Reasons to Be Free
by Jackie Greene
standard tuning, no capo
The strumming is a little difficult, so listen closely to the recording. I didn't type
in, but some of the "D"s switch quickly to "Dsus4" (xx0233) and back, and the "Am"s in
pre-chorus switch to "Asus2" (002200) and back.
Cry, cry, mud in your eye
Oh, you’re going through the reasons why
Doing anything to justify
How it got this way
Diamond necklace, diamond rings
Oh, how much more it stings
Watching you collect your things
And what you want to say
Ought to say, ought to say
And you say, and you say
That I don’t owe you nothing
I never could tell that you
You don’t need my loving
Just get it from someone else
I just want a reason to be free from you
Yes I do
Too much time, and too much wine
Cut a hole in this heart of mine
But I’ll lie and say I’m feeling fine
Sleepin’ in my clothes
I could be right, I could be wrong
To think about you while I’m gone
Love writes the saddest songs
And that’s just how it goes
Yes it goes, yes it goes
And it goes, yes it goes
Now I don’t owe you nothing
I never could tell that you
You don’t need my loving
Just get it from someone else
I just want a reason to be free from you
Yes I do
Now all this pain I can’t explain
It’s like running out of cover in the pouring rain
It’s like waving goodbye to a train
That’s moving down the track
And all I know when the day is done
You can’t love just anyone
It don’t matter where they’re going
Or if they’re ever coming back
Coming back, coming back
Coming back, they ain’t coming back
But I don’t owe you nothing
I never could tell that you
You don’t need my loving
Just get it from someone else
I just want a reason to be free from you
Yes I do
Oh, you gonna find out… oh yeah…