Key:
Introduction: C Ab C Ab
C
When the order came to dig the well
C
To crack the earth to pull the oil
Ab
To take the blood out from my mother&rsquo s veins
C
Well I broke the ground to feed the mouth
C
I did not here the warning sound
Ab
I could not put back in what I took out
Fm
How was I to know
Ab
How was I to know
C
I&rsquo d be a stepping stone
Eb
To the end
Ab
The end of everything
Fm Eb
How was I to know
C
On the day I built a house so high
C
It&rsquo s antenna did scrape the sky
Ab
Well everyone applauded in my shadow
C
So my neighbour built a higher one
C
Then again his neighbour after him
Ab
Till soon racing through the clouds was all that mattered
Bb
Up and up the buildings went
Cm
Glass and stone and hard cement
Ab
Till all the green was left to die below
Fm
How was I to know
Ab
How was I to know
Cm
I&rsquo d be a stepping stone
Eb
To the end
Ab
The end of everything
Fm
The end of everything
Eb
How was I to know
C
Long ago I caught a pretty fish
C
Blue and silver and delicious
Ab
And I knew she&rsquo d line my pockets green
C
So I bought a bigger boat that had
C
A net to trail the ocean and
Ab
I fished until one day that net was empty
Fm
How was I to know
Ab
How was I to know
C
I&rsquo d be a stepping stone
Eb
To the end
Ab
The end of everything
Fm Eb
How was I to know
Bb
And how are we to now
Cm
Turn these stepping stones around
Eb
Back to everything that matters
Bb Ab
Can that place even be found or is it lost
Fm Ab Cm Eb
Forever
Ab
The end of everything
Fm
The end of everything
Eb
How was I to know?
N.C.