Intro: AEAAEA
I guess you have to have a problem if you want to invent a contraption
AE
First You Cause a train wreck, then you put me in traction
A
First came an action, then a reaction
D
But you can't switch around for your own satisfaction
AEA
Well you burnt my house down, then got mad at my reaction
AEA
Well in every complicated situation of the human relation
AE
To make sense of it all, takes a whole lotta concentration
A
Well you can blame a baby, for her pregnant ma'
D
And if theres one of these unavoidable laws
AEA
It's that you just can't take the effect and make it the cause
ChorusDD
You can't take the effect, and make it the cause
AA
I did't rob a bank, because you made up the law
DD
Blame me for robbing Peter, don't you blame Paul
A
You can't take the effect and make it the cause
AEA
I ain't the reason that you gave me no reason to return your call
AE
You built a house of cards 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 headed to the grave, you don't blame the hearse
AEA
You're like a little girl yelling at her brother 'cause you lost his ball
AEA
Well you keep blaming me for what you did, and that ain't all
AE
The way you clean up a wreck is enough to give one pause
A
You seem to forget just how this all started
D
I'm reacting to you because you left me broken hearted
AEA
See, you just can't take the effect and make it the cause
ChorusDD
You can't take the effect, and make it the cause
AA
I didn't rob a bank, becuase you made up the law
DD
Blame me for robbing Peter, dont you blame Paul
A
You can't take the effect, and make it the cause
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