The White Stripes "Effect and Cause" From the album "Icky Thump" If you have heard their cover of Loretta Lynn’s "Rated X" it is very similar strumming wise. Intro: I guess you have to have a problem if you want to invent a contraption First You Cause a train wreck then you put me in traction First came an action then a reaction But you can’t switch around for your own satisfaction Well you burnt my house down then got mad at my reaction Well in every complicated situation of the human relation To make sense of it all takes a whole lotta concentration Well you can blame a baby for her pregnant ma’ And if theres one of these unavoidable laws It’s that you just can’t take the effect and make it the cause Chorus You can’t take the effect and make it the cause I did’t rob a bank because you made up the law Blame me for robbing Peter don’t you blame Paul You can’t take the effect and make it the cause I ain’t the reason that you gave me no reason to return your call You built a house of cards and got shocked when you saw them fall Well I ain’t saying I’m innocent in fact the reverse But if you’re headed to the grave you don’t blame the hearse You’re like a little girl yelling at her brother ’cause you lost his ball Well you keep blaming me for what you did and that ain’t all The way you clean up a wreck is enough to give one pause You seem to forget just how this all started I’m reacting to you because you left me broken hearted See you just can’t take the effect and make it the cause Chorus You can’t take the effect and make it the cause I didn’t rob a bank becuase you made up the law Blame me for robbing Peter dont you blame Paul You can’t take the effect and make it the cause ""