The White Stripes

^A I guess you have to have a problem if you ^E want to invent a cont ^A raption
^A First You Cause a train wreck, then you put me in t ^E raction
^A First came an action, then a reaction
But you ^D can't switch around for your own satisfaction
Well you ^A burnt my house down, then got ^E mad at my re ^A action

^A Well in every complicated situ ^E ation of the human rel ^A ation
^A To make sense of it all, takes a whole lotta concen ^E tration
^A Well you can't blame a baby, for her pregnant ma'
And if ^D there's one of these unavoidable laws
It's that you ^A just can't take the ef ^E fect and make it the ^A cause

Chorus
You can't ^D take the effect, and ^D make it the cause
I didn't ^A rob a bank, because you ^A made up the law
Blame ^D me for robbing Peter, ^D don't you blame Paul
You can't ^A take the effect and make it the cause

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

^A Well you keep blaming me for what you ^E did, and that ain't ^A all
^A The way you clean up a wreck is enough to give one ^E pause
^A You seem to forget just how this all started
I'm re ^D acting to you because you left me broken hearted
^A See, you just can't take the e ^E ffect and make it the ^A cause

Chorus
You can't ^D take the effect, and ^D make it the cause
I didn't ^A rob a bank, because you ^A made up the law
Blame ^D me for robbing Peter, ^D don't you blame Paul
You can't ^A take the effect, and make it the cause
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