(Tabbed for Acoustic Guitar)
Based on the A Major Scale
CHORUS:
A C#m D/F E A
/ \ / \ / / \ / \ / / \ / \ / / \ / \ / / \ / \ /
| e | 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 |
| B | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 |
| G | 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 6 |
| D | 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 7 |
| A | 7 4 0 2 2/4 2/4–7 |
| E | 7/9 7/9 5 0h4 0h2 0 0 5 |
F#m E FILL I: FILL II:
/ \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ /
| e | 2 2 2 2 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| B | 2 2 2 2 | 0 0 0 0— 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| G | 2 2 2 2 2 | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 |
| D | 4 4 4 4 4 | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| A | 4 2/4 2/4 | 2 4 2 | 2/4 2/4 (2) 4 2 2 |
| E | 0h2 | (0) (0) | (0) (0) |
VERSE:
Aadd9 C#m D E A F#m E
/ \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / FILL I:
| e | 0 4— 2 4 5 2 0 |
| B | 0 5 3 5 5 2 0 |
| G | 6 6 2 4 6 2 1 |
| D | 7 6 0 6 7 4 2 |
| A | 0 4 0 7 7 4 2 |
| E | 7/9 7/9 0 5 2 0 |
A C#m D E A F#m E
/ \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / / \ /\ / FILL I&II:
| e | 5 4— 5 7 5 2 0 |
| B | 5 5 7 9 5 2 0 |
| G | 6 6 7 9 6 2 1 |
| D | 7 6 7 9 7 4 2 |
| A | 2/4 2/4 7 4 5 7 7 4 2 |
| E | 5 0 5 2 0 |
BRIDGE:
D E D E
/ \/\/\/\ / \/\/\/\ / \/\/\/\ /FILL I&II:
| e | –2 0 2 0 |
| B | 3 0 3 0 |
| G | 2 1 2 1 |
| D | 0 2 0 2 |
| A | 0 2 0 2 |
| E | 0 0 |
CHRONOLOGY:
INTRO: (CHORUS)
VERSE I:
Aadd9 C#m
I thought I was smart I thought I was right
D E
I thought it better not to fight
A F#m E
I thought there was a virtue in always being cool
A C#m D E
so when it came time to fight I thought I'll just step aside
A F#m E (FILL I&II)
and that time would prove you wrong and you would be the fool
CHORUS:
A C#m D E
I don't know where the sun beams end and the star lights begin
A F#m E
It's all a mystery
VERSE II:
Aadd9 C#m
Oh to fight is to defend if it's not
D E
Now than tell me when would be the
A F#m E
time that you would stand up and be a man
A C#m D E
for to lose I could accept but to surrender I just wet and regretted
A F#m E (FILL I&II)
This moment, oh that I, I was a fool
CHORUS:
VERSE III:
Aadd9 C#m
Cause I’m a man, not a boy
D E
and there are things you can’t avoid
A F#m E
you have to face them when you are not prepared to face them
A C#m D E
Oh I would if I could, but your with him now it’d do no good
A F#m E (FILL I&II)
I should have fought him but instead I let him...take me
CHORUS:
BRIDGE: D E D E (FILL I&II)
CHORUS:
END: Aadd9