Tom: G5

G5             D5
I'll take the position
           C5           E5  G5
assume the missionare part
G5               D5
you work by committee,
        C5                  E5    G5
you had me pegged from the start.
G5              D5
I'll be pounce pony,
        C5
phony maroney,
       E5        G5
pony before the cart.
G5              D5
I'll be pounce pony.
         C5
this ceremony
      E5       G5
only fills my heart.
D5            G5     C5
who cast the final stone?
D5             G5        C5
who threw the crushing blow?
D5              G5        C5
someone has to take the fall
A5      G5
why not me?
G5           D5
a punch toy volunteer
  C5               E5   G5
a weakling on its knee.
G5          D5
is all you want to hear
    C5               E5   G5
and all you want to see.
G5                   D5
romantically, you'd martyr me
    C5                 E5    G5
and miss this story's point
G5                     D5             
it is my strength, my destiny
     C5                E5    G5
this is the role that I have chosen.
D5            G5     C5
who cast the final stone?
D5             G5        C5
who threw the crushing blow?
D5              G5        C5
someone has to take the fall
A5      G5
why not me?
A5      G5
why not me?
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A5     G5

G5                      D5
gentlemen mark your opponents
     C5             E5   G5
fire into your own ranks.
G5                D5
pick the weakest as strategec
C5
move. square off. to
E5         G5
meet your enemy.
G5            D5           C5
for each and every gathering
            E5       G5
a scapegoat falls to climb.
G5          D5            C5
as I step forward, silently.
        E5    G5
deliberately mine


D5            G5     C5
who cast the final stone?
D5             G5        C5
who threw the crushing blow?
               G5        C5
someone has to take the fall
A5      G5   A5      G5
why not me? why not me.
    A5                G5
had consequence chose differently
    A5            G5
had fate its ugly head
   A5              G5
my actions make me beautiful
    A5          G5
and dignify the flesh
A5   G5
me.
A5   G5
I am free.
A5   G5
I am free
A5   G5

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