I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)

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 Another Albert/Turk hit, I Don't Know Why (I Just Do). Wayne King and his orchestra popularized this 1931 ballad. Their super-sweet style endeared them to the "over 50" crowd, and earned them a weekly radio show sponsored by a cosmetic company for "older ladies." It wasn't long before The Lady Esther serenade became one of the top radio programs, and King was earning #15,000 a week!

Music by Fred E. Ahlert
Words by Roy Turk

Verse:

All day long you're ask -ing me What I see in you, All day long I'm an -swer -ing, But what good does it do?

I have noth -ing to ex -plain, I just love you, love you, And I'll tell you once a -gain:

 

Chorus:

I Don't Know Why I love you like I do, I Don't Know Why, I just do.

I Don't Know Why you thrill me like you do, I Don't Know Why, you just do.

You nev -er seem to want me ro -manc -ing, The on -ly time you hold me is when we're danc -ing,

I Don't Know Why I love you like I do, I Don't Know Why I just do.

 You can view a sample of the music here.

I Don't Know Why, But I Do

Words & Music by Roy Turk & Fred E. Ahlert, 1931
Recorded by Errol Garner, 1950

D                    D6      
I don't know why I love you like I do;

F#m7         Fdim         A         
I don't know why, I just do.

Em7                   A7
I don't know why you thrill me like you do;

A7/9          A7            D   Gdim   D  
I don't know why, you just do.

     D7    C7       B7     Em9   A7   
You never seem to want my roman-cin'--

    Bm7           Em9
The only time you hold me

   Em7   A7   A-9   A        
Is when we're dan-cin'.

D                  D6              B7
I don't know why I love you like I do;

Em7           A7 Em7  Gdim   D    Bm    G   Gdim    D
I don't know why, I   just  do.

http://www.theguitarguy.com/idontkno.htm 

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The song is originally written in Bb. Here's what I'm playing.

I Don't Know Why, But I Do

Words & Music by Roy Turk & Fred E. Ahlert, 1931
Recorded by Errol Garner, 1950

Bb                    Bb6      
I don't know why I love you like I do;

Dm7         Dbdim         Cm         
I don't know why, I just do.

F7                  Cm7
I don't know why you thrill me like you do;

F7                     F7-9 Bb6 
I don't know why, you just do.

     Bb    Bb7       G7     C9   F9   
You never seem to want my roman-cin'--

    Bb            C7
The only time you hold me

   Cm7   F7   Cm7 F7-9       
Is when we're dan-cin'.

Bb                  G76     G7+5    G7
I don't know why I love you like I do;

Cm7          F7-9  Gdim   Bb    Ab7   Bb
I don't know why, I   just  do.

Slash Chord Chart (remember l.h./ r.h.)

BbF/BbDF    I don't know why I

BbF/BbDG   love you like I do,

D/CFA           I don't know

Db/BbEA       why, I just

C/CEbG         do.

C/EbFA         I don't know why you

C/EbGBb       thrill me like you do, I don't know

F/EbAC          why,

F/GbA             you just

Bb/dFG           do. You

Bb/FBbD         never seem to

G/FBD            want my ro-

CBb/ED          man-

FA/EbGC        cing, The

BbF/DBb         only time you

CBb/EGBB      hold me is

F/EbGBb         when

F/CEbA            we're

F/BbEbG          danc-

F/AEbGb          ing,

BbF/BbDF        I don't know why I

GD/BFG           love you

Eb/G                  like I do,

CBb/EbGEb     I don't know

FA/EbGbEb      why, I just

BbF/DFBb        do.

For more information regarding his work and songs, visit the website, Fred Ahlert

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Linda Ronstadt: Feels Like Home

Feels Like Home (Linda Ronstadt album) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

"I don't think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you don't discourage something that may be rather nice." -- Linda Rondstadt

Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/linda_ronstadt.html#grXKUdM6bmjQcsTg.99

 In 1995 Randy Newman wrote the words and music to a song, Feels Like Home. The tempo is moderately slow with 4/4 time signature, played in the Key of D. Here is the chord chart to this special song.

