Ain't No Reason chords by Mt. Joy

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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There ain't
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no reason things are this way
It's how they always been
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and they intend to stay
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I can't explain why we live this way
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We do it every day
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Preachers on the podium
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speaking the same
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Prophets on the sidewalk
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begging to change
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Old ladies laughing from
the fire escape
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Cursing my name
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I got a basket full of lemons
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and they all taste the same
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A window and a pigeon with a broken wing
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You could spend your whole life
working for something
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Just to have it taken away
People walk around
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pushing back their debts
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Wearing paychecks like
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necklaces and bracelets
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Talking about nothing,
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not thinking about death
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Every little heartbeat, every little breath
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People walk a tightrope on
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a razor's edge
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Carrying their hurt and
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hatred and weapons
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It could be a bomb or a bullet or a pen
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Or a thought or a word or a sentence
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There ain't no reason
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things are this way
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It's how they always been
and they intend to stay
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I don't know why I
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say the things I say
But I say them anyway
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But love will come and
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set me free
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Love will come and set me free
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I do believe
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Love will come and set me free, I know
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Love will come and set me free,
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yeah
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Prison walls still stand tall
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Some things  never change at  all
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Keep on building prisons,
gonna fill them all
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Keep on building bombs,
gonna drop them all
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Working your fingers
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bad at the barn
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Breaking your back and
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make you sell your soul
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Like a  lung, it's filled with cold
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Suffocating slow
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The wind blows wild and I may move
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The politicians lie and I am not fooled
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You don't need no reasonable
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three -piece suit
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To argue the truth
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There on my skin,
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in the world under my toes
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Slavery stitched into the
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fabric of my clothes
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Chaos and commotion wherever I go
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Love I try to follow
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Love will come, set me free
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Love will come,
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set me free, I do
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Love will come and set me free,
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I know it will
Yes, love will come and
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set me free
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There ain't no reason
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things are this way
It's how they always been
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and they intend to stay
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I can't explain why we live this way
We do it every day you