Why Do They Leave Ryan Adams From Heartbreaker transcribed by Mark Wiggins From the AltCountryTab.com produced by Warren Owen Intro(play twice): A F#m -0-----------2---- -2-----------2---- -2-----------2---- -2-----------4---- -0--0--2--4--4---- -------------2---- [A] Oh, why do they [F#m] leave? [A] Oh, why do they [F#m] leave? On the [D] day that you needed [D/F#] them the [E] most. [D] [C#m] [Bm] [A] Simple cards and things, Rose-colored sunsets, No [D] flowers for me. [A] Simple cards and things, Rose-colored sunsets, No [D] flowers for me. [Bm] Lover - why to you [D] leave? [Bm] Lover - why to you [D] leave? On the [E] day I [D] want you for [C#m] me. Repeat Intro [A] Say, say it ain't [F#m] so, [A] That he will take you to-[F#m]-morrow, And [D] I will sit here to-[D/F#]-day, the [E] worst. [D] [C#m] [Bm] [A] Simple cards and things, Rose-colored sunsets, No [D] flowers for me. [A] Simple cards and things, Rose-colored sunsets, It's [D] curtains for me. [Bm] Lover - why to you [D] leave? [Bm] Lover - why to you [D] leave? On the [E] day I [D] want you to [C#m] be the world. Harmonica over repeated [A] [D]