R.E.M. – Falls To Climb (Guitar)

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?

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?

D              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