Styx – The Greater Good (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]

              C#m                    Am
You could lay down, in this hole you dug

          E                 Bsus4  B
Just fade away into the red sand

           C#m                    Am
But we all know, it's not who you are

               E                   Bsus4        B
You've come too far to be stranded on this star

     C#m
But we're not here to take a prize

    A
You know, just open up your eyes

    F#m                                  E       G#
The things that got us here have little weight

    A
Perhaps a chance to be a man

     F#
You dream to be, you know you can

  Bsus4                                     B
Come on, suit up and we won't let you fail

[Chorus]

        B       F#m
For the greater good

        B       A
For the greater good

        B       F#m
For the greater good

        B       A
For the greater good

[Verse 2]

                    C#m
I hear what you're saying

                A
You know that I do

                    E                    B
But this is so much bigger than anyone imagined -

Can't you see?

    C#m
But you are not here on your own

      A
We've got your back, we'll make it home

      F#m                                E     G#
We're wide awake, there's so much to be done

   A
If you believe then I will too

    F#
And if the pieces come unglued

         Bsus4                       B
They'll know we gave it everything we had

[Chorus]

        B       F#m
For the greater good

        B       A
For the greater good

        B       F#m
For the greater good

        B       A
For the greater good

[Bridge]

G#              A                B
   One day this place may be our grave

          C#m  D#m  E Adim             E/B
But if we die, by the gods, we'll be saved

(We will be saved, we will be saved)

          G#/D#
We'll be saved

(We will be saved, we will be saved) [Solo] C#m A E B B/B# C#m A E B [Chorus]

                F#m
For the greater good   (We need you back with us)

        B       A
For the greater good   (I believe, I believe)

        B       F#m
For the greater good   ('Cause you know you're strong enough)

        B       A
For the greater good   (Yeah, everything's gonna be alright)

[Outro] A E A A E A