Intro e|-33--3s7-5-3---------------2h3-2-0h2-3-------------------------| B|---0---------1-----1-1--3------------0-------------------------| G|----0--------------------2-----------0-------------------------| D|--------------0h2-2-2--0--0----------0-------------------------| A|-------------------------------------2-------------------------| E|-33--3-------------------------------3-------------------------| e|-33--3s7-5-3------------------2h3-2-0h2-3----------------------| B|---0---------1-----1-0h1---3------------0----------------------| G|----0-----------------------2-----------0----------------------| D|--------------0h2-2-2-----0--0----------0----------------------| A|----------------------------------------2----------------------| E|-33--3----------------------------------3----------------------| verse 1 Why you with your long brown hair flowing And you with your fresh tattooed skin And you from the western Virginia That you’ll never get to see again verse 2 As darkness descended the desert And a bad actor starred in his play Why you from Tennessee did life capture And me from Tennessee get away And when the morning sun hit the mountains And a glorious still calmed the breeze I asked the God of all knowing wisdom Why you and why not me? Break e|-33--3s7-5-3---------------2h3-2-0h2-3-------------------------| B|---0---------1-----1-1--3------------0-------------------------| G|----0--------------------2-----------0-------------------------| D|--------------0h2-2-2--0--0----------0-------------------------| A|-------------------------------------2-------------------------| E|-33--3-------------------------------3-------------------------| e|-33--3s7-5-3------------------2h3-2-0h2-3----------------------| B|---0---------1-----1-0h11--3------------0----------------------| G|----0-----------------------2-----------0----------------------| D|--------------0h2-2-2-----0--0----------0----------------------| A|----------------------------------------2----------------------| E|-33--3----------------------------------3----------------------| verse 3 Yeah the lord is my refuge and fortress My god with whom I trust But I’ll never know why the wicked Gets to prey on the best of us verse 4 Why you full of life and promise At the top of your lungs so loud My songs that you sang so sweetly will ring In my ears forever now And when the morning sun hit the mountains And a glorious still calmed the breeze I asked the God of all knowing wisdom Why you and why not me? And every morning when the sun hits the mountain And a glorious still calms the breeze I’ll ask the god of my salvation Why you and why not me? Why you and why not me? Outro e|-33--3s7-5-3---------------2h3-2-0h2-3-------------------------| B|---0---------1-----1-1--3------------0-------------------------| G|----0--------------------2-----------0-------------------------| D|--------------0h2-2-2--0--0----------0-------------------------| A|-------------------------------------2-------------------------| E|-33--3-------------------------------3-------------------------| e|-33--3s7-5-3------------------2h3-2-0h2-3----------------------| B|---0---------1-----1-0h11--3------------0----------------------| G|----0-----------------------2-----------0----------------------| D|--------------0h2-2-2-----0--0----------0----------------------| A|----------------------------------------2----------------------| E|-33--3----------------------------------3----------------------|

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