Wonder Why ukulele

Wonder Why

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Vetiver - Wonder Why
Album: The Errant Charm (2011)

CAPO II

INTRO (MAIN RIFF, played throughout the choruses and where stated)
e|-4-05-4-02-04-2-04-05-4-2-0-2-0-0-|
B|--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

Play the riff twice alone, then play the following chords twice
E    B
A

VERSE 1
E
 One foot in
B
 They'll fix you
E       A
 One in nine, tell me
E                   B
 when is this whole world
      D        A
gonna treat me kind

E
 Can't live on
B
 what's given
E           A
 Mine's got tight, tell me
E                   B
 When is this whole world
      D        A
gonna treat me right

PRE-CHORUS
    B             E
The bank has what little
    A
I'm able to keep
B              E
 Sun's getting hotter
A
I no longer sleep.
      E              G#m
Well I stare out the window
C#m        B      A
watch the night creep by

CHORUS (RIFF)
E
 Wonder if
B
 Wonder how
A
 I wonder why

VERSE 2
E
 Short dollars
B
 I'm spending.
E            A
 My peace of mind, tell me
E                   B
 when is this whole world
      D        A
gonna treat me kind

E
 Long hours
B
 I've given
E           A
 of my whole life, tell me
E                   B
 When is this whole world
      D     A
gonna do me right

RIFF+SOLO (4x)
E   B
A

PRE-CHORUS
B           E
 Up ahead I kno-ow
A
there's a rocky road
B                   E              A
 No complaint could ease the way it rides
        E     G#m 
Yet how far we are
     C#m      B          A
from where we once stood high

CHORUS (4x)
E
 Wonder if
B
 Wonder how
A
 I wonder why (I wonder, wonder why)

OUTRO (ohooh why part) (4x, end on A)
E    B
A

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