[Verso 1]
 
        Bb            Bb7 
Tell me why, though I try to forget 
        Eb         Ebm 
Tell me why, why I think of you yet 
  Gm                 G 
I know I'll never be free 
C        Cm 
What has happened to me? 
F       Bb           Bb7 
Tell me why, when we danced until three 
        Eb          Ebm 
Tell me why, why my heart couldn't see 
  Gm                 G 
I never dreamed of romance 
Bb    F          Bb    Bb7 
Never gave it a chance 



[Refrão]
 
       Gm               Eb 
When I think of how you looked that day 
        Fm      Bb       Eb 
In your gown of silk and lace 
            Gm        G       Eb 
Should have known the day you came my way 
     Gm           C            F 
That this was the time and the place 


[Verso 2]

F7      Bb         Bb7 
Tell me why I keep fooling my heart 
       Eb          Ebm 
When I know it was love from the start 
    Gm                 G 
Why don't we give it a try? 
Bb     F             Bb    Bb7 
If you know, tell me why 


[Refrão]

       Gm               Eb 
When I think of how you looked that day 
        Fm      Bb       Eb 
In your gown of silk and lace 
            Gm        G       Eb 
Should have known the day you came my way 
     Gm           C            F 
That this was the time and the place 



[Verso 3]
 
F7      Bb         Bb7 
Tell me why I keep fooling my heart 
       Eb          Ebm 
When I know it was love from the start 
    Gm                 G 
Why don't we give it a try? 
Bb     F             Bb    Bb7 
If you know, tell me why 

Outro 
Cm 
Tell me. 
F       Bb 
Tell me why