Falls To Climb chords by R.E.M.

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