"So Tell Me Why" by Poison (Swallow This Live, 1991)

"So Tell Me Why" by Poison (Swallow This Live, 1991)

Key: Eb Major (sounding key, with capo)
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Capo: 1st fret (chords below are relative to capo, sounding as Eb, Bb, Ab, etc.)
Chords Used (relative to capo): D, A, G, Em, Bm

Intro
D G A (x2, clean then distorted)

e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|--7---5---8---8---8---8---7---5---|----------5---7---5---8---5-------|
D|----------------------------------|--7---7-----------------------7---|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
   D                                G               A

Verse 1

D G
I’d like to put to rest the rumours
A D
I’d like to put to bed the lies
D G
I’d like to throw away the past
A D
And show you how I feel inside
D G
Ooh, I’ll be your taxi and your driver
A D
I’ll be your road if you need
D G
I’d like to push and push and push
A D
Just to make you pleased
G Em
But your river of emotion for me
A
Flows like a dried up stream

Chorus
D G
So tell me why
A
Your satisfaction’s like a heart of stone
D G
So tell me why
A
Your love reaction chills me to the bone

Verse 2
D G
You make my blood boil hot
A D
And my heart beat like a drum
D G
I wanna do to you, girl
A D
Things that ain’t never been done
D G
From the rain, I’ll be your shelter
A D
From the cold, I’ll be your heat
D G
I’ll push and push and push
A D
To make you pleased

Chorus
D G
So tell me why
A
Your satisfaction’s like a heart of stone
D G
So tell me why
A
Your love reaction chills me to the bone

Bridge
G Bm
So tell me your reason
A Em
For tearing me up inside
G A
Girl, you gotta tell me why
G Em
But your river of emotion for me
A
Flows like a dried up stream

Solo
D G A (x2)
(Solo by C.C. DeVille, Eb major pentatonic, per Songsterr, web ID 2)

Chorus
D G
So tell me why
A
Your satisfaction’s like a heart of stone
D G
So tell me why
A
Your love reaction chills me to the bone

Outro
D G
So tell me why (tell me why, tell me why)
A
Your satisfaction’s like a heart of stone
D G
So tell me why (baby, listen to me)
A
Your love reaction chills me to the bone
D G
So tell me why
A
Your satisfaction’s like a heart of stone
D G
So tell me why
A
Your love reaction chills me to the bone
(Fade out with D, G, A)