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Rachael Yamagata - Reason Why
Album: Happenstance (2004)
Chords Used:
Am [x02210]
Bm [x04432]
C [332010]
Dm [xx0231]
D2 [xx0230]
D7 [x00212]
Fd/D [xx0101]
G [320033]
CAPO 3 to match album
This is a piano song, so you really need to listen to get the chord timing just right.
It is near impossible to find any of her sheet music, so this is one I figured out on my own.
Please email me with any corrections @ girluwant@gmail.com
G C G C
I think about how it might have been
G C G C
We'd spend our days travelin'
Am G
It's not that I don't understand you
Am G
It's not that I don't want to be with you
Am
But you only wanted me
C
The way you wanted me
G C G C
So, I will head out alone and hope for the best
G
And we can hang our heads down
C G C
As we skip the goodbyes
G C
And you can tell the world what you want them to hear
Dm Am
I've got nothing left to lose, my dear
Bm Fd/D
So, I'm up for the little white lies
C D2 G
But you and I know the reason why
C G
I'm gone, and you're still there
C G
I'm gone, and you're still there
C G
I'm gone, and you're still there
G C G C
I'll buy a magazine searching for your face
G C G C
From coast to coast or wherever I find my place
Am G
I'll track you on the radio, and
Am Dm
I'll sign your list in a different name
Am
But as close as I get to you
C
It's not the same
G C G C
So, I will head out alone and hope for the best
G C
We can pat ourselves on the back
G C
And say that we tried
G C
And if one of us makes it big
Dm Am
We can spill our regrets
Bm Fd/D
And talk about how the love never dies
C D2 G
But you and I know the reason why
C G
I'm gone, and you're still there
C G
I'm gone, and you're still there
C G
I'm gone, and you're still there
Bm Fd/D
So, steal the show, and do your best
Am
To cover the tracks that I have left
D7
I wish you well and hope you find
Am
Whatever you're looking for
D7
The way I might've changed my mind
Am Bm C D7
But you only showed me the door
G C G C
So, I will head out alone and hope for the best
G C
We can pat ourselves on the back
G C
And say that we tried
G C
And if one of us makes it big
Dm Am
We can spill our regrets
Bm Fd/D
And talk about how the love never dies
C D2
But you and I
C Fd/D
You and I--------
C D2 G C G C G C G
You and I know the reason why
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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katie Average |
#1 by katie focner at Sep 30, 2007 at 6:43 AM EST |
| I don't think this song is about a romantic relationship, but of course, everyone can have their own interpretations. Read more about Ms. Yamagata's story and it will make more sense to you. I think she wrote this for Bumpus, the group she used to work with. | |
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Average |
#2 by nirvana at Oct 6, 2007 at 11:21 AM EST |
| yea it was...towards the end. | |
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Marcus19 Rhythm Player |
#3 by Marcus19 Doug at Oct 8, 2007 at 12:07 AM EST |
| it's grade A top choice song... no lie. | |
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Mike Average |
#4 by Mike Murphy at Oct 11, 2007 at 4:14 PM EST |
| This song hits me right in the gut, and I can relate to it better than any of the others on her album (which are all wonderful). It's about two people who were in love, but the guy only wanted to be with her at his convenience. And while he's off "making it big", no matter how famous he gets, only the two of them will know what really went wrong in their relationship. Moral of the story: Don't get involved with male musicians. | |
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Christina Average |
#5 by Christina Anderson at Oct 11, 2007 at 7:34 PM EST |
| Rachael Yamagata did an interview for Woman Rock and had this to say about this song: "Every now and then you’re on stage and your mind wanders and you can think of it from their eyes or you find a different meaning, like “Reason Why.” I wrote it kind of about this group dynamic, a business relationship really. Everyone thinks it’s a love song, so every now and then I’ll play it and dedicate it to somebody." | |
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Flash Average |
#6 by Flash Jaxon at Oct 12, 2007 at 8:11 PM EST |
| ooo featured in the last kiss soundtrack. great choice. | |
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Ĵǿ Wanna Be |
#7 by Ĵǿħŋ Ĝęřđěŋĭţš at Oct 12, 2007 at 11:38 PM EST |
| man, how wonderful is rachael yamagata? i'm a new fan (or should i say obsess-ee) and i think the reason i love her music so much is because of how personal it feels. in everything she writes, it feels like my own memior. the things i'm going through, the toiling emotions tugging at my heart, she writes songs about them. it's almost like she's a friend that sits down and simply listens to my hurts/fears/stories of my past and then masterfully puts them to music in the exact way i would if i had the talent. this song was the first i had heard from her. i absoutely love the picture it paints. i think it's about how honesty really comes out through the breakup rather than in the relationship. as pessimistic as it may sound, one of the only ways to really see the way he felt about you is to notice the way in which he reacts to your leaving. in the song, you see this girl that's been through this really very wonderful relationship and as she's leaving, for whatever reason, she realizes that he is almost unaffected and has to come to terms with the fact that he wasn't exactly genuine through the course of the relationship. five stars, rachael, five stars. | |
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Kyle Average |
#8 by Kyle Lester at Oct 13, 2007 at 3:08 PM EST |
| Amazing song | |
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SLUT Badass |
#9 by SLUT at Oct 13, 2007 at 4:54 PM EST |
| i love this song it have many meanings to me! everytime I listen this song.. makes me feel different ways.. I dedicate this song to my ex-boyfriend specialy this phrase: "So, I will head out alone and hope for the best And we can hang our heads down as we skip the goodbyes You can tell the world what you want them to hear I've got nothing left to lose, my dear So, I'm up for the little white lies But you and I know the reason why I'm gone, and you're still there" | |
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Justin Rhythm Player |
#10 by Justin Lepera at Oct 16, 2007 at 6:32 AM EST |
| was this song just on the oc? | |
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Lyssa CHAOS Average |
#11 by Lyssa CHAOS at Oct 17, 2007 at 2:55 PM EST |
| "I might've changed my mind but you only showed me the door," what this means to me when i listen to it is this: it makes me think the narrator is talking about a guy / girl she has a relationship with, who acts as if s/he cares so much about her and their relationship, and things mess up and she's saying she's going to leave him/her, and the person acts upset... but in the end, when she lets the person see that she'd really consider staying, all s/he does is show her the door rather than really try to fix things. it's like leaving, walking down the hallway, and then turning back around and saying "hey, if things change, I'd stay..." only to see the person closing the door behind you. it's a bad feeling, watching someone forget you exist, and proving everything they ever said to you was actually a lie. =P | |
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