The White Stripes "Effect and Cause" From the album "Icky Thump" If you have heard their cover of Loretta Lynn's "Rated X", it is very similar, strumming wise. Intro: A E A A E A I guess you have to have a problem if you want to invent a contraption A E First You Cause a train wreck, then you put me in traction A First came an action, then a reaction D But you can't switch around for your own satisfaction A E A Well you burnt my house down, then got mad at my reaction A E A Well in every complicated situation of the human relation A E To make sense of it all, takes a whole lotta concentration A Well you can blame a baby, for her pregnant ma' D And if theres one of these unavoidable laws A E A It's that you just can't take the effect and make it the cause Chorus D D You can't take the effect, and make it the cause A A I did't rob a bank, because you made up the law D D Blame me for robbing Peter, don't you blame Paul A You can't take the effect and make it the cause A E A I ain't the reason that you gave me no reason to return your call A E You built a house of cards and got shocked when you saw them fall A Well, I ain't saying I'm innocent, in fact the reverse D But if you're headed to the grave, you don't blame the hearse A E A You're like a little girl yelling at her brother 'cause you lost his ball A E A Well you keep blaming me for what you did, and that ain't all A E The way you clean up a wreck is enough to give one pause A You seem to forget just how this all started D I'm reacting to you because you left me broken hearted A E A See, you just can't take the effect and make it the cause Chorus D D You can't take the effect, and make it the cause A A I didn't rob a bank, becuase you made up the law D D Blame me for robbing Peter, dont you blame Paul A You can't take the effect, and make it the cause "A"
