Mt. Joy – Aint No Reason (Guitar)

            A#                         F
There ain't no reason things are this way

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

         A#                     F
I can't explain why we live this way

C
We do it every day

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Preachers on the podiums speaking of saints

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Prophets on the sidewalk begging for change

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Old ladies laughing from the fire escape

C
Cursing my name

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

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A window and a pigeon with a broken wing

 C                   A#                     F
You could spend your whole life working for something

C
Just to have it taken away

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People walk around pushing back their debts

        C              Dm            C
Wearing paychecks like necklaces and bracelets

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Talking about nothing, not thinking 'bout death

C
Every little heartbeat, every little breath

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People walk a tight rope on a razor's edge

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Carrying their hurt and hatred and weapons

A#                       F
It could be a bomb, or a bullet, or a pen

C
Or thought, or a word, or a sentence

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There ain't no reason things are this way

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

A#                 F
I don't know why I say the things I say

C
But I say them anyway

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But love will come, set me free

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

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

C                      Dm    A#    C
Love will come, set me free, yeah

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Prison walls still standing tall

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Some things never change at all

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Keep on building prisons, gonna fill them all

C
Keep on building bombs, gonna drop them all

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Working your fingers bare to the bone

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Breaking your back, make you sell your soul

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Like a lung, that's filled with coal

C
Suffocating slow

   A#                         F
The wind blows wild and I may move

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But politicians lie and I am not fooled

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

C
To argue the truth

     A#                    F
The air on my skin and the world under my toes

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Slavery stitched into the fabric of my clothes

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Chaos and commotion wherever I go

C
Love I try to follow

                       Dm     A# C
Love will come, set me free

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

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

C                      Dm  A#    C
Love will come, set me free, yeah

      A#                     F
There ain't no reason things are this way

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

A#                     F
I can't explain why we live this way

C
We do it every day