C                C/D
 (you remember the kiss?)

[Bridge]

    Fmaj7/C          G 
\"We know, they said, - 
       Em
You\'re holding on
     Fmaj7/C    G   
To nothing left - of 
 Em
something gone\"
    Fmaj7/C          G
\"We know, they said, -
    Em
 in letting go
   Fmaj7/C         G    
Of fear and dread  - and 
 Em
all you know
       Am             Bm
You\'ll lose the nee-e-ed 
    C         C/D
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  
In beautiful, oh, infinity\", yeah!
 C                        
 -eah! -eah! -eah! (yeah! 
     C5    G5    E5    G5
yeah! yeah!)

[Outro]
Cmaj7            G/D      
  I won\'t try to bring you
       Em7        G/B
 down about my suicide
Cmaj7            G/D   
  If you promise not to 
       Em7              Cmaj7
sing about the reasons why

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