D                   A
Why can we not be together?
D                    A
Why is it we have to part?
Em                       G
Why did you leave with a stranger?
D                      A
When I am revealing my heart?

[Refrain]
          Em
Because I love the unknown
  G
I love the unknown
           D           A
He says he loves the unknown
          Em
Because I love the unknown
  G
I love the unknown
           D           A
He says he loves the unknown

[Verse 2]
They asked him
D                      A
"Hey, where's this bus going?"
 D             A  
And he said, "well, I'm really not sure"
           Em                         G
"Well then how will you know where to get off?"
                  D                  A
And he said, "the place with the most allure"

[Refrain]
          Em
Because I love the unknown
  G
I love the unknown
           D           A
He says he loves the unknown
          Em
Because I love the unknown
  G
I love the unknown
           D           A
He says he loves the unknown

[Verse 3]
D                   A
And then his father got him a job and it paid well
D                   A  
But every day it felt the same
          Em                     G
Well, his father was really heartbroken
        D                    A
When he quit and changed his last name

[Refrain]
          Em
Because I love the unknown
  G
I love the unknown
           D           A
He says he loves the unknown
          Em
Because I love the unknown
  G
I love the unknown
           D           A
He says he loves the unknown

[Verse 4]
D                   A
The doctor asked him what he was afraid of
D                   A  
Just what was he running from?
          Em                     G
And he said, "it's not a fear of success, nor of closeness
        D                 A
But of going through life feeling numb"

[Refrain]
          Em
Because I love the unknown
  G
I love the unknown
           D           A
He says he loves the unknown
          Em
Because I love the unknown
  G
I love the unknown
           D           A
He says he loves the unknown