No Reason chords by Don Walker
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Verse 1
(A minor) When I light a smoke
and (E major) think back (D minor) now to when (E major) he died
It's funny how (D minor) time has
justified his memory (A minor)
(D minor) Way back then we knew his
name was Trouble
(C major) But when it came,
we (D minor) all knew where (Bdim) he'd more than likely be (E major)
The copper (D minor) s chased him up a track that took them
round (E major) the back of a shack that shook each time
(D minor) the northbound train rolled in (A minor) to view
An (D minor) d there alone between
the cranks and back (C major) fires
of a Norton Manx
he (D minor) told them life (Bdim) is good,
(E major) no thanks to you (A major)
And for (D minor) anyone more cynical
than those (E major) of us who knew him as he lived,
(C major) each episode (A minor) was all too typical.
(D major) It (D minor) was easy to fold the page
and say another jerk, (C major) another gun,
(E minor) an other more. (D minor) (E major) (D minor)
(E major) But (D minor) when I draw a line
that goes back (C major) through the way he died,
who knows, (Bdim) I don't
see no (E major) reason at all. (A major)
His (A minor) mother never reconciled with anyone
and (E major) he grew wild
and (D minor) each parole was just a chance to reload
(A minor) Ah, (A major) (D minor) but did we love his crooked smile
the (C major) way he left the coppers all beguiled
as (Bdim) he headed out to straighten
out the south gate (E major) road.
Now the (D minor) towies told us later he was airborne
(E major) when he hit the tree with a
(D minor) blood alcohol of 1 .7 or more. (A minor) (A major)
(A minor) Now they'd (D minor) never seen
a body spread so far
(C major) Between his pretty head
an (Bdim) d his Cuban heel
Rid (E major) ing boots before (A major)
And (D minor) later on the nondescript
and tilted (E major) stones
The eucalypts all (C major) soaking in the rain
And it (D major) ought to be so easy
Even (D minor) now to say who else was there
(C major) As he was lowered down that (Bdim) hole (E major)
If you (D minor) ask me why these things
should prey upon (C major) me now
I guess I'd try to say (Bdim) there
ain't no (E major) reason at all (A major)
But on (B minor) lonely nights I sit and stare
across (F sharp major) the living fields
To where the (E minor) northbound train
still runs (B minor) bey ond the bay
And some (E minor) nights I could swear
I see his grey (D major) eyes staring back at me
From (C sharpdim) where the moonlight
burns across the rails (F sharp major)
I know that's (E minor) crap, the kind of thing
The (F sharp major) moonlight and the silence
bring to tease (E minor) and entertain
the tired mind. (B minor)
It's just to the (E minor) rest of us
he represented life
(D major) in all its youthful scented glory. (C sharpdim)
(F sharp major) And he left us all behind. (B minor)
I love this (E minor) world, this pretty scene (F sharp major)
Painted on (D major) its own, rice paper screen
(E major) That's not to say
(E minor) I'd never dream of breaking through
(B minor) So easy to (C sharp major) the other side
(C sharpdim) so close I can hear it call (F sharp major)
When (E minor) I feel that way
I got no (D major) reason to do anything or not
(C sharpdim) There ain't no (F sharp major) reason at all (B minor)
Yeah, when (E minor) I get that way
I got no (D major) reason to do anything or not
(C sharpdim) There ain't no (F sharp major) reason at all. (B minor) (E minor)
(D major) (B minor) (F sharp major) (C sharpdim) (F sharp major)
Verse 2
(B minor)
Wooo!
Woo!
Applause
Applause
So you. Thank you. Bye.
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