Hoobastank
The Reason
2003

Key: G

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

 used:
Em -   022000
D -    xx0232
A/C# - x476xx
Am -   x02210
C -    x32010
D/F# - 2x023x


Intro: Em--D--A/C#--C-D
Em--D--Am--C-D-


Verse 1:
Em                   D
  whenever i step outside 
somebody claims to 
A/C#
see the light
                    C
it seems to me that all of 
        D
us have lost our patience
Em
  cause everyone thinks 
        D
they're right
and nobody thinks that 
A/C#
there just might
be more than one road 
C            D
to our final destination


Chorus 1:
Em
  but i'm not ever going to 
D           Am
know if i'm right or wrong
                C
cause we're all going 
       D
in the same direction
Em
  and i'm not sure which way 
   D          Am
to go because all along
           C
we've been going in 
    D
the same direction


Verse 2:
Em                     D
  i'm tired of playing games of 
                    A/C#
looking for someone else to blame
                     C
for all the holes in answers 
         D
that are clearly showing
Em                           D
  for something to fill the space
                       A/C#
was all of the time i spent a waste
                      C
cause so many choices point 
             D
the same way i was going


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Post chorus: Em--- x2
          Em-- Em--
Same direction


Bridge:
Em
  so why does there only have to 
D                     A/C#
be one correct philosophy?
                              C
i don't want to go and follow you 
                    D
just to end up like one of them
Em
  and why are you always telling 
D                        A/C#
me what you want me to believe?
i'd like to think that i can 
C                 D
go my own way and meet you in the end
C                 D
go my own way and meet you in the end


Chorus 2:

Silence:
Em                          D
  but i'm not ever going to know

Distortion:
       Am
if i'm right or wrong
                C
cause we're all going 
       D
in the same direction
Em
  and i'm not sure which way 
   D/F# D         Am
to go     because all along
           C
we've been going in 
    D
the same direction
C
going in 
    D
the same direction
C
going in 
    D
the same direction


Outro: Em-- x2

          Em  Em--
Same direction