A#0 F1 0There ain't no reason things are this way C2 Dm3 1It's how they' always been and they intend to stay C4 A#5 F6 2I can't explain why we live this way C7 3We do it every day 4 5 A#8 F9 6Preachers on the podium speakin' of saints C10 Dm11 7Prophets on the sidewalk beggin' for change C12 A#13 F14 8Old ladies laughin' from the fire escape C15 9Cursin' my name 10 11 12-same chords throughout the rest- 13 14 15I got a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same A16 window and a pigeon with a broken wing 16You can spend your whole life workin' for something 17Just to have it taken away 18 19People walk around pushin' back their debts 20Wearin' paychecks like necklaces and bracelets 21Talkin' 'bout nothin', not thinkin' 'bout death 22Every little heartbeat, every little breath 23 24People walk a tightrope on a razor's edge 25Carryin' their hurt and hatred and weapons 26It could be a bomb or a bullet or a pen 27Or a thought or a word or a sentence 28 29There ain't no reason things are this way 30It's how they' always been and they intend to stay 31I don't know why I say the things I say 32But I say them anyway 33 34 Dm17 A#18 C19 35But love will come set me free Dm20 A#21 C22 36Love will come set me free, I do believe Dm23 A#24 C25 37Love will come set me free, I know it will Dm26 A#27 C28 38Love will come set me free, yes 39 40 A#29 F30 41Prison walls still standin' tall C31 Dm32 42Some things never change at all C33 A#34 F35 43Keep on buildin' prisons, gonna fill them all C36 44Keep on buildin' bombs, gonna drop them all 45 46 A#37 F38 47Workin' your fingers bare to the bones C39 Dm40 48Breakin' your back, make you sell your soul C41 A#42 F43 49Like a lung that's filled with coal C44 50Suffocatin' slow 51 52 53The wind blows wild and I may move 54But politicians lie and I am not fooled 55You don't need no reason or a three-piece suit 56To argue the truth 57 58The air on my skin and world under my toes 59Slavery stitched into the fabric of my clothes 60Chaos and commotion wherever I go 61Love I try to follow 62 63 Dm45 A#46 C47 64But love will come set me free Dm48 A#49 C50 65Love will come set me free, I do believe Dm51 A#52 C53 66Love will come set me free, I know it will Dm54 A#55 C56 67Love will come set me free, yes 68 69 70There ain't no reason things are this way 71It's how they' always been and they intend to stay 72I can't explain why we live this way 73We do it every day