There's A Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls)
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Intro
E
I wanna know
Since you've been gone
Have I been on
F#
Your mind?
E
'Cause I know I was for a while
E
Late last night
I saw you out
For a moment I
F#
Turned to stone
G#m
'Cause there's still something only we see
F#
Don't talk
E
I'd have run to kiss your mouth
G#m
Is it me or
F# E
Just a dream that never dies?
B
There's a reason why
E
I never returned your calls
B
I wish I could forget it all
E
But I never returned your calls
F# E
'Cause I'd fall in again
( B F# )
E
We're leaving here
We're on the run
The time has come
F#
I don't hear no alarms
F#
Fall asleep in my arms
F#
A lover's game
Is never fair
But I still care
F#
And I know you do too
G#m
'Cause there's a part of me that's you
F#
Don't talk
E
I'd have run to kiss your mouth
G#m
Is it me or
F# E
Just a dream that never dies?
B
There's a reason why
E
I never returned your calls
B
I wish I could forget it all
E
But I never returned your calls
F# E
'Cause I'd fall in again
E
I still find parts of you
F#
In the corners of my bedroom
E
Someday comes too soon
F#
The radio plays our favourite tune again
( E F# E F# )
B
There's a reason why
E
I never returned your calls
B
I wish I could forget it all
E
But I never returned your calls
F# E
'Cause I'd fall in again
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