My Why Chords by Matthew West

[Start]

[Verse]
B E F#sus4 B E F#sus4 B
■ ■ ■      ■ ■ ■      ■
                        E 
Be in this world not of it
       B                  
Follow Jesus not the crowd
                     E         
Be light wherever it looks dark
         B                 
And love where hate is loud
                 B       
Make every day’s ambition
E                    G#m  
Be to make my Father proud
E      B      E
That’s my why ■
F#sus4 B                      E        
■      ■ Greet every day with gratitude
   F#            B   
Be humble and be kind
                E           
See the path in front of you
    F#             B     
And leave the past behind
                    B          
Between grudges and forgiveness
E      F#                G#m 
Choose forgiveness every time
E           F# B  
Yeah that's my why


[Chorus]
E          B                         
Knowing my Jesus and making Him known
G#m7                   F#          E 
Following Him where He calls me to go
                 B                            
And running this race knowing I’m running home
G#m7            F#  
Every day of my life
E            
That’s my why
    B                            G#m7 
I’m fixing my eyes on a heavenly prize
             F#        B             E
So if anyone asks yeah that’s my why ■
F#sus4 B             E
■      That’s my why ■


[Verse]
F#sus4 B                             
■      Lay my life down for my family
E          F#sus4               
But always stand up for my faith
B                    E               F#sus4  B  
Let my actions speak louder than the words I say
                  E          F#sus4   G#m
And live like I’m dying till my dying day
E         F# B  
Oh that’s my why
B 
Oh


[Chorus]
E          B                         
Knowing my Jesus and making Him known
G#m7                   F#          E 
Following Him where He calls me to go
                 B                            
And running this race knowing I’m running home
G#m7            F#  
Every day of my life
E            
That’s my why
B                                     
I’m fixing my eyes on a heavenly prize
G#m7         F#sus4    E        
So if anyone asks yeah that’s my
        B     
Why I’m living
        B        
Why I’m breathing
     G#m7      F#                  
Lord remind me why heart is beating
        F#    
Why I’m living
        F#       
Why I’m breathing
                            B      
Lord remind me why heart is beating
    E F# B                        F#                           
And ■ ■  when I cross that finish line and my race has been run


[Bridge]
B                              E         F#                    B
May the reasons why I lived my life come down to just this one ■
                         E        F#                G#m7 
To look into my Father’s eyes and hear Him say Well done”


[Chorus]
E   
Yeah
F#        B  
That’s my why
E                   B                   
Oh knowing my Jesus and making Him known
G#m7                     F#               
■    Following Him where He calls me to go
E                     B                   G#m7
And running this race knowing I’m running home
             F#     
Every day of my life
       E     
That’s my why
           B            G#m7          
I’m fixing my eyes on a heavenly prize
      F#                      E 
So if anyone asks yeah that’s my
E             
Why I’m living
B       G#m7     
Why I’m breathing
               F#           B      
Lord remind me why heart is beating


[Outro]
        B     
Why I’m living
        B        
Why I’m breathing
    
Yeah
              
If anyone asks
    
Yeah
             
That’s my why