Much easier and more accurate than the existing versions. Tabbed in the original key.
Capo 1
Verse 1:
D A
Come, tell me your trouble
Em
I'm not your answer,
G D
but I'm a listening ear
D A
Reality has left you reeling
Em G
All facts and no feeling
D
No faith and all fear
Chorus 1:
Em
I don't know why the good man will fall
Bm
While the wicked one stands
Em
And our lives blow about
A
Like flags on the land
Verse 2:
D A
Who's at fault is not important
Em G
Good intentions lie dormant
D
And we're all to blame
D A
While apathy acts like an ally
Em G
My enemy and I
D
Are one in the same
Chorus 2:
Em
I don't know why the innocents fall
Bm
While the monsters still stand
Em
And our lives blow about
A
Like flags on the land
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Em
I don't know why our words are so proud
Bm
Yet their promise so thin
Em
And our lives blow about
A
Like flags in the wind
Em Bm Em A
Bridge:
Em
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Bm
Oh oh oh oh oh
G D A
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ohhhh
Chorus 3:
G D
You who mourn will be comforted
A Em
You who hunger will hunger no more
G D A
All the last shall be first, of this I am sure
G D
You who weep now will laugh again
A Em
All you lonely, be lonely no more
G D A
Yes the last will be first, of this I am sure
Ending:
Em
I don't know why the innocents fall
Bm
While the monsters stand
Em
I don't know why the little ones thirst
G A Bm
But I know the last shall be first
G A Bm
I know the last shall be first
G A Bm
I know the last shall be first
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