Falls To Climb Chords by R.E.M

_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I'll take the [D] position, assume the [C] _ missionary _ [Em] [G] part _ _
You work by [D] committee, you had [C] me pegged from the [Em] [G] start _ _
_ I'll be Pounce [D] Pony, Phony [C] Maroney, _ Pony [Em] before [G] the cart _
_ I'll be Pounce [D] Pony, this [C] ceremony only [Em] fills my [G] heart
[D] Who cast [G] the [C] final stone?
[D] Who threw [G] the crushing [C] blow? _
[D] Someone has to [G] take [C] the fall, _
[Am] _ why not [G] me? _ _ _
_ A Punch Door [D] volunteer, a [C] weakling on its [Em] [G] knee _ _
_ Is all you [D] want to hear and [C] all you want to [Em] see
[G] _ _ _
Romantically you'd [D] martyr me and [C] miss this story's [Em] point
[G] _ _
It is my strength, my [D] destiny, this [C] is the role that [Em] [G] I have [D] chosen
Who cast [G] the [C] final stone?
[D] Who threw [G] the [C] crushing blow?
[D] Someone has to [G] [C] take the fall, [Am] why not [G] me? _ _
[Am] _ Why not [G] me? _ _
[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ Gentlemen, [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ mark your [D] opponents fire [C] into your own [G] ranks
_ _ Hit the weakest, [D] a strategic [G] move, square off to meet your enemy
For each [D] and every gathering [C] _ escape, goat [Em] falls [G] to climb
As I step [D] forward silently [C] _ _ _
[Em] deliberately [G] mine
_ [D] Who cast [G] the [C] final stone?
[D] Who threw [G] the crushing [C] blow?
_ [D] Someone has to [G] [C] take the fall, [Am] _ why not [G] me?
_ _ [Am] _ Why not [G] _ me?
[Am] In consequence chose [G] death friendly hat, [Am] faded suckly [G] hat
_ [Am] My actions make me [G] _ beautiful, _ [Am] signify the [G] _ flesh
[Am] Me, _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Am] I'm _ _ [G] free
_ _ [Am] I _ [G] am free
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