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I guess you have to have a problem
    E                     A
If you want to invent a contraption
first you cause a train wreck
                  E
then you put me in traction
    A
well first came an action
And then a reaction
      D
But you can't switch around
For your own satisfaction
       A
Well you burnt my house down
          E           A
And then got mad at my reaction

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Well in every complicated situation
                  A
now there's human relation
making sense of it all
                        E
Takes a whole lot of concentration
             A
Well you can't blame a baby
For her pregnant ma
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then it feels one of these
aren't whole lotta applaused
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that you just can't take the effect and make it the cause

                     D
Well you can't take the effect
And make it the cause
          A
I didn't rob a bank
because you made up the law
   D
Blame me for robbing peter
Don't you blame paul
     [tacet]
Can't take the effect
And make it the cause

A E A

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I ain't the reason that you gave me
E                    A
No reason to return your call
You built a house of cards
                           E
And got shocked when you saw them fall
A
Well I ain't saying I'm innocent
In fact the reverse
 D
But if you're heading to the grave
ya don't blame the hearse
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You're like a little girl yelling at her brother
A
Cos you lost his ball

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You keep blaming me for what you did
E          A
but that ain't all
The way you clean up the wreck
                      E
Is enough to give one pause, yes
A
You seem to forget just how this song started
D
I'm reacting to you
because you left me broken hearted
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you see you just can't take the effect and make it the cause

                     D
Well you can't take the effect
And make it the cause
          A
I didn't rob a bank
because you made up the law
   D
Blame me for robbing peter
Don't you blame paul
     [tacet]
Can't take the effect
And make it the cause