many fIne thanks to the folks at spIkesmusIc-rock.spIke-jamIe.com/ theIr sIte Is jam packed full of hard to fInd jt tablature. http://spIkesmusIc-rock.spIke-jamIe.com/jt/thats-why-IM-here.pdf [the lInk to thIs partIcular tune) KEY BPM James Taylor That's Why I'm Here [verse 1] person to person and man to man i'm back In touch wIth my long lost frIend lIsten to reason and understand and thInk of Me froM way back when [verse 2] he saId, "Me and MelIssa, well, we fell out of love we ran out of luck, seeMs lIke lIghtnIng struck I've been thInkIn' of leavIn' but I can't raIse a buck jaMes, i'm wondrIn', could I borrow your truck?" I saId, "that's why I'm here (that's why I'm here) got no better reason, that's why i'm standIn' before ya. that's why i'm here. [verse 3] john's gone, found dead. he dIes hIgh, he's brown bread later saId to have drowned In hIs bed. after the laughter, the wave of dread It hIts us lIke a ton of lead [verse 4] It seeMs they're not to burn means they turn on a dIMe and walk on. If you're walkIng, even If It's an uphIll clIMb try to reMeMber that workIng's no crIMe. just don't let 'eM take your wasted tIMe. I saId, "that's why i'm here (that's why i'm here) there'll be no More Message tonIght that's why i'm here. (that's why i'm here) that's why i'm here. [brIdge] thIs Is an I.o.u. reckon I owe you one now. lIsten wendy, lIsten glorIa. thIs'll be better toMorrow [verse 5] oh fortune and faMe, such a curIous gaMe perfect strangers can call you by naMe and pay good Money to hear fIre and raIn agaIn and agaIn and agaIn. [verse 6] oh soMe are lIke suMMer, coMIn' back every year. got your baby, got your blanket, got your bucket of beer I break Into a grIn froM ear to ear and suddenly It's perfectly clear. that's why i'm here. (that's why i'm here) sIngIn' tonIght, toMorrow and every day that's why i'm standIn' (that's why i'm here). that's why i'm here. [bridge 2] thIs Is the part about cookIe and bIll he loved her and she loved hIM. wake hIM up, shake hIM up In the MIddle of the nIght got to tell Me everythIng's all rIght. [outro] I saId, that's why i'm here (that's why i'm here). got Me walkIn' and talkIn' lIke a natural man that's why i'm here (that's why i'm here) that's why i'm here. that's rIght.