I Don't Know The Reason chords by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Verse 1
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My mother
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was a good woman,
my father was a good man too
And I'll try to live by
that old golden rule
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Nobody likes me,
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I don't know the reason why
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By the help of the maker
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I find out before I die
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I help the poor and needy
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Give my hand to the blind
No matter what I do
People don't pay that no mind
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Nobody cares about me
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Many I don't know the reason why
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But by the help of a maker
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I'll find out some day by and by
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Fools are made not born that
you understand
No matter who you are
I want to be a friend to every man
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Nobody cares about me
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I don't know the reason why
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By the help of the maker
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I'll find out by and by
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Play it for me, Benny
Interlude 1
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Treated you wrong baby,
Verse 2
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like to know from where
But the good land for me
Lord I shouldn't give you there
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Nobody cares about me
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I don't know the reason why
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By the help of the maker
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I'll find out someday by and by
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Yes, honey boy
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When your mother and father is gone,
your daughter's your best friend.
When your last dollar's gone,
you're like a road that has no end.
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Nobody cares about me,
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I don't know the reason why
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Maybe by the help of the maker,
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I'll find out before I die
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Play some blues for me now, Brian
Outro 1
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I Don't Know The Reason
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
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