Em D G C  Em D G C

[Verse 1]
C            Em             D
You’ll never know when your last breaths,
       G               C
Gonna fade like a July sunset
          Em          D
Or how a tragedy like gravity
       G                          C
Holds still while the world keeps spinnin’

     Em                    D
It’s hard not to question circumstances,
     G                         C
That leave you with nothin’ to say
         Em                    D
Is there some kind of message? Some kind of lesson?
C
Damn life’s hard to explain


[Chorus]
               Em          D
Oh God tell me why things happen
       G                C
Things happen like they do
                          Em        D
Leaves you thinking ‘bout how time leaves you
    G               C
It gets you all confused

     Em         D
In a blink of a moment, gone ‘for you know it
G                         C
Hits you right out of the blue
          Em         D
Wonderin’ why things happen,
       C                Em   D G C
Things happen like they do-o-o


[Verse 2]
      Em                     D
How a child that’s just been named
            G                         C
Can then be pulled from the arms of a mother
     Em                     D
Or a cross on the side of a two-lane road
        G                     C
Holds a memory of somebody’s brother

    Em
You try not to question
D
God and his judgement,
C
But damn it I don’t understand


[Chorus]
                 Em         D
Somebody tell me why things happen
        G               C
Things happen like they do
                          Em        D
Leaves you thinking ‘bout how time leaves you
   G                C
It gets you all confused

     Em         D
In a blink of a moment, gone ‘for you know it
G                         C
Hits you right out of the blue
          Em         D
Wonderin’ why things happen,
       C                Em   D
Things happen like they do-o-o


[Solo]
G C  Em D  G C

[Bridge]
     Am
Your heart keeps on beatin’
                     G
Through all of those feelings
      C
That you thought you’d never get through
Am
There must be a reason

                G
Our yes are not seeing
C
Everything we want them to, uh
           Em         D            G         C
So tell me why things happen, yeah yeah, yeah


[Chorus]
        Em         D
Tell me why things happen
       G                C
Things happen like they do
                          Em       D
Leaves you thinking ‘bout how time leaves you
   G                C
It gets you all confused

     Em                 D
In a blink of a moment, gone ‘for you know it
G                         C
Hits you right out of the blue
          Em         D
Wonderin’ why things happen,
       C                Em   D
Things happen like they do-o-o

[Outro]
       G
Things happen
       C               Em D C
Things happen, oh yeah