(I don’t know why) But I do (1961)    (video)

 

    D - D7- G - D

 

        G                                               D

1. I don't know why I love you, but I do,

        D                       D7               G

    I don't know why I cry so, but I do.

       G                   G7               C                    A7

    I only know I'm lonely and that I want you only,

        D                       D7                    G   - D

    I don't know why I love you, but I do.

 

       G                                                      D

2. I can't sleep nights because I feel so restless,

        D                             D7                G

    I don't know what you do, I feel so helpless,

            G                              G7      C                          A

    and since you've been away, I cried all night and day,

        D                       D7                    G   - C - G

    I don't know why I love you, but I do.

 

            C                                             G

    My days have been so lonely, my nights have been so blue,

        A                          A7                 D

    I don't know how I manage, but I do

 

              G                                         D

3. Each night I sit alone and tell myself,

          D                D7                          G

    that I will fall in love with someone else,

        G                         G7                  C                  A7

    I guess I'm wasting time, but I’ve got clear my mind,

        D                       D7                    G   - D - D7 - G

    I don't know why I love you, but I do.

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Clarence “Frogman” Henry)