Brett Dennen – Aint No Reason (Guitar)

               Bb                     F
There ain't no reason things are this way

                     C                       Dm
It's how they' always been and they intend to stay

   C    Bb                       F
I can't explain why we live this way

              C
We do it every day

                 Bb                 F
Preachers on the podium speakin' of saints

                C                    Dm
Prophets on the sidewalk beggin' for change

    C  Bb                     F
Old ladies laughin' from the fire escape

           C
Cursin' my name

                       Bb                            F
I got a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same

               C                     Dm
A window and a pigeon with a broken wing

         C   Bb                               F
You can spend your whole life workin' for something

                  C
Just to have it taken away

              Bb                      F
People walk around pushin' back their debts

           C                          Dm
Wearin' paychecks like necklaces and bracelets

                     C  Bb                 F
Talkin' 'bout nothin', not thinkin' 'bout death

                   C
Every little heartbeat, every little breath

               Bb                     F
People walk a tightrope on a razor's edge

                C                 Dm
Carryin' their hurt and hatred and weapons

                 C  Bb            F
It could be a bomb or a bullet or a pen

                 C
Or a thought or a word or a sentence

               Bb                     F
There ain't no reason things are this way

                     C                       Dm
It's how they' always been and they intend to stay

          C  Bb                     F
I don't know why I say the things I say,

                 C
But I say them anyway.

                          Dm    Bb       C
But love will come set me free

                       Dm     Bb         C
Love will come set me free,  I do          believe

                       Dm     Bb         C
Love will come set me free,   I know it     will

                       Dm     Bb    C
Love will come set me free,   yes

       Bb                   F
Prison walls still standin' tall

       C                   Dm
Some things never change at all

             C   Bb                      F
Keep on buildin' prisons, gonna fill them all

                 C
Keep on buildin' bombs, gonna drop them all

             Bb                  F
Workin' your fingers bare to the bones

              C                        Dm
Breakin' your back, make you sell your soul

   C   Bb                      F
Like a lung that's filled with coal

            C
Suffocatin' slow

                Bb              F
The wind blows wild and I may move

                 C               Dm
But politicians lie and I am not fooled

                C  Bb                    F
You don't need no reason or a three-piece suit

            C
To argue the truth

                Bb                     F
The air on my skin and world under my toes

                 C                     Dm
Slavery stitched into the fabric of my clothes

       C  Bb                  F
Chaos and commotion wherever I go

           C
Love I try to follow

                          Dm      Bb       C
But love will come set me free

                       Dm       Bb         C
Love will come set me free,     I do     believe

                       Dm       Bb         C
Love will come set me free,     I know it  will

                       Dm       Bb         C
Love will come set me free,     yes

               Bb                     F
There ain't no reason things are this way

                      C                       Dm
It's how they' always been and they intend to stay

   C    Bb                       F
I can't explain why we live this way

               C
We do it every day