"Whatever Reason" from Southern Hospitality
This is my acoustic verison of the song. I found it easiest to play this song
with a capo on the 1st fret to match the album verison.
All chords are relative to the capo.
I like to play barre chords for the verses and open for the chorus...
Chord Chart:
I play these chords open for the bridge...
G Em/C Esus/D
e|O| e|O| e|O|
B|O| B|O| B|O|
G|4| G|5| G|7|
D|5| D|5| D|7|
A|5| A|3| A|5|
E|3| E|X| E|X|
(pretty much
a barred G
without
the barre)
G A Bm
In a whirlwind caught away
G A Bm
Broken lips have carried you to a place
G Bm
Where you don't know just how you ever got this far
G B
away from here
A C#m A
Thinking somehow you could cross the point of no return
B (Let Ring)
But my love will never end
E A
Whatever reason you've been running
C#m B A
I just don't care anymore
E A C#m B
Already forgotten whatever happened with what went wrong
A C#m B A
I just want you to come home
G A Bm
Incarcerated, borrowed shame
G A Bm
Freedom was the promise they took away
G Bm
And now you're left with what you find so hard is
G B
forgiving yourself
A C#m A
Thinking somehow you could cross the point of no return
B
But my love will never end
E A
Whatever reason you've been running
C#m B A
I just don't care anymore
E A C#m B
Already forgotten whatever happened with what went wrong
A
I just want you home
Em/C Esus/D E
I see something far away
G Em/C Esus/D
Could this be the day to take you in these arms and
E
wash all of the wasted days and years away?
Em/C Esus/D E G Em/C Esus/D
Just to see the eyes of my beloved child
B
Now I'm running I'm the one that's running
E A
Whatever reason you've been running
C#m B A
I just don't care anymore
E A C#m B
Already forgotten whatever happened with what went wrong
A
I just want you to
E B A
Come home
E B A
Come home
E B A
Come home
