Effect And Cause

The White Stripes

Compositor: The White Stripes

Tom: A

A A A A
A A E A

               A
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

        A                                     E
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
            D
then it feels one of these
arent whole lotta applaused
A                                                E                               A
that you just cant 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

A
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 youre heading to the grave
ya don't blame the hearse
A                                        E
You're like a little girl yelling at her brother
A
Cos you lost his ball

A
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
A                                        E                            A
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