Verse 1:
DA
Come, tell me your trouble
Em
I'm not your answer,
GD
but I'm a listening ear
DA
Reality has left you reeling
EmG
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:
DA
Who's at fault is not important
EmG
Good intentions lie dormant
D
And we're all to blame
DA
While apathy acts like an ally
EmG
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
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
EmBmEmABridge:
Em
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Bm
Oh oh oh oh oh
GDA
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ohhhh
Chorus 3:
GD
You who mourn will be comforted
AEm
You who hunger will hunger no more
GDA
All the last shall be first, of this I am sure
GD
You who weep now will laugh again
AEm
All you lonely, be lonely no more
GDA
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
GABm
But I know the last shall be first
GABm
I know the last shall be first
GABm
I know the last shall be first
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