Bb                     F
There ain't no reason things are this way
                     C                       Dm
It's how they' always been and they intend to stay
   C    Bb                       F
I can't explain why we live this way
              C
We do it every day

[Verse 2]

                 Bb                 F
Preachers on the podium speakin' of saints
                C                    Dm
Prophets on the sidewalk beggin' for change
    C  Bb                     F
Old ladies laughin' from the fire escape
           C
Cursin' my name

[Verse 3]
                       Bb                            F
I got a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same
               C                     Dm
A window and a pigeon with a broken wing
         C   Bb                               F
You can spend your whole life workin' for something
                  C
Just to have it taken away

[Verse 4]
              Bb                      F
People walk around pushin' back their debts
           C                          Dm
Wearin' paychecks like necklaces and bracelets
                     C  Bb                 F
Talkin' 'bout nothin', not thinkin' 'bout death
                   C
Every little heartbeat, every little breath

[Verse 5]
               Bb                     F
People walk a tightrope on a razor's edge
                C                 Dm
Carryin' their hurt and hatred and weapons
                 C  Bb            F
It could be a bomb or a bullet or a pen
                 C
Or a thought or a word or a sentence

[Verse 1]

               Bb                     F
There ain't no reason things are this way
                     C                       Dm
It's how they' always been and they intend to stay
          C  Bb                     F
I don't know why I say the things I say,
                 C
But I say them anyway.

[Chorus]

                          Dm    Bb       C
But love will come set me free
                       Dm     Bb         C
Love will come set me free,  I do          believe
                       Dm     Bb         C
Love will come set me free,   I know it     will
                       Dm     Bb    C
Love will come set me free,   yes

[Verse 6]

       Bb                   F
Prison walls still standin' tall
       C                   Dm
Some things never change at all
             C   Bb                      F
Keep on buildin' prisons, gonna fill them all
                 C
Keep on buildin' bombs, gonna drop them all

[Verse 7]

             Bb                  F
Workin' your fingers bare to the bones
              C                        Dm
Breakin' your back, make you sell your soul
   C   Bb                      F
Like a lung that's filled with coal
            C
Suffocatin' slow

[Verse 8]
                Bb              F
The wind blows wild and I may move
                 C               Dm
But politicians lie and I am not fooled
                C  Bb                    F
You don't need no reason or a three-piece suit
            C
To argue the truth

[Verse 9]
                Bb                     F
The air on my skin and world under my toes
                 C                     Dm
Slavery stitched into the fabric of my clothes
       C  Bb                  F
Chaos and commotion wherever I go
           C
Love I try to follow

[Chorus]

                          Dm      Bb       C
But love will come set me free
                       Dm       Bb         C
Love will come set me free,     I do     believe
                       Dm       Bb         C
Love will come set me free,     I know it  will
                       Dm       Bb         C
Love will come set me free,     yes

[Verse 1]

               Bb                     F
There ain't no reason things are this way
                      C                       Dm
It's how they' always been and they intend to stay
   C    Bb                       F
I can't explain why we live this way
               C
We do it every day