Why – Michael Card Key C (Live version is in Bb Am Em7 Am Em7 C Em7 Am Why did it have to be a friend who chose to betray the Lord Am Em7 Am Em7 C Em7 Am Why did he use a kiss to show them? That's not what a kiss is for C G Am E Only a friend can betray a friend, a stranger has nothing to gain Am Em7 Am Em7 C Em7 Am And only a friend comes close enough to ever cause so much pain Am Em7 Am Em7 C Em7 Am And why did there have to be thorny, crown pressed upon His head Am Em7 Am Em7 C Em7 Am It should have been the royal one, made of jewels and gold instead C G Am E It had to be a crown of thorns, because in this life that we live Am Em7 Am Em7 C Em7 Am For all who seek to love, a thorn is all the world has to give Am Em7 Am Em7 C Em7 Am And why did it have to be a heavy, cross He was made to bare Am Em7 Am Em7 C Em7 Am And why did they nail His feet and hands, when His love would have held Him there C G Am E It was a cross for on a cross, a thief was supposed to pay Am Em7 Am Em7 C Em7 Am And Jesus had come into the world, to steal every heart away Am Em7 Am Em7 C Em7 Am Yes, Jesus had come into the world to steal every heart away ___________________________________________________________________ I'm submitting this because the previous submission was both incomplete and incorrect with some unexpected key changes in the chords unexplained. After listening to the first recording of this song in the album "Known by the Scars" 1984 it seemed he first wrote it in C. In the live album "Circles in the Sand" he plays it half a step down in Bb possibly to accommodate his accompaniment.
