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[Intro 1] [G][Ebm][D][G][A][B][Bb][A][Ab] [Verse 1] [G]Why [Bb]was I [Am]born? [D]Why am [G]I living? What [B]do I [Bb]get?[E][A][C] [Am]What [A]am [G]I giving? [A]Why[D] do[G] I w[D]ant[G] a thing [D]I dare n[C]ot hope f[C#]or?[D] [Bdim]What can[B] I hop[C]e for? [F]I wis[B]h I kne[Bb]w.[A][Ab] [G]Why do [Bb]I try [Am]To d[A]raw yo[D]u near me? [G]Why [B]do I [E]cry?[C] [A]You nev[G]er [Ebm]hear m[B]e.[G] I'm [C]a poor [D]fool. [Bm]But [G]what can I do?[A] [G]Why [A]was [D]I born to l[B]ove y[Bb]ou?[Cm] [Adim][D][Ddim][A][C#dim][D] [G]Why [E]do [A]I try [C]To [Am]draw [Bm]you [C]near me[B][D] [G]Why [D]do I [B]cry?[G][C] You [G]never hear [C#]me[D] [G]I'm a poor fool [Em]But what c[D]an I d[A]o?[B][A] [G]Why [C#dim]was I bor[A]n t[D]o love y[G]ou?[G] Thank
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