Key: G
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,
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G5
pony before the cart.
G
D
I'll be pounce pony.
C
this ceremony
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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
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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
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meet your enemy.
G
D
C
for each and every gathering
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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