INTRO A5 C#5 D5 E5 A5 F#5 E5 VERSE 1 A5 I thought I was smart C#5 I thought I was right D5 E5 I thought it better not to fight A5 F#5 E5 I thought there was a virtue in always being cool A5 C#5 So when it came time to fight D5 E5 I thought I'd just step aside A5 F#5 E5 A5 And that time would prove you wrong and you would be the fool (I don't know) CHORUS C#5 D5 E5 Where the sun beams and the star lights begin A5 F#5 E5 It's all a mystery VERSE 2 A5 C#5 Oh to fight is to defend D5 And if it's not E5 A5 F#5 E5 Then tell me when would be the time that you would stand up and be a man A5 C#5 D5 For to lose I could accept but to surrender E5 A5 I just wept and regretted this moment F#5 E5 Oh that I A5 I was the fool (I don't know) CHORUS C#5 D5 E5 Where the sun beams and the star lights begin A5 F#5 E5 It's all a mystery A5 C#5 D5 E5 And I don't know how a man decides what's right for his own life A5 F#5 E5 It's all a mystery. VERSE 3 A5 C#5 'Cause I'm a man- not a boy D5 E5 And there are things you can't afford A5 You have to face them F#5 E5 When you're not prepared to face them A5 C#5 And if I could I would D5 E5 But you're with him I'll do no good A5 I should have fought him , F#5 E5 But instead I let him A5 Let him take you (I don't know) CHORUS C#5 D5 E5 Where the sun beams and the star lights begin A5 F#5 E5 It's all a mystery A5 C#5 D5 E5 And I don't know how a man decides what's right for his own life A5 F#5 E5 It's all a mystery. A5 C#5 D5 E5 A5 F#5 E5 CHORUS A5 C#5 D5 E5 I don't know where the sun beams and the star lights begin A5 It's all a mystery F#5 E5 (That you'd stand up and be a man) A5 C#5 D5 E5 And I don't know how a man decides what's right for his own life A5 It's all a mystery. F#5 E5 (When you're not prepared to face them ) A5 C#5 D5 E5 I don't know where the sun beams and the star lights begin A5 It's all a mystery F#5 E5 (But instead I let them take you) A5 F#5 E5 Mystery
