Falls to Climb

	  		G             D 
I'll take the position 
           C           Em  G5 
assume the missionare part 
G               D 
you work by committee, 
        C                  Em    G5 
you had me pegged from the start. 
G              D 
I'll be pounce pony, 
        C 
phony maroney, 
       Em        G5 
pony before the cart. 
G              D 
I'll be pounce pony. 
         C 
this ceremony 
      Em       G5 
only fills my heart. 
D            G     C 
who cast the final stone? 
D             G        C 
who threw the crushing blow? 
D              G        C 
someone has to take the fall 
Am      G 
why not me? 
G           D 
a punch toy volunteer 
  C               Em   G5 
a weakling on its knee. 
G          D 
is all you want to hear 
    C               Em   G5 
and all you want to see. 
G                   D 
romantically, you'd martyr me 
    C                 Em    G5 
and miss this story's point 
G                     D              
it is my strength, my destiny 
     C                Em    G5 
this is the role that I have chosen. 
D            G     C 
who cast the final stone? 
D             G        C 
who threw the crushing blow? 
D              G        C 
someone has to take the fall 
Am      G 
why not me? 
Am      G 
why not me? 
F  Am  C   G 
F  Am  C   G 
F  Am  C   G 
Am     G 
 
G                      D 
gentlemen mark your opponents 
     C             Em   G5 
fire into your own ranks. 
G                D 
pick the weakest as strategec 
C 
move. square off. to 
Em         G5 
meet your enemy. 
G            D           C 
for each and every gathering 
            Em       G5 
a scapegoat falls to climb. 
G          D            C 
as I step forward, silently. 
        Em    G5 
deliberately mine 
 
D            G     C 
who cast the final stone? 
D             G        C 
who threw the crushing blow? 
               G        C 
someone has to take the fall 
Am      G   Am      G 
why not me? why not me. 
    Am                G 
had consequence chose differently 
    Am            G 
had fate its ugly head 
   Am              G 
my actions make me beautiful 
    Am          G 
and dignify the flesh 
Am   G 
me. 
Am   G 
I am free. 
Am   G 
I am free 
Am   G 
Am   G 
Am   G 
Am   G