There's A Reason For It
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RockAdvanced for beginners22 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
Gmaj7Diagram coming soon
G6Diagram coming soon
Bm7Diagram coming soon
Em
F#mDiagram coming soon
D6Diagram coming soon
A
G
BDiagram coming soon
Bm
E
E7
A7
Em7
G#Diagram coming soon
D
Dmaj7Diagram coming soon
F#Diagram coming soon
B7Diagram coming soon
A6Diagram coming soon
F#m7Diagram coming soon
F#dimDiagram coming soon
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
Intro: Gmaj7 G6 Bm7 Bm7 Gmaj7 Em F#m D6 Gmaj7 A/G B Bm Gmaj7 A/G B D6 Gmaj7 D6 G A/E E/B Bm Don't know how it got away from me E7 A/E A7 Don't know how I let things go, you see G Bm Don't know why it took a sudden turn Em7 A7 Didn't seem to be a big concern G E7/G# D And everything is all too much Bm7 Em Hot and bothered, you're cool to the touch G D And everyone is worlds apart Bm7 Em It must have been this way from the start Dmaj7 E G When there's nothing here to save the day D/F# Em7 Then we have to say A7 G6 D There's a reason for it Until It's Gone When there's nothing left for us to do D/F# Em7 You're left without a clue A7 G6 D A/G B7 D6 There's a reason for it G A/G Bm Don't know how it got away from me E7 A6 Don't know how I let things go, you see G6 E/B Bm Don't know why it took a sudden turn Em7 A A7 Didn't seem to be a big concern G D And everyone is all too well Bm7 All well-adjusted people Em Can't you tell? G D And everything is all too fast Bm7 Em Just add water Nothing's built to last D E7 Gmaj7 When your colleagues can't recall your name F#m7 Em7 Time and time again A7 G6 D There's a reason for it E7/G# G When your name's the butt of every joke Bm Em7 Just about to croak A7 G6 D Gmaj7 Bm Gmaj7 Bm G G6 Bm Gmaj7 Bm There's a reason for it G E7/G# D And everyone is worlds apart Bm7 F#dim Em7 It must have been this way from the start D E7 G6 When there's nothing here to save the day D/F# Em7 Then we have to say A7 Gmaj7 D There's a reason for it E7/G# G When there's nothing left for us to do D/F# Em7 You're left without a clue A7 G6 D There's a reason for it E7/G# G When there's nothing here to save the day D/F# Em7 Then we have to say G6 D There's a reason for it E7/G# Gmaj7 When there's nothing here to save the day D/F# Em7 Then we have to say D/A Em7 There's a reason for it There's a reason for it There's a reason for it A/E Em7 There's a reason for it A There's a reason for it Em7 There's a reason for it
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Chord set
Gmaj7 · G6 · Bm7 · Em · F#m · D6 · A · G · B · Bm · E · E7 · A7 · Em7 · G# · D · Dmaj7 · F# · B7 · A6 · F#m7 · F#dim
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.