Key: G
Introduction:
G D
I'll take the position
C Em G5
assume the missionare part
G D
you work by committee,
C Em G5
you had me pegged from the start.
G D
I'll be pounce pony,
C
phony maroney,
Em G5
pony before the cart.
G D
I'll be pounce pony.
C
this ceremony
Em G5
only fills my heart.
D G C
who cast the final stone?
D G C
who threw the crushing blow?
D G C
someone has to take the fall
Am G
why not me?
G D
a punch toy volunteer
C Em G5
a weakling on its knee.
G D
is all you want to hear
C Em G5
and all you want to see.
G D
romantically, you'd martyr me
C Em G5
and miss this story's point
G D
it is my strength, my destiny
C Em G5
this is the role that I have chosen.
D G C
who cast the final stone?
D G C
who threw the crushing blow?
D G C
someone has to take the fall
Am G
why not me?
Am G
why not me?
F Am C G
F Am C G
F Am C G
Am G
G D
gentlemen mark your opponents
C Em G5
fire into your own ranks.
G D
pick the weakest as strategec
C
move. square off. to
Em G5
meet your enemy.
G D C
for each and every gathering
Em G5
a scapegoat falls to climb.
G D C
as I step forward, silently.
Em G5
deliberately mine
D G C
who cast the final stone?
D G C
who threw the crushing blow?
G C
someone has to take the fall
Am G Am G
why not me? why not me.
Am G
had consequence chose differently
Am G
had fate its ugly head
Am G
my actions make me beautiful
Am G
and dignify the flesh
Am G
me.
Am G
I am free.
Am G
I am free
Am G
Am G
Am G
Am G