Sunter had the right chords but didn't have all the verses, so here's a version
with all of the words. This song sounds better with two singers, so I've put the
second singer's lyrics in parentheses.
INTRO
A C#m D E A F#m E
VERSE 1
A
I thought I was smart
C#m
I thought I was right
D E
I thought it better not to fight
A F#m E
I thought there was a virtue in always being cool
A C#m
So when it came time to fight
D E
I thought I'd just step aside
A F#m E A
And that time would prove you wrong and you would be the fool
(I don't know)
CHORUS
C#m D E
Where the sun beams and the star lights begin
A F#m E
It's all a mystery
VERSE 2
A C#m
Oh to fight is to defend
D
And if it's not
E A F#m E
Then tell me when would be the time that you would stand up and be a man
A C#m D
For to lose I could accept but to surrender
E A
I just wept and regretted this moment
F#m E
Oh that I
A
I was the fool
(I don't know)
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CHORUS
C#m D E
Where the sun beams and the star lights begin
A F#m E
It's all a mystery
A C#m D E
And I don't know how a man decides what's right for his own life
A F#m E
It's all a mystery.
VERSE 3
A C#m
'Cause I'm a man- not a boy
D E
And there are things you can't afford
A
You have to face them
F#m E
When you're not prepared to face them
A C#m
And if I could I would
D E
But you're with him I'll do no good
A
I should have fought him,
F#m E
But instead I let him
A
Let him take you
(I don't know)
CHORUS
C#m D E
Where the sun beams and the star lights begin
A F#m E
It's all a mystery
A C#m D E
And I don't know how a man decides what's right for his own life
A F#m E
It's all a mystery.
A C#m D E A F#m E
CHORUS
A C#m D E
I don't know where the sun beams and the star lights begin
A
It's all a mystery
F#m E
(That you'd stand up and be a man)
A C#m D E
And I don't know how a man decides what's right for his own life
A
It's all a mystery.
F#m E
(When you're not prepared to face them)
A C#m D E
I don't know where the sun beams and the star lights begin
A
It's all a mystery
F#m E
(But instead I let them take you)
A F#m E
Mystery
