Bb            Bb7
Tell me why, though I try to forget
        Eb         Ebm
Tell me why, why I think of you yet
  Gm                 G
I know I'll never be free
C        Cm
What has happened to me?
F       Bb           Bb7
Tell me why, when we danced until three
        Eb          Ebm
Tell me why, why my heart couldn't see
  Gm                 G
I never dreamed of romance
Bb    F          Bb    Bb7
Never gave it a chance


[Chorus]
       Gm               Eb
When I think of how you looked that day
        Fm      Bb       Eb
In your gown of silk and lace
            Gm        G       Eb
Should have known the day you came my way
     Gm           C            F
That this was the time and the place


[Verse]
F7      Bb         Bb7
Tell me why I keep fooling my heart
       Eb          Ebm
When I know it was love from the start
    Gm                 G
Why don't we give it a try?
Bb     F             Bb    Bb7
If you know, tell me why


[Chorus]
       Gm               Eb
When I think of how you looked that day
        Fm      Bb       Eb
In your gown of silk and lace
            Gm        G       Eb
Should have known the day you came my way
     Gm           C            F
That this was the time and the place


[Verse]
F7      Bb         Bb7
Tell me why I keep fooling my heart
       Eb          Ebm
When I know it was love from the start
    Gm                 G
Why don't we give it a try?
Bb     F             Bb    Bb7
If you know, tell me why

[Outro]
Cm
Tell me.
F       Bb
Tell me why