Ain't No Reason tab by Brett Dennen

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               AIN'T NO REASON - Brett Dennen
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Tabbed by: Bryce
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Tuning: Standard tuning, capo 5th fret. This is a finger picking style song,
so you can play it however you'd like (chords are above). After the intro the
finger picking pattern is very similar for the rest of the song. I think all
C majorC chords are played the same with the 3,0h2 3 2p0 (the second C majorC chord here)

   C majorC      FF          C majorC      G+G    A minorAm
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------0------2------------------------------0---------2--------------|
D MajorD|------0h2---------3----3------0h2----2p0-----0-------0------2--------------|
A augmentedA|---3--------------------3-----3----3------------2------2----0--------------|
E MajorE|---------------1--------------------------3--------------------------------|
    G+G    FF        C majorC      G+G
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------0------------2-------------------------0---0---------------------|
D MajorD|-----0-----------3--------3----0h2---2p0-------0---------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------2-----------3------3---3----3--------2-----2-----------------------|
E MajorE|---3----------1----------------------------3-------------------------------|

       FF            C majorC
There ain't no reason things are this way.
           G+G               A minorAm
It's how they always been and they intend to stay.
  G+G     FF         C majorC
I can't explain why we live this way.
G+G          Strum and rest
We do it every day.

         FF         C majorC
Preachers on the podium speaking of saints.
         G+G          A minorAm
Prophets on the sidewalk begging for change.
 G+G    FF           C majorC
Old ladies laughing from the fire escape,
      G+G
Cursing my name.


             FF             C majorC
I gotta a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same,
       G+G           A minorAm
A augmentedA window and a pigeon with a broken wing,
G+G         FF            C majorC
You can spend your whole life working for something,
         G+G
Just to have it taken away.

      FF             C majorC
People walk around pushing back their debts,
        G+G         A minorAm
Wearing paychecks like necklaces and bracelets,
G+G         FF           C majorC
Talking about nothing, not thinking about death,
       G+G           A minorAm
Every little heartbeat, every little breath.

G+G       FF           C majorC
People walk a tightrope on a razors edge.
        G+G          A minorAm
Carrying their hurt and hatred and weapons.
G+G       FF            C majorC
It could be a bomb, or a bullet, or a pen,
          G+G
Or a thought, or a word, or a sentence.

        FF           C majorC
There ain't no reason things are this way.
            G+G            A minorAm
Its how they've always been and they intend to stay.
G+G      FF           C majorC
I don't know why I say the things I say,
        G+G
But I say them anyway.

             A minorAm  F, G+G
But love will come set me free.
           A minorAm   FF G+G
Love will come set me free, I do believe.
           A minorAm    FF   G+G
Love will come set me free, I know it will.
           A minorAm   FF   G+G
Love will come set me free, yes.

     FF         C majorC
Prison walls still standing tall.
      G+G        A minorAm
Some things never change at all.
G+G        FF             C majorC
Keep on building prisons, gonna fill them all.
         G+G
Keep on building bombs, gonna drop them all.

        FF       C majorC
The wind blows wild and I may move.
        G+G        A minorAm
But politicians lie and I am not fooled.
 G+G        FF           C majorC
You don't need no reason or a three piece suit,
       G+G
To argue the truth.

        FF              C majorC
The air on my skin and the world under my toes
    G+G                A minorAm
Slavery stitched into the fabric of my clothes
G+G     FF          C majorC
Chaos and commotion wherever I go,
       G+G
Love I try to follow.

             A minorAm  F, G+G
But love will come set me free.
           A minorAm   FF G+G
Love will come set me free, I do believe.
           A minorAm    FF   G+G
Love will come set me free, I know it will.
           A minorAm FF   G+G
Love will come set me freeeee, yes.

        FF           C majorC
There ain't no reason things are this way.
            G+G            A minorAm
Its how they've always been and they intend to stay.
  G+G   FF           C majorC Strum through to the end
I can't explain why we live this way.

We do it every day.



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| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| b  Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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