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"That's Why" - by John Gorka 1994 (from the CD "Out Of The Valley") 

Capo on third fret 
              
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Intro:  C  G  Dm/F  F
       
       C              G
He was born a man, he died a myth

    Dm/F                  F
The man part left and the rest stayed with

C               G 
One part vision one part dream

Dm/F              F
Partly mirror and partly screen
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      Am   G/B  F          G            Am   G/B  F G
That's why,       why they say he never died


    C                  G
The fat man's gone the thin one stayed

      Dm/F           F
Still flashy in that gold lamé

C                 G
Lick his back and press him down

Dm/F          F
Mail him to another town

      Am   G/B  F          G                Am  G/B  F  G
That's why,       why they say he's still alive


C                     G
Things got hot in the styles he mixed

        Dm/F             F 
Did you see him move in '56

C                 G 
Gunsmoke over the Sullivan show

Dm/F               F
Shot waist up from Tupelo


    C              G
The Colonel's army took the soul

     Dm/F                F
That went by the name of King Creole

         Am             G/B  F  G
And he's gone gone gone...


He's left this life, he's left this stage
He's left the building but not the age
We asked too much and we took his best
Couldn't let him live, can't let him rest
That's why, why they say he never died

It's America's own strange disease
How we merchandise our tragedies
If I invoke his name in vain
Then too I share in all the blame
    Am G/B F          G                Am  G/B  F  G  Am
For why,     why they say he's still alive