What password is Keychain Access looking for?

I recently opened Keychain Access and attemped to "show password" on one of my iCloud keychain entries. It asked for a password, and I typed my iTunes password, the only password I've ever used during iCloud keychain setup. It rejected this password, so I have no idea what it wants. I then verified that iTunes still accepts the iTunes password I've used for years.
I'm scratching my head here. Any suggestions what Keychain Access might be looking for here?
Thanks.

I wound up resetting my iCloud keychain. This had more side effects than I'd anticipated (Mail can't log into Gmail, etc.) so I restored the Keychaind dir from Time Machine from a day or two before. After a reboot, Keychain app accepted my login password.
Not sure what was up originally, but all is as it shoudl be now.
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