Tonart: B major
Verse 1
E
Why, oh why, oh why, oh why
Why, oh why, oh why
Because, because, because,
because
B
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
E
This song was written around 1947
C
I think by Woody Guthrie
E
for his three year old daughter, Cathy
And she'll live forever
C#m
E
with this song.
Why can't a dish break a hammer?
Why, oh why, oh why?
B
E
Be cause a hammer's a hard head.
B
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
E
Everyone.
C#m
E
Why, oh why, oh why, oh why?
C#m
A
E
Why, oh why, oh why?
C#m
E
F#m
Because, because,
E
C#m
E
because, because,
C#m
E
B
E
good bye, goodbye, goodbye.
B
Why can't a mosquito bite
E
an elephant?
Why, oh why, oh why?
Because an elephant's got
a pretty thick skin.
B
E
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, oh why, oh why,
C#m
E
C#m
E
A
E
oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why,
Because, because, because,
because,
B
E
goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
B
E
Why can't a mouse eat a streetcar?
B
E
Why, oh why, oh why?
Because a mouse's stomach
isn't big enough to hold a streetcar.
B
E
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
Why, oh why, oh why, oh why?
A
E
Why, oh, why, oh, why?
A
E
Because, because, because,
because,
B
E
goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
Why does a cow drink water?
B
E
B
E
Why, oh, why, oh, why?
Because a cow gets thirsty
C#m
just like you or me or
E
anything else.
B
E
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
B
E
Why don't you answer my questions?
Why, oh why, oh why?
Because I don't know the answers.
B
E
B
E
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
You know, this would be a wonderful
B
E
song tomorrow morning,
C#m
or Monday morning, or any morning.
E
The teacher just opens his mouth
and with one voice
E
the whole class bursts into song.
Why, oh why, oh why, oh why?
A
Booyah why
E
B
B
So he says
E
Because, because,
because, because
E
Goodbye
Outro 1
B
E
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TunerE A D G B E
Akkorde & SongtexteE B C C#m A...
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