Intro:
   Cm Bb Ebadd9 Abmaj7
   Cm Bb Ebadd9 Abmaj7

Verse 1:
Cm              Bb             Ebadd9          Abmaj7
I spent my last dollar on some courage I could buy
Cm           Bb            Ebadd9         Abmaj7
Forty ounces of it at some truck stop in Ohio
      Cm         Bb          Ebadd9        Abmaj7
Spent forty days walking and another forty high
Cm              Bb            Ebadd9          Abmaj7
Just for you to give me forty reasons for goodbye

Interlude:
   Cm Bb Ebadd9 Abmaj7
   Cm Bb Ebadd9 Abmaj7

Verse 2:
      Cm         Bb             Ebadd9     Abmaj7
Spent forty days drying out and forty days sober
        Cm             Bb            Ebadd9        Abmaj7
Smokin' cigarettes and quotin' Bible verses on the sofa
Cm                   Bb            Ebadd9     Abmaj7
You said, "All's not lost, just an eye for an eye"
   Cm           Bb           Ebadd9   Abmaj7
So I carried my cross to the bar last night

Chorus:
    Cm  Bb         Ebadd9 Abmaj7
Say why, yeah, say why
          Cm   Bb  Ebadd9 Abmaj7
Yeah, say why, say why

Verse 3:
Cm              Bb             Ebadd9          Abmaj7
I spent my last dollar on some courage I could buy
Cm           Bb           Ebadd9          Abmaj7
Forty ounces of it before you tell me goodbye
Cm                Bb            Ebadd9      Abmaj7
Still drove forty hours and I'd drive forty more
      Cm          Bb             Ebadd9          Abmaj7
Forty days in the desert just to wind up at your door
      Cm            Bb             Ebadd9         Abmaj7
Forty ounces, forty minutes, forty days and forty ways
      Cm                  Bb          Ebadd9            Abmaj7
Forty reasons that you're leaving and forty more you'll stay

Chorus:
    Cm Bb    Ebadd9
Say why, say why
Abmaj7 Cm Bb
Say   why
Ebadd9 Abmaj7 Cm Bb Ebadd9 Abmaj7 Cm Bb Ebadd9 Abmaj7
     No
    Cm  Bb   Ebadd9
Say why, say why
Abmaj7 Cm Bb    Ebadd9 Abmaj7
Say   why, say why
    Cm  Bb   Ebadd9
Say why, say why
Abmaj7 Cm  Bb   Ebadd9 Abmaj7
Say   why, say why

Outro:
Cm              Bb             Ebadd9          Abmaj7
I spent my last dollar on some courage I could buy
Cm           Bb            Ebadd9         Abmaj7
Forty ounces of it at some truck stop in Ohio
      Cm         Bb           Ebadd9       Abmaj7
Spent forty days walking and another forty high
Cm              Bb            Ebadd9          Abmaj7
Just for you to give me forty reasons for goodbye
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