C F C    C F C

C         G       C                     G      Gsus G
Something in your eyes makes me want to lose myself 
                 F                    C  F  C   G
Makes me want to lose myself in your arms 
C            G            C               G           Gsus G
There's something in your voice makes my heart beat fast 
          F
Hope this feeling lasts 
               C    G
The rest of my life 
       Em       F         C    E7  Am
If you knew how lonely my life has been 
        F         C       G Gsus G 
And how long I've felt so low 
       Em         F                 C    E7 Am                  
If you knew how I wanted someone to come along 
    F         C                   G  Gsus G
And change my life the way you've done 
           C                     G
Feels like home to me Feels like home to me 
               F   C       D7                 G                    
Feels like I'm all the way back where I come from
           C                     G
Feels like home to me Feels like home to me 
               F   C       D7         G    C   F  C
Feels like I'm alI the way back where I belong 

SOLO

C     G  C             G 
A window breaks down a long dark street 
      F                  C    F C  G
And a siren walls in the night 
C       G  C                     G
But I'm alright cause I have you here with me 
          F                                   C  G
And I can almost see through the dark there's light 
       Em        F               C     E7 Am
If you knew how much this moment means to me 
        F         C               G Gsus  G
And how long I've waited for your touch 
       Em       F             C  E7  Am
If you knew how happy you are making me 
     F                 C              G
I've never thought I'd love anyone so much
           C                     G
Feels like home to me Feels like home to me 
               F   C       D7                 G                    
Feels like I'm all the way back where I come from
           C                     G
Feels like home to me Feels like home to me 
               F   C       D7         G    C   F C
Feels like I'm alI the way back where I belong 
               F   C       D7         G    C   F C  C F C
Feels like I'm alI the way back where I belong 

 So, here's what I'm playing with the piano chords in D.

D G/D D    G/D D G/D D G/D 

D         A/C#     D                     A      D/A A
Something in your eyes makes me want to lose myself 
                 G(add9)                   D  A
Makes me want to lose myself in your arms 
D            A/c#            D            A          D/A
There's something in your voice makes my heart beat fast 
          G
Hope this feeling lasts 
           G9   D  A
The rest of my life 
       F#m       G         D/A    A#dim7  Bm7
If you knew how lonely my life has been 
        G         C       D A  Bm/A  A
And how long I've felt so low 
       F#m7         G                 D/A  A#dim7 Bm                  
If you knew how I wanted someone to come along 
    G         D/A                   A  
And change my life the way you've done 
           D                     A  G6/B A/C#
Feels like home to me Feels like home to me 
  A             G   D/F#    Bm7  E7     G6/A  A                    
Feels like I'm all the way back where I come from
           D    Bm7  D          A  G6/B  A/C#
Feels like home to me Feels like home to me 
 D7              G   C       D/F#   E7  G6/A    D   G/D  D D(add9)
Feels like I'm all the way back where I belong 

I'll share the chord breakdown with you now, keeping in mind that you know

how to read slash chords. Here I'll be posting l.h./r.h.

D chord = D/F#AD

A/C# = C#/AC#E

D = D/ADF#

A = A/AC#F#

D/A = A/DF#A

A = A/EAC#

G(add9) = G/ABE

D = D/F#AD

A = A/AC#E

D = D/F#AD

A/C# = C#/AE

D = D/ADF#

A = AE/C#F#

D/A = F#/DE

A = AE/C#

G = G/BE

G9 = GD/AB

D = D/ADF#

A = A/AC#

F#m = F#/AC#F#

G = G/bDB

D/A = A/AEF#

A#dim7 = A#/GC#E

Bm7 = B/F#BD

G = G/DGB

D = D/F#D

A = A/C#E

Bm/A = F#/ABD

A = EA/AC#

F#m7 = F#/C#F#A

G = G/BDG

D/A = A/F#D

A#dim7 = A#/F#A#D

Bm = BF#/BF#

G = G/GB

D/A = A/F#AF# 

A = AE/C#F#

D = D/F#AD

A = A/C#EA

G6/B = B/GDE

A/C# = C#A/EB

A = A/AC#F#A

G = G/BDG

D/F# = F#/ADA

Bm7 = B/BD

G6/A = A/GBE

A = A/AC#

D = D/F#AD

Bm7 = B/F#A

D = D/F#A

A = A/C#EA

G6/B = B/GDE

A/C# = C#A/EB

D7 = D/CF#A

G = G/BDG

D/F# = F#/ADF#

E7 = E/G#BD

G6/A = A/GBDE

D = DD/F#D

G/D = B/DG

D = DA/F#AD

D(add9) = DF#/DEA, then DF#/F#AD

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