Am  F  C  G 
 
Am 
How could I have known 
 
    F 
The hollowness of bones 
 
C 
Until i was shown 
 
    G 
The weight of being alone 
 
Am 
The edge of all that is 
 
F 
Pierces slowly in 
 
C 
Opens up the skin 
 
G 
Takes as well as gives 
 
Am 
Well you could be the whistleblower 
 
G 
You could really sound it out 
 
E 
The end of all the willful blindness 
 
F 
Mayor of the town 
 
F                    C       F 
This is how the deal came to be 
 
F                    E       F      E 
This is how the deal came to be 
 
Am 
So I could really use 
 
    F 
The decency of youth 
 
            C 
I am so fed up with all of you 
 
        G 
Present company excluded 
 
Am 
All this suffice to say 
 
          F 
I’ll come back from being away 
 
        C 
Get complacent and unawake 
 
G 
Back to my senses 
 
Am 
But you could be the whistleblower 
 
G 
You could really sound it out 
 
    E 
The end of all the willful blindness 
 
F 
Mayor of the town 
 
F                    C       F 
This is how the deal came to be 
 
F                    E       F 
This is how the deal came to be 
 
F                    C       F 
This is how the deal came to be 
 
F                    E      (F) 
This is how the deal came to be