Brett Dennen - Aint No Reason Chords & Tabs

      C                     G
There ain't no reason things are this way
   D                                             Em
It's how they' always been and they intend to stay
           C                        G
I can't explain why we live this way
               D
We do it every day

             C                  G
Preachers on the podium speakin' of saints
         D                      Em
Prophets on the sidewalk beggin' for change
        C                      G
Old ladies laughin' from the fire escape
           D
Cursin' my name

                                   C                                       G 
I got a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same
                             D                             Em 
A window and a pigeon with a broken wing
 C                                G  
You can spend your whole life workin' for something
          D
Just to have it taken away

        C                              G
People walk around pushin' back their debts
                   D                                 
Wearin' paychecks like necklaces and bracelet
      C                                G
Talkin' 'bout nothin', not thinkin' 'bout death
               D
Every little heartbeat, every little breath

  C                                G
People walk a tightrope on a razor's edge
          D                              
Carryin' their hurt and hatred and weapons
   C                                  G
It could be a bomb or a bullet or a pen
                     D
 a thought or a word or a sentence


 C                             G
There ain't no reason things are this way
 D                                          Em
It's how they' always been and they intend to stay
  C                             G
I can't explain why we live this way
              D
We do it every day

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                    C    Em     D
But love will come set me free
                      		C   Em   D
Love will come set me free,     I do          believe
                       		C   Em    D
Love will come set me free,     I know it     will
                                       C       Em             D
Love will come set me free,     yes

        C                     G
Prison walls still standin' tall
D                                 Em
Some things never change at all
C                                         G
Keep on buildin' prisons, gonna fill them all
D
Keep on buildin' bombs, gonna drop them all

 C                              G
Workin' your fingers bare to the bones
D                                   Em
Breakin' your back, make you sell your soul
 C                                  G
Like a lung that's filled with coal
D
Suffocatin' slow

C                            G
The wind blows wild and I may move
  D                               Em
But politicians lie and I am not fooled
C                                                   G
You don't need no reason or a three-piece suit
D
To argue the truth



     C                                       G
The air on my skin and world under my toes
      D                                Em
Slavery stitched into the fabric of my clothes
  C                                 G
Chaos and commotion wherever I go
D
Love I try to follow



                   C    Em     D
But love will come set me free
                      		C   Em   D
Love will come set me free,     I do          believe
                       		C   Em    D
Love will come set me free,     I know it     will
                                       C       Em             D
Love will come set me free,     yes



                          C                             G
There ain't no reason things are this way
                       D                                          Em
It's how they' always been and they intend to stay
  C                                                G
I can't explain why we live this way
              D
We do it every day