Ain't No Reason
By Brett Dennen
Bb (x1333x@1) DmThere (xx0231@1)ain't no reason things are this way
Bb (x1333x@1) Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
It's how they've always been and they intend to stay
Bb (x1333x@1) DmI (xx0231@1)can't explain why we live this way
CWe (x32010@1)do it everyday
Bb (x1333x@1) DmPreachers (xx0231@1)on the podium speaking the saints
Bb (x1333x@1) Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
Prophets on the sidewalk begging for change
Bb (x1333x@1) DmOld (xx0231@1)ladies laugh from the fire escape
CCursing (x32010@1)my name
Bb (x1333x@1) DmI (xx0231@1)got a basket full of lemons and they always taste the same
Bb (x1333x@1) Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
A window and a pidgen with a broken wing
Bb (x1333x@1) DmYou (xx0231@1)could spend you whole life working for something
CJust (x32010@1)to have it taken away
Bb (x1333x@1) DmPeople (xx0231@1)walk around pushing back their desks
Bb (x1333x@1) Dm (xx0231@1) CWearing (x32010@1)paychecks like necklaces and bracelets
Bb (x1333x@1) DmTalking (xx0231@1)about nothing, not thinking about death
C (x32010@1) Dm(no (xx0231@1)bottom Estring) (022100@1)CEvery (x32010@1)little heartbeat every little breath
Bb (x1333x@1) DmPeople (xx0231@1)walk a tight rope on a razor's edge
Bb (x1333x@1) Dm (xx0231@1) CCarrying (x32010@1)their hurt and hatred and weapons
Bb (x1333x@1) DmIt (xx0231@1)could be a bomb, or a bullet or a pin
COr (x32010@1)a thought, or a word, or a sentence
Bb (x1333x@1) DmThere (xx0231@1)ain't no reason things are this way
Bb (x1333x@1) Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
It's how they've always been and they intend to stay
Bb (x1333x@1) DmI (xx0231@1)dont't know why i say the things i say
CBut (x32010@1)i say them anyway
Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) CLove (x32010@1)will come set me free
Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) CLove (x32010@1)will come set me free, I do believe
Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) CLove (x32010@1)will come set me free, I know it will
Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) CLove (x32010@1)will come set me free
Bb (x1333x@1) DmPrison (xx0231@1)walls still standing tall
Bb (x1333x@1) Dm (xx0231@1) CSome (x32010@1)things never change at all
Bb (x1333x@1) DmKeep (xx0231@1)on building prisons gonna fill them all
C (x32010@1) Dm(no (xx0231@1)bottom Estring) (022100@1)CKeep (x32010@1)on building bombs gonna drop them all
Bb (x1333x@1) DmWorking (xx0231@1)your fingers bare to the bone
Bb (x1333x@1) Dm (xx0231@1) CBreaking (x32010@1)your back to make yourself useful
Bb (x1333x@1) DmLaugh (xx0231@1)along, it's filled with cold
CSuffocating (x32010@1)slow
Bb (x1333x@1) DmThe (xx0231@1)wind blows wild and i may move
Bb (x1333x@1) Dm (xx0231@1) CBut (x32010@1)politicians lie and i am not fooled
Bb (x1333x@1) DmYou (xx0231@1)don't need no reason nor a three-piece suit
CTo (x32010@1)argue the truth
Bb (x1333x@1) DmThe (xx0231@1)air on my skin, and the world under my toes
Bb (x1333x@1) Dm (xx0231@1) CSlavery (x32010@1)stitched in to the fabric of my clothes
Bb (x1333x@1) DmChaos (xx0231@1)and commotion wherever i go
CLove (x32010@1)i try to follow
Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) CLove (x32010@1)will come set me free
Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) CLove (x32010@1)will come set me free, I do believe
Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) CLove (x32010@1)will come set me free, I know it will
Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) CLove (x32010@1)will come set me free
Bb (x1333x@1) DmThere (xx0231@1)ain't no reason things are this way
Bb (x1333x@1) Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
It's how they've always been and they intend to stay
Bb (x1333x@1) DmI (xx0231@1)can't explain why we live this way
CWe (x32010@1)do it everyday
