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Falls to climb

FALLS  TO CLIMB   R.E.M.  
G                 D
I'll take the position 
         C          Emi  G5
assume the missionary part  
G                  D
you work by committee, 
       C                Emi    G5
you had me pegged from the start. 

I'll  be pounce pony, phony maroney, 
pony before the cart. I'll be pounce pony. 
this ceremony 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  
Ami      G
why not me?  
G
a punch toy volunteer a weakling on its knee. 
is all you  want to hear and all you want to see. 
romantically, you'd martyr me and miss this story's point 
it is my strength,
my destiny this is the role that I have chosen.  

D     
who  cast the final stone? 
who threw the crushing blow?  
someone  has to take the fall 

Ami      G
why not me?  
Ami     G
why not me?  

F  Ami  C    G   -3x

Ami     G

G
Gentlemen mark your opponents fire into your own ranks.
pick the weakest as strategic move. square off. to 
meet your enemy. for each and every gathering
a scapegoat falls to climb. as I  step forward, silently. 
deliberately mine 

D 
who cast the final stone? 
who threw  the crushing blow?  
someone has to take the fall 

Ami     G   Ami      G
why not me? why not me. 
had consequence chose differently 
had fate its ugly head  
my actions make me beautiful 
and dignify the flesh me.       
I am free. I am free 

Ami   G