Brett Dennen - Aint No Reason

               A#0                     F1
0There ain't no reason things are this way
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1It's how they' always been and they intend to stay
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2I can't explain why we live this way
               C7
3We do it every day
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                 A#8                 F9
6Preachers on the podium speakin' of saints
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7Prophets on the sidewalk beggin' for change
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8Old ladies laughin' from the fire escape
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9Cursin' my name
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12-same chords throughout the rest-
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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
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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
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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
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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
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                          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
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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
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47Workin' your fingers bare to the bones
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48Breakin' your back, make you sell your soul
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49Like a lung that's filled with coal
            C44
50Suffocatin' slow
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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
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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
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                          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
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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
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