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Ammonia Avenue

One Good Reason

Artist: Alan Parsons Project, The
Album: Ammonia Avenue (1984)
Music and lyrics by Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson
Added on Sunday, 15 October 2023
Hits: 2622
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Lyrics and Chords

Intro: 0:00
C | C | C | C
G#7 | F7 | C7sus4 | C7sus4  - x2

Verse 1: 0:19
      C7sus4
Gimme one good reason why I should
              C7
Listen to you.
       C7sus4
I need one good reason why I should do
                    C7
What you want me to.
0:33
 D#7
Gimme some air, I can't breathe,
F7
I can't see so I can't believe.
  G#7
Show me just a little more
F7             C7sus4 C7
  Oh oh, gimme one.

Verse 2: 0:46
      C7sus4
Gimme one good reason why I should
              C7
Listen to you.
     C7sus4
Just one good reason why I should do
                    C7
What you want me to.
1:00
D#7
Under your thumb ain't no place to hide,
F7
I can't choose and I can't decide.
 G#7
Gotta be a better way
F7             C7sus4 C7
  Oh oh, gimme one.
      C7sus4 C7
Gimme one.

Chorus: 1:16
D
I keep making the same mistake:
    D
No win, no lose, no give, and no take.
    D
And I'm just playing a simple game,
       D
And I don't wanna ask you again and again.

Verse 3: 1:30
    C7sus4
For one good reason why I should
              C7
Listen to you.
     C7sus4
Just one good reason why I should do
                    C7
What you want me to.
1:43
D#7
Under your spell ain't no place to be,
 F7
Don't mess around with a fool like me.
 G#7
Help me just a little more,
F7             C7sus4 C7
  Oh oh, gimme one.
      C7sus4 C7
Gimme one.

Instrumental: 2:03
C | C | C | C
G#7 | F7 | C7sus4 | C7sus4  - x2

Chorus: 2:23
     D
Well I keep making the same mistake:
    D
No win, no lose, no give, and no take.
    D
And I'm just playing a simple game,
       D
And I don't wanna ask you again and again.

Verse 4: 2:37
    C7sus4
For one good reason why I should
              C7
Listen to you.
     C7sus4
Just one good reason why I should do
                    C7
What you want me to.
2:50
 D#7
Pull on the string you hold in your hand,
 F7
Making me jump like a one man band.
 G#7
Gotta be a better way
F7
  Oh oh, gimme
 C7sus4    C7
 One.
(One good reason)

Coda: 3:04
C7sus4    C7
One good reason.
 C7sus4    C7
(One good reason)...

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C# B
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C#
D
D#
E
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G
G#
A
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