Biography:
Rachael Yamagata (born on September 23, 1977 in Arlington, Virginia) is a singer-songwriter. She plays piano and acoustic guitar, and her dark, smokey alto garners frequent comparisons to Fiona Apple. Her first full-length album, Happenstance, was released on June 8, 2004.
Yamagata became the vocalist for the Chicago funk-fusion band Bumpus, spending six years with them while writing and recording three albums and touring the country. However, she began to write songs which took on a style that conflicted with the funk vision of the band.
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Other songs:
- Be Be Your Love
- I Wish You Love
- Quiet
- 1963
- Dealbreaker
- Devastate Me
- Duet
- Elephants
- Even So
- Full On
- Has It Happened Yet
- Heavyweight
- Horizon
- I Dont Want To Be Your Mother
- I Want You
- Ill Find A Way
- Its Always The Little Things
- Jesus Was A Crossmaker
- Line
- Litte Life
- Meet Me By The Water
- Ode To
- Only Fault
- Over And Over
- Paper Doll
- Reason Why
- Saturday Morning
- Stick Around
- Sunday Afternoon
- The Other Side
- The Reason Why
- The Way It Seems To Go
- What If I Leave
- Wore Me Down
- Worn Me Down
- Would You Please
- You Wont Let Me
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Rachael Yamagata - Reason Why
Album: Happenstance (2004)
Chords Used:
Am [x02210]
Bm [x04432]
C [332010]
Dm [xx0231]
D2 [xx0230]
D7 [x00212]
Fd/D [xx0101]
G [320033]
CAPO 3 to match album
This is a piano song, so you really need to listen to get the chord timing just right.
It is near impossible to find any of her sheet music, so this is one I figured out on my own.
Please email me with any corrections @ [email protected]
G C G C
I think about how it might have been
G C G C
We'd spend our days travelin'
Am G
It's not that I don't understand you
Am G
It's not that I don't want to be with you
Am
But you only wanted me
C
The way you wanted me
G C G C
So, I will head out alone and hope for the best
G
And we can hang our heads down
C G C
As we skip the goodbyes
G C
And you can tell the world what you want them to hear
Dm Am
I've got nothing left to lose, my dear
Bm Fd/D
So, I'm up for the little white lies
C D2 G
But you and I know the reason why
C G
I'm gone, and you're still there
C G
I'm gone, and you're still there
C G
I'm gone, and you're still there
G C G C
I'll buy a magazine searching for your face
G C G C
From coast to coast or wherever I find my place
Am G
I'll track you on the radio, and
Am Dm
I'll sign your list in a different name
Am
But as close as I get to you
C
It's not the same
G C G C
So, I will head out alone and hope for the best
G C
We can pat ourselves on the back
G C
And say that we tried
G C
And if one of us makes it big
Dm Am
We can spill our regrets
Bm Fd/D
And talk about how the love never dies
C D2 G
But you and I know the reason why
C G
I'm gone, and you're still there
C G
I'm gone, and you're still there
C G
I'm gone, and you're still there
Bm Fd/D
So, steal the show, and do your best
Am
To cover the tracks that I have left
D7
I wish you well and hope you find
Am
Whatever you're looking for
D7
The way I might've changed my mind
Am Bm C D7
But you only showed me the door
G C G C
So, I will head out alone and hope for the best
G C
We can pat ourselves on the back
G C
And say that we tried
G C
And if one of us makes it big
Dm Am
We can spill our regrets
Bm Fd/D
And talk about how the love never dies
C D2
But you and I
C Fd/D
You and I--------
C D2 G C G C G C G
You and I know the reason why
Album: Happenstance (2004)
Chords Used:
Am [x02210]
Bm [x04432]
C [332010]
Dm [xx0231]
D2 [xx0230]
D7 [x00212]
Fd/D [xx0101]
G [320033]
CAPO 3 to match album
This is a piano song, so you really need to listen to get the chord timing just right.
It is near impossible to find any of her sheet music, so this is one I figured out on my own.
Please email me with any corrections @ [email protected]
G C G C
I think about how it might have been
G C G C
We'd spend our days travelin'
Am G
It's not that I don't understand you
Am G
It's not that I don't want to be with you
Am
But you only wanted me
C
The way you wanted me
G C G C
So, I will head out alone and hope for the best
G
And we can hang our heads down
C G C
As we skip the goodbyes
G C
And you can tell the world what you want them to hear
Dm Am
I've got nothing left to lose, my dear
Bm Fd/D
So, I'm up for the little white lies
C D2 G
But you and I know the reason why
C G
I'm gone, and you're still there
C G
I'm gone, and you're still there
C G
I'm gone, and you're still there
G C G C
I'll buy a magazine searching for your face
G C G C
From coast to coast or wherever I find my place
Am G
I'll track you on the radio, and
Am Dm
I'll sign your list in a different name
Am
But as close as I get to you
C
It's not the same
G C G C
So, I will head out alone and hope for the best
G C
We can pat ourselves on the back
G C
And say that we tried
G C
And if one of us makes it big
Dm Am
We can spill our regrets
Bm Fd/D
And talk about how the love never dies
C D2 G
But you and I know the reason why
C G
I'm gone, and you're still there
C G
I'm gone, and you're still there
C G
I'm gone, and you're still there
Bm Fd/D
So, steal the show, and do your best
Am
To cover the tracks that I have left
D7
I wish you well and hope you find
Am
Whatever you're looking for
D7
The way I might've changed my mind
Am Bm C D7
But you only showed me the door
G C G C
So, I will head out alone and hope for the best
G C
We can pat ourselves on the back
G C
And say that we tried
G C
And if one of us makes it big
Dm Am
We can spill our regrets
Bm Fd/D
And talk about how the love never dies
C D2
But you and I
C Fd/D
You and I--------
C D2 G C G C G C G
You and I know the reason why
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